Aubrey Plaza’s Husband, Jeff Baena, Received ‘Death Threats’ After Marriage

Plaza Aubreymarriage to the late Jeff Brothers allegedly rubbed some of his most devout, intense fans the wrong way.

“Oh my god. Jeff got death threats in his DMs,” Plaza, 40, told Cosmopolitan in a 2022 profile, referring to many of her bisexual fans lamenting her singleness on social media. “I think so. People throw so many things at marriage, but it wasn’t a big statement that I’m trying to make where I want everyone to respond to it.”

Plaza and Baena had been together from 2011 until his sudden and untimely death in January 2025. To celebrate their 10th anniversary, the pair tied the knot in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.

“A lot of things happened during COVID for me. Yes, we got married. Big deal,” Plaza recalled during a December 2021 appearance on the The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “We got a little bored one night. We are getting married and I will tell you how: Onehourmarriage.com. That’s right, look up.”

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He added at the time, “We were in lockdown. Things got a bit crazy, especially in my house. My husband went into tie-dying and when I say tie-dying, I mean 50 shirts a day.”

Plaza and Baena marry at home in what she described as a witch’s affair.

“I created a very quick love altar in our yard. The facts of our love, small stones, smoke, fire. Things of that nature,” he told host Ellen DeGeneres. “Then the man from Alhambra showed up in a Hawaiian shirt with a briefcase (to perform the ceremony). … I can’t remember much of it, it was a blur. But I’m pretty sure it’s legit.”

Speaking to CosmoPlaza further elaborated on the spooky ceremony and her fascination for content enchantment.

“I’ve always loved Halloween. There was always a witch vibe in Delaware where I grew up and my mother was always a witch. I don’t know how to explain it. It runs in our blood,” she quipped. “I have Basque blood – like many witches who were burned at the stake in the European witch trials. My mother always made me believe in magic. Not, like, rabbit-out-of-a-hat magic – she was always operating on another wavelength. “

He added, “Also, in middle school, I would go with friends to the forest and do spells and strange things. Somewhere along the way, I got into herbs and mushrooms and oils and more pagan things. It became less ‘I’m making a spell to harness the power of the wind’ and more ‘I’m using these herbs medicinally’ or something.”

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Us Weekly confirmed on Saturday, January 4, that Baena, an indie filmmaker, died by suicide aged 47. Plaza has yet to publicly address his death.

In addition to Plaza, Baena is survived by his parents, step-parents and siblings.

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