Martin, 79, and Short, 74, attended the star-studded “ SNL50: The Anniversary Special ” and also have been performing together in the “Dukes of Funnytown Tour,” and Martin said Short’s illness would affect two of their upcoming shows.

Martin and Short postponed upcoming concerts until OctoberColin Jost’s joke about COVID spreading at the Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary special on Feb. 16 might have had a kernel of truth to it,

Laughter wasn’t the only thing that was contagious during SNL50 on Sunday night. Steve Martin confirmed that both Martin Short and Maya Rudolph caught Covid during the anniversary show, which aired on NBC and Peacock.