Aubrey Plaza Opens Up About Husband's Death On Amy Poehler's Podcast

Actor Aubrey Plaza addressed nan decease of her precocious hubby successful an question and reply released connected Tuesday, marking nan first clip she's publically spoken astatine magnitude astir nan loss.

Plaza's husband, Hollywood writer and head Jeff Baena, died by suicide successful January.

Speaking pinch erstwhile “Parks and Recreation” co-star Amy Poehler connected Poehler’s caller podcast "Good Hang," nan 41-year-old "White Lotus" character said that nan condolences has been for illustration a "giant water of conscionable awfulness that’s correct there."

"I tin spot it. And sometimes I conscionable want to conscionable dive into it and conscionable beryllium successful it," Plaza said. "And past sometimes I conscionable look astatine it. And past sometimes I conscionable effort to get distant from it. But it's ever there. It's conscionable ever there."

Plaza besides drew a comparison betwixt her condolences and a segment from nan alien-filled scary movie "The Gorge," which starred Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy and premiered successful February.

"There's a cliff connected 1 side, and past there's a cliff connected nan different side, and past there's Gorge successful between, and it's for illustration filled pinch each these for illustration Monster group that are trying to get them," she said. "And I swear, erstwhile I watched it, I was like, 'That feels for illustration what my condolences is like.'"

Plaza and Baena joined successful 2021. They worked together connected respective films, including 2014’s "Life After Beth," successful which Baena wrote and directed and Plaza had a starring role.

She has made a fewer nationalist comments aliases appearances since his death, calling his decease "an unimaginable tragedy" successful nan contiguous aftermath.

Poehler addressed Baena's decease wrong nan first 15 minutes of nan episode, saying: "On behalf of each nan group who consciousness for illustration they cognize you, and nan group who do cognize you, really are you emotion today?"

"Right successful this very, very coming moment, I consciousness happy to beryllium pinch you," Plaza replied. "Overall, I’m present and I’m functioning. I consciousness really grateful to beryllium moving done nan world. I deliberation I’m okay, but it’s for illustration a regular struggle, obviously."

Since her domiciled connected "The White Lotus," Plaza has go 1 of nan astir recognizable faces successful Hollywood. Throughout her career, she has received respective Emmy and Golden Globe nominations, including for her domiciled connected nan 2nd play of "The White Lotus." In 2023, she was named 1 of nan 100 astir influential group successful nan world by Time Magazine.

Plaza appeared connected Poehler's podcast arsenic portion of a property circuit to beforehand her upcoming movie, "Honey Don't," which premieres successful theaters this week.

If you aliases personification you cognize is successful crisis, telephone 988 to scope nan Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You tin besides telephone nan network, antecedently known arsenic nan National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, astatine 800-273-8255, matter HOME to 741741 aliases sojourn SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for further resources.