Actress Aubrey Plaza spoke openly, for the first time, about the suicide of her husband, director Jeff Baena. In a podcast, she described the pain as on “A huge ocean of horror“Which is always present.
Actress Aubrey Plaza with her husband Jeff Baena Photo: X
American actress Aubrey Plaza spoke for the first time about her husband’s tragic death, director Jeff Baena, who committed suicide. The star of The White Lotus and Parks and Recreation has described, in an emotional interview, how he lives his mourning and how difficult it is to cope with the loss.
“I feel grateful that I can move in the world”
Aubrey Plaza discussed openly about the tragedy at Podcast Good Hang, made by Amy Poehler. Asked how it feels after “a terrible, tragic year”, The actress replied: “Even at this time very, very present, I am happy to be here with you. Overall, I am here and I work. I really feel grateful that I can move in the world. I think I’m ok, but it is obviously a daily fight”.
Jeff Baena, who directed films like Life After Beth and The Little Hours, committed suicide at 47, on January 3, 2025, in his home in Los Angeles. The forensic doctor confirmed that the director took his life by hanging. At that time, Plaza and Baena’s family sent a statement in which they described the right event “An unimaginable tragedy”.
A painful analogy: “a huge ocean of horror” always present
In the same interview, the actress used the movie Sf-Horror The Gorge, with Miles Teller, to explain the intensity of the pain through: “It’s like a movie with extraterrestrials with Miles Teller. In the film, it is a rock on one side and a rock on the other side and between them, it is full of so many people who attack them. I swear to you, when I saw him, I said, “I feel, this is my pain, or so it can be mourning.” All the time is like a huge ocean of horror right there, and I can see it. Sometimes I just want to throw myself into it and be there. And sometimes I just look at him. And other times, I’m just trying to get rid of it. But he’s always there. It’s just always there. And the monasteries try to catch me … like Miles Teller. “
Last message and months before tragedy
According to American press, Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena were separated from September 2024, the actress moving to New York. In the following months, the director would have made several worrying remarks, which caused Plaza to ask for a check for his condition and encourage him to follow therapy.
On the day he took his life, Baena sent his wife a last message about three hours before his body was found by the person who was walking his dog.
A career marked by collaborations
Jeff Baena was noted in the cinema through the original scenarios and kings. He co-inscribed the movie I Heart Huckabees with David O. Russell, and his last production was the dark comedy Spin Me Round, in which he even played Aubrey Plaza with Alison Brie.
Plaza and Baena met in 2011 and got married in 2021. The actress continues to have a successful career, with roles appreciated in films such as Ingrid Goes West and Emily The Criminal, to appear in the new comedy directed by Ethan Coen, Honey Don!
