“It’s the real thing they have become very close.

They are ready to let people know they are an item.

The pair first connected when Stringfield was assigned to fact-check a piece about Martin.

Steve Martin looking sage in glasses and a tuxedo

“We talked on the phone for a year before we even met,” Martin told AARP.

He’s also said of his wife, “She makes it all possible.

Steve Martin enjoying a laugh with wife Anne Stringfield