Aubrey Plaza Called On A Friend To Perform A Welfare Check On Her Late Husband Jeff Baena in Octaber 2024, According to New Reports from the Los Angeles Country Medical Examiner. At the Time, Around Three Months Before The Writer and Director Daed by Suicide AT 47, Baena Reportly Made “Concerning Remarks” to the Actress.
For Hollywood ReporterThe Document Notes that Plaza and Baena Were “Experience recent Marital Difficulties” that Led to the coupe being separated for Four Months Beginning in September 2024. But Their Lines of Communications Remained Open. According to the report, Baena Sent Plaza a Text Message on the Morning of Jan. 3, Just Hours Before He Was Pronounced Dead at His Los Angeles Home After Being Discovered by His Dog Walker.
“I Think That One of the Great Things About Our Careers is That We are Forced to be Independent, Take Little Breaks, Go Off and Do Our Things and Come Back,” Plaza Previously Told People In 2019 About Her Relationship with Baena. “So it's Kind of Fun. Nothing is Ever the Same. You don't want to spend too Much Time Apart. But I Think That There's a way that it can work and there's a Balance in that.”
Plaza Has Made Few Public Appearan Since Baena's Death. She Was Scheduled to Style at the Golden Globes That Week, but skipped the ceremony given the circumstance. During the show, The brutalist Director Brady Corbet Acknowledged Baena in His Acceptance Speech, Saying: “Tonight My Heart is with aubrey Plaza and Jeff's Family.”
Plaza Later Appered on Saturday Night Live 'S 50th Anniversary Special in Febreny to introduce performance. Fans Pointed Out That The Actress Was Wearing a Tie-Dye Shirt, An Apparent Callback to a Hobby She Once Said Baena Picked Up During the Pandemic. When they got married in 2021 after dating for 10 years, they wore their self-love tie-love clothes to their Impromputu ceremony. “Jeff Got Really Into Tie-Dyeing During the Quarantine,” She Said on The Drew Barrymore Show That Year. “I know I decide that jeff and i were going to wear tie-dye pajamas that he had made for us.”
In The Days Following Baena's Death, a statement was released on behalf of Plaza and the Baena and Stern Family. “This is an unimaginable tragedy,” it read. “We are deeply grateful to Everyone whose offered support. Please RESPECT OUR PRIVACY DURING This time.”
Dial 988 in the US To Reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The Trevor Project, Which Provides Help and Suicide-Prevention Resources for LGBTQ Youth, is 1-866-488-7386. Find Other International Suicide Helpines at Befrienders Worldwide (Biscienders.org).