Meryl Streep and Martin Short Sit Together at 2024 Emmys After Denying Romance Rumors [Video]

Meryl Streep and Martin Short are staying close at the 2024 Emmy Awards.

Streep, 75, sat by her longtime friend Short’s side at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 15, during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, at which the pair’s show Only Murders in the Building received nominations in eight different categories.

The pair’s outing together at the annual awards ceremony comes months after representatives for Short, 74, shut down rumors regarding the nature of his relationship with Streep after the pair appeared particularly close at the 2024 Golden Globes in January.

At that time, a rep for Short told PEOPLE at the time that the pair are “just very good friends, nothing more.” Short later dismissed those rumors on Bill Maher’s podcast that same month, as he said the two costars are “not a couple, we are just very close friends.”

In May, Short addressed the interest …