Aubrey Plaza Opens Up to Amy Poehler About Grief Following Her Husband’s Death: ‘It’s a Daily Struggle’

https://people.com/aubrey-plaza-opens-up-to-amy-poehler-about-grief-following-husband-jeff-baena-death-11793319

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  1. > “On behalf of all the people who feel like they know you, and the people who do know you, how are you feeling today?” Poehler asked, to which Plaza responded, “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, obviously,” Plaza continued.

    > The Agatha All Along star went on to compare grief to the 2025 movie, The Gorge, starring actors including Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy.

    > Plaza told Poehler, “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,” she added. Plaza continued, “I swear when I watched it, I was like that feels like what my grief is like … or what grief could be like.”

  2. I highly recommend you check out the episode of Amy Poehler’s podcast this is from. It’s really warm and respectful, and shows a lot about how important good friends and family are when navigating grief.

  6. I’ve been a fan of hers since parks and rec. My heart breaks for her and I hope she can find some peace

  7. It makes a lot of sense that Aubrey would start her (presumably contractually necessary) public appearances with Amy’s podcast, considering she has to start doing press and promotion for her new film. it’s so lovely that so much of the parks cast is still so close and supportive of one another. my most millenial lib white woman trait is how much I still adore this show 😭

  9. I have never been able to tolerate Aubrey Plaza onscreen, but my heart broke for her when this happened. What a terrible, disorienting thing to have to endure.

  10. The analogy to the gorge was good. I lost my dad quickly last year and I feel the same. It’s always there but I mostly stay out of it

  11. The unique thing about being a widow/widower is that, at the end of the day, you are alone. I mean that quite literally. When you lay your head on your pillow you are alone. You could have a bunch of family and friends as support and it doesn’t matter at the end of the day.

  12. Damn, sounds like a rollercoaster of emotions. Gotta check it out.

  13. I had been there for a couple of years when my brother passed.

  14. Man, it’s tough to explain losing someone close to anyone who hasn’t experienced it yet. It’s a surreal moment where you feel out of place and out of time. Like you are living in another world for a temporary moment.

    You really don’t forget them or get over it, you just learn to deal with it and cope. It’s definitely a day by day thing.

    I couldn’t imagine losing the love of my life like that. Even though most of us don’t know Aubrey personally, I think a lot of us can emphathize with the struggle of losing a loved one.

  15. Very sad story, its a little weird that none of headlines mention that they were separated. Complex issue here, makes me feel weak

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