Aubrey Plaza<\/a> has opened up about her \u201cdaily struggle\u201d since the death of her husband Jeff Baena<\/a> for the first time, comparing her grief to the plot of a 2025 science-fiction horror film.<\/p>\n The White Lotus<\/a> star, who had been in a relationship with the director since 2011, has been in mourning ever since he died, aged 47, in January 2025. His death was determined to be suicide several months later and no foul play was suspected.<\/p>\n Plaza, 41, reflected on the last seven months since Baena\u2019s death in a new interview with her Parks and Recreation co-star Amy Poehler<\/a>, likening her grief to \u201ca giant ocean of awfulness\u201d depicted in 2025 film The Gorge.<\/p>\n \u201cRight in this very present moment, I feel happy to be with you,\u201d Plaza said on Poehler\u2019s Good Hang<\/a> podcast. \u201cOverall, I\u2019m here and I\u2019m functioning and really grateful to be moving through the world. I\u2019m OK but, you know, it\u2019s like a daily struggle, obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n Plaza then compared her grief to the plot of The Gorge, a 2025 science-fiction horror film following two elite snipers who are ordered to guard a deep gorge without knowing what lies inside.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a really dumb analogy \u2013 it was a joke at a certain point but I kind of mean it \u2013 have you seen the film The Gorge? It\u2019s like an alien movie with Miles Teller. <\/p>\n \u201cIn the movie, there\u2019s a cliff on one side and a cliff on the other side and a gorge in between, which is filled with other people who are trying to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Aubrey Plaza opened up about the death of her husband Jeff Baena seven months on (Twitter)<\/p>\n Plaza said that, when she watched the film, which was released on Apple TV+ in February, she thought: \u201cThat\u2019s what my grief is like.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s like a giant ocean of awfulness that\u2019s right there and I see it and at some point, I just want to dive into it and be in it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes I look at it. Sometimes I wanna get away from it. But it\u2019s just always there and the monster people are trying to get me.\u201d<\/p>\n Baena and Plaza began dating in 2011 and married 10 years later.<\/p>\n In a statement shared with The Independent at the time of Baena\u2019s death, Plaza said: \u201cThis is an unimaginable tragedy. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support. Please respect our privacy during this time.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Jeff Baena was married to Aubrey Plaza at the time of his death in January 2025 (Getty)<\/p>\n Baena achieved recognition when he co-wrote the 2004 film I Heart Huckabees with director David O\u2019Russell, receiving a Gotham Award nomination for Best Feature.<\/p>\n Among his other credits were the films Life After Beth (2014), The Little Hours (2017) and the Netflix movie Horse Girl (2020).<\/p>\n Plaza starred in Baena\u2019s horror-comedy film Life After Beth, which was nominated for Sundance\u2019s Grand Jury Prize.<\/p>\n They worked together again on the medieval dark comedy The Little Hours, starring husband-and-wife Alison Brie and Dave Franco.<\/p>\n During the 2025 Golden Globes<\/a>, which were held on 5 January, two days after Baena\u2019s death, The Brutalist director Brady Corbet shared his condolences with Plaza and Baena\u2019s family while accepting the award for Best Director \u2013 Motion Picture.<\/a><\/p>\n If you are based in the USA, and you or someone you know needs mental health assistance right now, call the National Suicide Prevention Helpline on 1-800-273-TALK (8255). This is a free, confidential crisis hotline that is available to everyone 24 hours a day, seven days a week.If you are in another country, you can go to www.befrienders.org<\/a> to find a helpline near you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-357547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115057117787824452","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Aubrey](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755632175_39_newFile.jpg\")
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