Overview

• In a new episode of Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast, Plaza spoke at length for the first time about losing her husband, filmmaker Jeff Baena.
• Plaza said she is here and functioning but described coping as a daily struggle as she navigates life after his death.
• She likened her grief to imagery from the film The Gorge, depicting a vast ocean of dread and peril that remains constantly in view.
• Officials previously determined Baena died by suicide in January at age 47, a finding reiterated across the new coverage.
• Plaza and Baena were together since 2011 and married in 2021, with media reporting they were separated at the time of his death.