Aubrey Plaza's husband Jeff Baena received 'death threats' after wedding

Aubrey Squaremarriage to the deceased Jeff Brothers may have rubbed some of her most loyal, intense fans the wrong way.

“Oh my god. Jeff got death threats on his messages,” Plaza, 40, said Cosmopolitan in a 2022 profile, referring to several of her bisexual fans mourning her singleness on social media. “I think so. People project so many things into marriage, but it wasn't a big statement that I was trying to make in a way that I wanted everyone to react to.

Plaza and Baena were together from 2011 to his sudden and untimely death in January 2025. To celebrate their 10th anniversary of dating, the couple tied the knot in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“A lot of things happened to me during Covid. Yes, we got married. Big deal,” Plaza recalled during a December 2021 appearance The Ellen DeGeneres Show. “One night we got a little bored. We got married and I'll tell you how: Onehourmarriage.com. It's real, check it out.

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She added at the time: “We were in lockdown. Things were getting a bit crazy, especially in my house. My husband was very into tie dyeing, and when I say tie dye, I mean 50 shirts a day.

Plaza and Baena marry at home in what she described as a witchy affair.

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

Talking to CosmoPlaza elaborated on the haunting ceremony and her penchant for captivating content.

“I've always loved Halloween. Delaware, where I grew up, and my mom always had a witchy vibe. I don't know how to explain it. It gets into our blood,” she quipped. “I have Basque blood – like many of the witches who were burned at the stake in the European witch trials. My mom always made me believe in magic. Not, like, rabbit magic—she was just always on a different wavelength.

She added: “Also in high school I used to go into the woods with my friends and do weird spells and stuff. Somewhere along the way I became very familiar with herbs and mushrooms and oils and other pagan things. It became less “I'm casting a spell to harness the power of the wind” and more “I'm using these plants medicinally” or something.

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Us Weekly confirmed on Saturday, January 4 that Baena, an independent filmmaker, died by suicide at the age of 47. Plaza has yet to publicly address his departure.

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

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