- Actor Aubrey Plaza has spoken for the first time about her "daily struggle" since the death of her husband, director Jeff Baena, in January 2025.
- Baena, 47, died by suicide, a fact confirmed several months after his passing, with no foul play suspected.
- Plaza, 41, discussed her grief during an interview with her Parks and Recreation co-star Amy Poehler on the Good Hang podcast.
- She likened her grief to the plot of the 2025 science-fiction horror film The Gorge, describing it as "a giant ocean of awfulness" that is always present.
- Plaza and Baena had been in a relationship since 2011 and married in 2021; Baena was known for co-writing I Heart Huckabees and directing films such as Life After Beth and The Little Hours.
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Aubrey Plaza says grief over husband’s death is ‘like giant ocean of awfulness’
