Only Murders actors in the Building won their first statuettes at the event, but could not attend the awards
Selena Gomez surprised his castmates Steve Martin and Martin Short by personally delivering the awards of the SAG Awards 2025that they could not receive during the ceremony held on February 23.
The series of Hulu, Only Murders in the Buildingwon the award Best Cast in Series of Comedywhile Shorts received the individual award from Best actor in a comedy seriesyour first achievement at the event. However, the actor could not attend because he was with Covid-19, and his trophies were accepted by the presenters Joey King and Jack Quaid.
Surprise delivery
On Wednesday, March 12, Selenanext to the co-creator and executive producer John Hoffman and the actor Michael Cyril CreightonHe handed the prizes directly to his colleagues. The moment was recorded in a video posted on the official Instagram of the series.
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“And the SAG award goes to Steve Martin and Martin Short!”announced Gomez as he approached the actors.
Short, 74, joked as he pretended to fall to the ground due to the weight of the tropies and gave a satirical thanksgiving speech:
“I would like to thank the gym and the whole team … whose names I just don’t know.”
Already Steve Martinwho had never won a SAG Awardconfirmed that this was his first achievement in the awards.
Speech at SAG Awards 2025
During the ceremony, Selena Gomez He accepted the prize on behalf of the team and commented on the absence of Martin and Short in a good mood:
“We never won. This is so strange!”joked the actress and singer, before mocking: “Marty and Steve are not here because, you know, they really don’t care.”
She continued thanking the series team:
“I don’t know what to say. Thanks to Marty and Steve for … Well, they created me. But genuinely, I’m very grateful to everyone. The alligates, the whole team, everyone deserves it. I take this award to all of us and I’m taking it back to New York to season 5. Thank you, I’m very grateful.”
After the event, Short sent a statement to People Commenting on the award:
“The honor of being on Only Murders in the Building is the greatest compliment anyone could receive. The honor of being awarded by their colleagues is even greater. Thank you very much.”
Source: Rollingstone

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