Latina actress Aubrey Plaza had been virtually missing from the media since her husband, Jeff Baena, was discovered dead in January 2025. Although the couple was separated, their relationship of more than a decade remained close, and the filmmaker committed suicide in their home in Los Angeles.
The star of shows like Parks and Recreation, The White Lotus, and Agatha All Along decided to open her heart to her friend and colleague Amy Poehler, who welcomed her on her podcast, Good Hang.
'Right in this very, very present moment, I feel happy to be with you. Overall, I'm here and I'm functioning. I feel really grateful to be moving through the world. I think I'm okay, but it's like a daily struggle'.
'This is a really dumb analogy and it was kind of a joke at a certain point, but I actually mean it. Did you see that movie The Gorge? It's like [an] alien movie or something with Miles Teller...
'In the movie, there's like a cliff on one side and there's a cliff on the other side, then there's gorge in between and it's filled with all these like monster people that are trying to get them. I swear when I watched it...
'I was like that feels like what my grief is like ... or what grief could be like."
"At all times there's like a giant ocean of awfulness, that's like right there and I can see it..."'Sometimes I just want to dive into it, and just like be in it. Then sometimes I just look at it, and sometimes I try to get away from it. But, it's always there.'
@money_era.ent Aubrey Plaza opens up about losing her husband this year on Amy Poehler’s ‘Good Hang’ podcast. #aubreyplaza #amypoehler #parksandrec #goodhangpodcast #fyp
♬ THE PAST - dozer
It's no coincidence that Aubrey Plaza decided to speak publicly in a space as safe as a conversation with Poehler, who is one of her best friends. The two stars have been partners throughout their journeys in Hollywood and spent years together on Parks and Recs.
In fact, it has been one of the pillars of her life during this period of mourning following Baena's suicide.
The death of Aubrey Plaza's husband
The Cuban-American filmmaker was discovered dead by his assistant on January 3rd, having been hanged. When police arrived on the scene, they were unable to revive him. Weeks later, it was learned that Baena and Plaza had been separated for several months and that the artist was living in New York City.
The investigation also revealed that Baena and Plaza had talked at length the night before the suicide.
