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- Steve Martin and Martin Short say they already have a gift picked out for their Only Murders in the Building costar Selena Gomez’s upcoming wedding to Benny Blanco
- In an interview, the pair joked that they were “not invited” to their costar’s wedding
- “I have the perfect wedding gift, and we are going to give it to them together,” Martin said
Steve Martin and Martin Short already have a few tricks up their sleeves for Selena Gomez’s upcoming nuptials.
In an interview with Extra published Tuesday, Sept. 2, the Only Murders in the Building costars opened up about Gomez’s wedding to fiancé Benny Blanco — and the trio joked that Martin and Short had already picked out the perfect gift.
“First, we’re not invited,” Martin, 80, joked. “But we are going to parachute in with hand mics and do something.”
“Absolutely,” Short, 75, chimed in to laughs from the crew. “And, you know, I’m doing a medley, again, of songs that weren’t nominated… but, again, haven’t been asked.”
When asked what the perfect gift from her costars would be, Gomez, 33, said: “This is the gift, honestly.”
“I was going to ask you,” Short continued, riffing even further with Gomez. “Because you have a salt and pepper shaker, right?”
“I have the perfect wedding gift, and we are going to give it to them together,” Martin added.
Gomez revealed her engagement to music producer Blanco, 37, in December 2024 via an Instagram carousel showing off her new engagement ring. The post also featured a pic of her and Blanco celebrating their engagement with laughs and a hug. “Forever begins now..,” she captioned the post.
A day after Gomez shared the news, Martin also shared his best wishes to the star on social media, posting a photo of himself, Short and Gomez alongside the caption, “Congratulations to Benny and Selena, from her two weird uncles.”
Since meeting in 2021 as costars on their hit Hulu series, Gomez has developed a special bond with Martin and Short, who she called “the most kind, gentle, warm and powerful influences in my life” in an April 2024 Instagram post.
“You have shown me a level of class, intellect and humor that doesn’t seem to be easy to find anymore,” she continued in the caption of the post. “You guys are truly best friends to me forever.”
The love is mutual, too. “She is so lovely as a human, she’s so remarkable as a talent and she just has an aura and this lovely spirit,” Short told PEOPLE of Gomez in 2024.
“Our friendship grows and grows,” he said. “I think it just gets deeper and deeper and deeper.”
The pair have already made several jokes about how they’re going to be involved in Gomez’s wedding festivities.
In March, the “Sunset Blvd.” singer was asked on the Thursday, March 27 episode of the Drew Barrymore Show about whether she was ever planning to have Martin and Short “officiate” her wedding to the music producer.
“Oh my gosh! I hadn’t even thought about that,” Gomez admitted.
However, she told host Drew Barrymore that at least one of them had another important role to play during the celebration. She revealed that “Marty is due to give a speech,” adding, “I told him he must.”
“Steve will probably pull out his banjo,” she continued, referring to the Father of the Bride star’s musical talents. “But I feel like Marty would have an epic speech.”
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Only Murders in the Building season 5 debuts Sept. 9, with three episodes, followed by weekly new episodes on Hulu.