Aubrey Plaza shared a poignant message about forging ahead \u201cno matter what happens\u201d following the death of her husband, Jeff Baena.<\/p>\n
Plaza has remained mostly out of the spotlight since Baena died by suicide<\/a> in January at the age of 47. However, she stopped by the \u201cToday\u201d show Wednesday to promote her new children\u2019s book, \u201cLuna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n The main character of the book is a grandma-like witch who was inspired by Plaza\u2019s own grandmother.<\/p>\n Aubrey Plaza shared a poignant message about forging ahead \u201cno matter what happens\u201d following the death of her husband, Jeff Baena. Instagram\/@plazadeaubrey<\/p>\n Baena died by suicide in January at the age of 47. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cShe taught me from a very young age that life is a party,\u201d the actress, 41, told host Savannah Guthrie. \u201cAnd [that] no matter what happens, we have to have fun and move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cParks and Recreation\u201d star did not address Baena\u2019s death<\/a> until August.<\/p>\n Sitting down with former co-star Amy Poehler on the \u201cGood Hang\u201d podcast, Plaza likened her grief to \u201ca giant\u00a0ocean of just awfulness.\u201d<\/p>\n She explained, \u201cSometimes, I just want to dive into it and be in it. And sometimes, I look at it and sometimes I just try to get away from it. But it\u2019s always there.\u201d<\/p>\n While Plaza has remained mostly out of the spotlight since then, she stopped by the \u201cToday\u201d show Wednesday to promote her new children\u2019s book, \u201cLuna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party.\u201d NBC<\/p>\n The main character of the book is a grandma-like witch who was inspired by Plaza\u2019s own grandmother. NBC<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Despite the \u201cdaily struggle\u201d of despair, Plaza noted that she was \u201cvery grateful to be moving through the world\u201d and assured Poehler she felt \u201cOK.\u201d<\/p>\n She credited \u201ca group of [her] women friends\u201d with picking her up and making her \u201claugh really, really hard\u201d on her darkest days.<\/p>\n The \u201cMike and Dave Need Wedding Dates\u201d star and Baena, a screenwriter, began dating in 2011.<\/p>\n \u201cShe taught me from a very young age that life is a party,\u201d the actress told host Savannah Guthrie. \u201cAnd [that] no matter what happens, we have to have fun and move forward.\u201d NBC<\/p>\n The former couple got married while quarantining together\u00a0during the COVID-19 pandemic but quietly separated four months before his death. WireImage<\/p>\n They\u00a0got married while quarantining together<\/a>\u00a0during the COVID-19 pandemic, spontaneously\u00a0tying the knot in tie-dye pajamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n Following his death, Plaza issued a joint statement with Baena\u2019s family about the \u201cunimaginable tragedy.\u201d It was later revealed that the two had actually separated four months prior<\/a>.<\/p>\n Still, Plaza paid tribute to Baena during her brief \u201cSNL 50\u201d anniversary special cameo<\/a> in February by wearing a tie-dye shirt<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aubrey Plaza shared a poignant message about forging ahead \u201cno matter what happens\u201d following the death of her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49200,353,49,48,361,364,5782,20165,369,362,75,43790,50922,13511,26913],"class_list":{"0":"post-198009","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-aubrey-plaza","9":"tag-books","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-celebrities","13":"tag-celebrity-couples","14":"tag-celebrity-deaths","15":"tag-celebrity-interviews","16":"tag-celebrity-marriages","17":"tag-celebrity-news","18":"tag-entertainment","19":"tag-halloween","20":"tag-savannah-guthrie","21":"tag-suicide","22":"tag-today-show"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}