Eva Longoria reveals Meryl Streep response after studying they’re cousins
Eva Longoria has just lately shared Meryl Streep response after discovering out they’re cousins.
Throughout an look on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 19, the Determined Housewives alum revealed she found she’s associated to Meryl.
Eva talked about an episode of Dr. Henry Louis Gates’ family tree collection Faces of America episode, saying, “He cross-references everybody’s DNA to see if we share a relative in the last 100 years.”
“And he’s like, ‘Do you want to know who you’re related to?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah.’ And he’s like, ‘Meryl Streep,’” said the 50-year-old.
Eva opened up that she was “so excited” after studying about her relation with Meryl however she was tentative to debate with the Mamma Mia! actress when she met her at an award present.
“I was, like, at the Golden Globes or I don’t know—something backstage in the green room—and my friend was like, ‘There’s Meryl, go say you’re her cousin,’” recalled The Sentinel actress.
Eva recalled, “I’m like, ‘I’m not gonna go up to Meryl Streep and say we’re cousins. It’s not gonna make any sense. I don’t know if she saw that part of the show.’”
Eva informed Jimmy, “I hear, ‘Cousin! Cousin!’ That’s how cool Meryl Streep is. She’s like, ‘Cousin!’”
“I was like, ‘Clearly you got the talent in the family,’” mentioned Eva including, “And she’s like, ‘Clearly you got the beauty.’”
Apparently, Eva not solely shared lineage with Meryl but in addition the actresses appeared collectively within the fourth season of Hulu’s hit collection Solely Murders within the Constructing.
Shelling out particulars, the John Wick actress added, “In this season was, like, Meryl, Paul Rudd, Melissa McCarthy, Zach Galifianakis, Eugene Levy, me… I mean, every day, there was another comedy icon, and I was, like, pinching myself.”
