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<\/p>\nFor Aubrey Plaza, grief is like a gorge.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday\u2019s episode of Amy Poehler\u2019s Good Hang podcast, the actress opened up about how she\u2019s been coping with the grief of the death of her husband, Jeff Baena, earlier this year. Baena died by suicide on Jan. 3. He was 47 years old.<\/p>\n
To help contextualize her grief, Plaza referenced the 2025 sci-fi romance film The Gorge, which stars Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy as two elite operatives who are tasked with protecting the world from a mysterious evil that lies within a deep gorge.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the movie, there\u2019s like a cliff on one side, and there\u2019s a cliff on the other side, and then this gorge in between, and it\u2019s filled with all these monster people that are trying to get them. I swear, when I watched it, I was like, \u2018That feels like what my grief is like \u2026 or what grief could be like,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The Honey, Don\u2019t! actress continued: \u201cAt all times, there\u2019s like a giant ocean of just awfulness that\u2019s right there, and I can see it. And sometimes, I just want to just dive into it, and just … be in it. And then sometimes, I just look at it. And then sometimes, I try to get away from it. But it\u2019s always there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Poehler initially broached the subject of Baena\u2019s death by asking Plaza how she\u2019s been dealing with the tragedy.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou had this terrible, terrible, tragic year,\u201d Poehler, who starred alongside Plaza on Parks and Recreation from 2009 to 2015, said. \u201cYou lost your husband. You\u2019ve been dealing with that, and you\u2019ve been looking for all different ways in which to feel and find support. I think, on behalf of all the people who feel like they know you, and the people who do know you, how are you feeling today?\u201d<\/p>\n
Plaza said that \u201cin this present moment,\u201d she feels happy to be with Poehler and that she\u2019s functioning overall.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel really grateful to be moving through the world. I think I\u2019m OK, but you know, it\u2019s like a daily struggle, obviously,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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Jeff Baena and Aubrey Plaza in 2014. (Mark Davis\/Getty Images for Sundance NEXT)<\/p>\n
Plaza\u2019s candor has resonated with fans who\u2019ve experienced their own losses. Many have taken to social media platforms like TikTok and X, or commented on the YouTube video of the interview itself to thank Plaza for her honesty.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe beautiful vulnerability that Aubrey shows at the beginning of this podcast is incredible. At a time when everyone posts only the highlights of their life, it\u2019s so vulnerable to even just show up,\u201d one fan commented on the YouTube video. Another fan added: \u201cThis was a beautiful, kind and loving interview. Discussions of grief honestly help me in mine; I\u2019m sending so much love and healing to Aubrey and anyone else facing the Grief Gorge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Plaza began dating Baena, a writer and director with whom she had often collaborated, in 2011. Fans learned that the pair had secretly married when the actress referred to him as her \u201cdarling husband\u201d in an Instagram post in May 2021.<\/p>\n
The Ingrid Goes West star previously spoke about the ups and downs of working with your partner.<\/p>\n