Merill stre and Martin Short insist their only friends but everybody seems to want them to be a couple they showed up to the premiere of their hit Hulu series only murders in the building last week and they were holding hands uh video captured the moment and it went viral further sparking Buzz that they are dating a source inside of the party told us that they seemed like they were very much together they did leave the party separately and we reached out to streets WP and she told us that they are just friends Martin Short has been saying they're just friends for months since they first sparked Buzz that they were dating back in January they continue to pop up at the movies and all over town holding hands but the pair insists that it's strictly platonic but you can watch their on camera romance on only murders in the building