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That would make sense, right?
If we think of something likeOnly Murders in the Buildingas an office job for famous people.
Maybe hes telling her about a new Jiminy Glick segment, but thats not exactly what it looks like.
Theres something going on with these two somethingtheyknow andwedont.
Or we do: like, how good are two actors,really, at faking an attraction?
Even one who is arguably the greatest living actor?
So either theyre dating, maybe in secret, or theyre just having a laugh at all our expenses.
Maybe.Was this what Selena Gomez was telling Taylor Swift about?I kind of believe it.
That Streep was recently single added, perhaps, to the intrigue, but only at first.
Not long after the Globes, Shortclarified to Bill Maher of all people that the two were just friends.
And now theyre letting J.Lo third wheel them!
By creating an air of vague mystery, Streep and Short have piqued all interest around them.
There they are having dinner;there they are holding hands at a Broadway show.
Theyve been able to completely dictate the terms of whatever is happening (if anything is happening!).
What is more youthful, for instance, than a situationship with a longtime friend turned co-worker turned something?
This is the stuff of fanfiction, Wattpad-bang out nonsense for the computer-solitaire generation.
But above all else, its really fun.
We love to see them and we love to see how much they like to see each other.
