- Meryl Streep kissed Selena Gomez’s hand the first time they met.
- “I was so happy!” Gomez told Jimmy Fallon. “It was such a surreal moment, honestly.”
- Streep apparently told Gomez that she is a fan of “Only Murders in the Building.”
Selena Gomez says that Meryl Streep “held my hand and kissed my hand” when they first met.
Thanks to her “Only Murders in the Building” co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short, Gomez told Jimmy Fallon on a Monday appearance on “The Tonight Show.” who recently met Streep for the first time at an event.
Gomez told Fallon that Streep came up to her table and she “freaked out.”
“She looked like she was going to cry!” Gomez said.
“She has that effect on people,” Fallon confirmed.
Fallon then showed photos of the encounter, which show Streep kissing Gomez’s hands while Gomez has a big smile on her face.
“I was so happy!” she said. “It was such a surreal moment, honestly.”
She continued: “You can only dream of meeting or working with her.”
Gomez previously spoke to Extra TV about this “crazy moment” and Streep being a fan of “Only Murders”.
“She just said she thought I was charming,” Gomez said. “I don’t know what that meant because I passed out after she started talking, so I could have said I’d never seen the show, but I don’t care because she got the sweetest compliment, and I’m so nice.” fan.”