Steve Martin says that Martin Short got COVID-19 after appearing on Saturday Night Live’s fiftieth anniversary special.
“Maya [Rudolph] had Covid. Marty has Covid. I’m wondering why? The SNL fiftieth Covid curse is real,” Martin, 79, wrote via Instagram alongside a photograph of Maya Rudolph and Short, 74, sharing a friendly kiss backstage at SNL 50: The Anniversary Special in Latest York on Sunday, February 16.
Martin announced that due to Short’s illness, the pair have needed to delay the newest stops on their Dukes of Funnytown Tour, which were as a result of happen this weekend in Durham, North Carolina, and Knoxville, Tennessee.
“Unfortunately, now we have to reschedule our sold out Durham and Knoxville dates to 10/17 Knoxville and 10/18 Durham. So sorry for the inconvenience. I feel we’ll be funnier then, anyway,” Martin wrote.
The Only Murders within the Constructing duo were among the many A-list stars who attended Sunday’s SNL anniversary special. Other stars included Meryl Streep, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Vigorous.
In the course of the Weekend Update segment of the show, SNL regular Colin Jost joked a couple of health scare potentially plaguing the special.
“Health experts are facing increased pressure this winter within the face of outbreaks of COVID, the flu, RSV and norovirus, which they’re calling a quad-demic. So we did the smart thing and packed every beloved entertainer over 60 into one tiny space,” Jost quipped.
In addition to attending the fiftieth anniversary special, Short and Streep were also on the SNL50: The Homecoming Concert on Friday, February 14, where they sat beside comedian Amy Schumer.
Getty Images (2) Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep and Tony Award-winning actor and comedian Martin Short have been close friends for nearly a decade. The 2 first called public attention to their friendship backstage of the Broadway production of It’s Only a Play in 2015. Short had joined the solid to play James Wicker, and Streep […]
“There’s really nobody funnier to sit down next to than Marty Short, who I got to sit down next to on the homecoming concert the opposite night,” Schumer, 43, told People.
“I feel that the tea is, I feel Marty may be off the market. That’s what I’m seeing. I don’t know,” Schumer added, referring to the rumored romance between Short and Streep.
Martin Short is one of the crucial iconic comedians of all time, but he nearly ended up on a really different profession path. Growing up in Ontario, Canada, Short was the youngest of 5 children, with three older brothers, David, Michael and Brian, and an older sister, Nora. He originally studied to be a physician, […]
While Schumer didn’t name the one who’s seemingly stolen Short’s heart, she teased, “Possibly by similar to the best actor of our time, I don’t know.”
Schumer also gushed that sitting beside Short and Streep, 75, on Friday “was a really fun seat to be seated in.”
