Selena Gomez surprised her Only Murders in the Building family handing SAG Awards to Martin Short and Steve Martin. Amid a break from filming Season 5 of the Hulu series, Gomez handed her co-stars their actor trophies after Short and Martin missed the February ceremony in Los Angeles. “And the SAG Award goes to Steve Martin and Martin Short!” Gomez said as she entered one of the series’ sets alongside co-creator John Hoffman and Michael Cyril Creighton.
Short playfully fell to the floor after saying the trophy was heavy and then said, “I would like to thank the Academy and everyone in the crew whose names … just don’t know.” “Look at that, now we’re talking,” Martin said as he admired the trophy and said it was his first SAG Award.
It was a big night for Short, as earlier in the night, he had won his first SAG Award in the Male Actor in a Comedy category for his role as Oliver Putnam in the Hulu series.
Short was a no-show at the award ceremony after contracting Covid following an appearance at SNL50. Martin was also not at the event “due to a previous conflict in his schedule,” his reps said.
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