Aubrey Plaza made an look on the particular fiftieth anniversary episode of Saturday Evening Stay, introducing musical acts Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard who sang “Nothing Compares 2 U.” It is Plaza’s first public look because the tragic loss of life of her husband, Jeff Baena, who took his life on Jan. 3, 2025.
In the course of the temporary introduction of Miley and Brittany, Plaza wore black pants and jacket together with a tie-dye shirt. Followers of the star rapidly acknowledged that she was honoring her late husband with the shirt. The couple had been collectively for 10 years after they married in 2021. In an look on The Drew Barrymore Present in Dec. 2021 (through EW), Plaza mentioned their marriage ceremony day and defined her husband’s love of tie-dye:
“We obtained married on a whim, actually determined at like 5 p.m. and obtained married at like, 8:30. Jeff obtained actually into tie-dyeing in the course of the quarantine, so, I made a decision that Jeff and I had been going to put on tie-dye pajamas that he had made for us.”
Baena was solely 47 when he was discovered lifeless at residence in Los Angeles. Plaza and Baena’s household launched an announcement:
“That is an unimaginable tragedy. We’re deeply grateful to everybody who has supplied help. Please respect our privateness throughout this time.”
Jeff Baena Was an Unbiased Author and Director
Baena was born in Miami in 1977 and went to high school at NYU and obtained a level in movie from the Tisch Faculty of the Arts, then moved to Los Angeles. He started as an assistant to Robert Zemeckis and filmmaker David. O Russell, then co-wrote the screenplay for I Coronary heart Huckabees (2004) with Russell, who additionally directed. He made his debut as a director with the rom-com-zom movie, Life After Beth (2014), which starred Plaza, Dane DeHaan, and John C. Reilly.
Following Life After Beth, Baena wrote and directed Joshy (2016), a movie about Joshy (performed by Thomas Middleditch) whose fiancée killed herself, and the way his associates take him to a cabin throughout what would have been his bachelor celebration weekend. The comedy-drama featured a 20-page define and Baena allowed his largely comedic solid to improvise. Plaza additionally appeared. Baena then directed two movies which featured frequent collaborator, Alison Brie, The Little Hours (2016) and Horse Lady (2017), the latter of which Brie additionally co-wrote.
Baena additionally created Cinema Toast in 2021, a collection that featured indie filmmakers re-editing public area films with new dubbing to show them into fully new tasks. His ultimate movie was Spin Me Spherical (2022), which he co-wrote with Brie, who additionally starred.
Plaza has stayed largely out of the highlight since Baena’s tragic passing. She was set to current on the Golden Globes, however understandably canceled. A Ritz Crackers business that includes Plaza aired in the course of the Tremendous Bowl, but it surely was filmed months prior in November. Plaza was beforehand an intern on SNL early in her profession, which is why she was featured on SNL50.