Aubrey Plaza had an sincere dialog about grief throughout an look on Amy Poehler’s podcast, “Good Hang,” on Tuesday.
Poehler, who co-starred alongside Plaza on “Parks and Rec,” requested Plaza how she was doing within the wake of her “terrible, tragic year.”
Plaza’s husband, author and director Jeff Baena, died by suicide in January. He was 47.
“Just to get it out the way, people want to see you and want to see how you are; they love you,” Poehler stated originally of the podcast episode.
“So you’ve had this terrible, terrible, tragic year,” the “Saturday Night Live” star added. “You lost your husband, you’ve been dealing with that, and you’ve been looking for all different ways in which to feel and find support.”
“And 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?” Poehler requested.
“I mean, right in this very, very present moment, I feel happy to be with you,” Plaza answered.
“Overall, I’m here and I’m functioning, and I feel, you know, really grateful to be moving through the world. I think, like, I’m OK, but, you know, it’s like a daily struggle, obviously.”
Plaza then in contrast her husband’s loss of life to the 2025 horror film “The Gorge” to attempt to clarify how she felt.
David Crotty/Patrick McMullan by way of Getty Photos
“This is like a really dumb analogy, and it was kind of a joke at a certain point, but I actually mean it. Did you see that movie ‘The Gorge?’” Plaza requested.
“It’s like a alien movie or something with Miles Teller,” she defined. “In the movie, there’s like a cliff on one side and then there’s a cliff on the other side, and then there’s gorge in between, and it’s filled with all these, like, monster people that are trying to get them.”
“And I swear when I watched it, I was like, that feels like what my grief is like,” she stated, including “or what grief could be like.”
“At all times, there’s like a giant ocean of just awfulness, that’s like right there and I can, like, see it,” she stated. “And like, sometimes, I just want to just dive into it and just, like, be in it. And then sometimes, I just look at it, and then sometimes, I just try to get away from it. But it’s always there. It’s just always there.”
Poehler’s podcast marks the primary time that Plaza has spoken publicly about her psychological state within the wake of Baena’s loss of life.
The actor issued a joint assertion with Baena’s household when the director’s loss of life was introduced. “This is an unimaginable tragedy. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support,” the assertion learn.
The couple started courting in 2011 and tied the knot in 2021.
They had been separated for 4 months earlier than Baena died, based on a report from the Los Angeles County medical expert that was launched in March.
For those who or somebody you recognize wants assist, name or textual content 988 or chat 988lifeline.org for psychological well being help. Moreover, you’ll find native psychological well being and disaster assets at dontcallthepolice.com. Outdoors of the U.S., please go to the Worldwide Affiliation for Suicide Prevention.
