Actor opens up about death of her director husband Jeff Baena, referring to her grief as ‘a giant ocean of awfulness’
The actor Aubrey Plaza has opened up about the suicide of her husband, director Jeff Baena, who died in January.
The White Lotus and Parks and Recreation star was speaking to Amy Poehler for her podcast Good Hang when she was asked how she was doing during “a terrible, terrible, tragic year”.
“Right in this very, very present moment, I feel happy to be with you,” Plaza said. “Overall, I’m here and I’m functioning. I feel really grateful to be moving through the world. I think I’m OK, but it’s like a daily struggle, obviously.”
Baena, who directed Plaza in the comedies Life After Beth and The Little Hours, killed himself at the age of 47 at his Los Angeles home. At the time, a joint statement from Plaza and his family called it “an unimaginable tragedy”.