Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein hit the “TODAY” show couch on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, ready to chat up their new Netflix rom-com — but co-host Savannah Guthrie had other plans, cutting straight to the question fans have been buzzing about since mid-May: Are these two actually dating in real life?
Spoiler alert: They’re not. But getting that confirmation took a little work, some playful pushback, and one famously direct anchor refusing to let the moment slide.
The Question Everyone Wanted Answered
Lopez, 56, and Goldstein, 45, stopped by NBC’s morning show to promote “Office Romance,” in which Lopez plays Jackie Cruz, an airline CEO who falls for Daniel Blanchflower — a lawyer and new employee played by Goldstein. The on-screen pairing has translated into very visible off-screen chemistry during the press tour, and fans have been busy reading into every glance and giggle.
Guthrie, 54, didn’t tiptoe around the speculation. She brought up the swirling chatter, noting, “You know what everyone’s saying: That it might be real.”
Lopez, for her part, has heard this song before. “There’s never a time where I’m seen with somebody or working with somebody where they don’t try to put me with the person,” she replied, pointing out that this kind of rumor mill is practically a permanent fixture of her life.
Goldstein, the “Ted Lasso” star, leaned into the joke. He suggested the rumors spark anytime someone simply stands near Lopez — and added that he had, of course, been standing as close as possible throughout the press run. Guthrie quipped that was probably what he wished would happen, and Goldstein cheerfully agreed.
Savannah Refuses to Let It Slide
The breezy banter wasn’t quite enough for Guthrie, who pressed for a real yes or no. “Okay, but I’ll just say, because I’m me and you know me. That was not an answer,” she told the duo, as first reported by The Mirror US.
Lopez pushed back, insisting it absolutely was an answer, and then ran through a quick list of past rumored pairings to prove her point. “‘Cause all these people that they put me with! I think I was with Kevin Costner in March 2026, I was with a lot of people. It happens all the time. Doesn’t make it true,” she said.
Sensing things were getting a touch tense, Guthrie pivoted with a compliment, telling Lopez that this is just what happens when you happen to be a hot, eligible single person. Then she asked one more time, point-blank, if they were dating.
“Not dating,” Lopez said firmly. Goldstein chimed in with a single word: “Correct.”
A Playful Turnabout on Set
The fun wasn’t quite over. A bit later in the segment, Guthrie tried to launch into a trivia game — only to fumble her cue cards and lose her pages mid-introduction. Lopez pounced on the moment, joking that the host had clearly gotten “flustered.” Guthrie owned it: “I did, I got flustered. It’s you, Jennifer!”
Lopez couldn’t resist a victory lap. “You tried to fluster us, and we flustered you!” she laughed.
Lopez Says She’s in Her ‘Happy Era’
The romance rumors may be entertaining, but Lopez has been clear about where she actually stands. She’s been single since her divorce from Ben Affleck was finalized in January 2026, and she shut down the idea of joining “The Bachelorette” in April 2026 when the question was floated her way.
In an earlier conversation on “Good Morning America,” Lopez opened up about how good solo life is feeling at the moment. “I’m in my happy era. I feel like, for the first time in my life, I’m free. I’m on my own. And it feels really good. I didn’t really know what that felt like since I was in my early 20s and even before that, I’ve always had a boyfriend. There was always someone in my life and so many other things that I felt were out of my control,” she shared.
That perspective adds context to her firm pushback on the Goldstein chatter. Some of the speculation, as covered on Yahoo, has been fueled by Goldstein’s obvious adoration for Lopez and the fact that he co-wrote “Office Romance” specifically for her. It’s a sweet origin story for a film — just not, apparently, a romance.
When and Where to Watch
Fans curious to see the chemistry that started all this won’t have to wait long. “Office Romance” begins streaming on Netflix on June 5, 2026, giving viewers a chance to judge the Lopez–Goldstein spark for themselves — strictly on screen, of course.
As for the off-camera version, Lopez and Goldstein have made their answer clear. Whether the internet chooses to believe them is, as always, another story.