Aubrey Plazais mourning the loss of herhusbandof over ten years,Jeff Baena, who tragically took his own life at the age of 47. While the actress received millions of condolences from her fans, somemessagesstood out for their lack of sympathy, celebrating Plaza’s loss and joking about her being“single again.”
Plaza is best known for her roles as April Ludgate inParks and Recreation, Harper inThe White Lotus, and Rio Vidal in the Marvel seriesAgatha All Along.
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Aubrey Plaza has recently lost her husband of over a decade, filmmaker Jeff Baena
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“Aubrey Plaza single? Hell yeah, dawg,” another said.
“F**k yeah! Aubrey Plaza is back on the market!! XD” celebrated a separate user.
The couple had been dating since 2011 and tied the knot ten years later
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“This is a bit sickening. The woman just lost her husband,” one of them replied.
“Take this down; she lost her husband!” another urged.
“Have some respect,” someone else said, as a fourth added, “Try sending condolences instead………….”
Another user wrote: “She just lost her husband to suicide, and you thought now was an appropriate time for horny o’clock?”
Baena took his own life in his Los Angeles home
“No idea why I’m even bothering to engage with this but this made my stomach churn,” commented somebody else.
The medical examiner for the County of Los Angeles gave the cause of death as suicide.
The filmmaker’s family toldDeadlinethey were “devastated” and have asked for privacy during this difficult time.
Multiple men shared tactless messages online, celebrating that Plaza was “back on the market” after the tragedy
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The screenwriter andfilm directoris best known forLife After Beth, Joshy, The Little Hours, Horse Girl, Spin Me Round, and for co-writingI Heart Huckabees.
After graduating from NYU Film School, Baena moved to Los Angeles to build his career in the film industry. His first projects included working as a production assistant for Robert Zemeckis and as an assistant editor for writer-director David O. Russell.
His directorial debut came in 2014 with the zombie comedy filmLife After Beth,which starredhis wife. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.
The couple worked together on multiple projects, includingLife After Beth,The Little Hours, andSpin Me Round
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Baena had been in arelationshipwith Plaza since 2011. According toGQ, the pair met over a game of Balderdash.
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Though the couple kept their relationship private, Plaza has spoken several times about the importance of finding a healthy balance between her personal and professional life.
“I was like, ‘We’re either going to break up or stay together forever,'”she sharedafter working with her then-boyfriend onLife After Beth.
“It was great, he’s a great director, and that didn’t surprise me either because his brain is operating on another level — he’s too smart, and he’s got so many opinions, and he’s a very confident person that always knows what he wants.”
“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,”the 40-year-old actress said in 2019.
“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.”
They alsoworked togetheron Plaza’s directorial debut,Showtime‘s anthology seriesCinema Toast
The couple announced the news of their marriage in May 2021. “So proud of my darling husband @jeffbaena for dreaming up another film that takes us to italia to cause some more trouble,” Plaza wrote on Instagram ahead of the premiere ofSpin Me Around.
Plaza and Baena tied the knot during a “quickie ceremony” in 2020, as perGQ.
If you or someone you know is struggling with self-harm or suicide ideation, help is available.International Hotlinesprovide resources.
Social media users responded to the men celebrating that Plaza was “single again”
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