Resurfaced interview reveals Jeff Baena received 'death threats'

Famous film director Jeff BrothersFamous for “Life After Beth” and “The Little Hours” films, he died tragically at the age of 47.

Law enforcement sources confirmed that police and fire officials responded to a call for a death investigation around 10:30 a.m. Friday after Baena's assistant found him unresponsive. He was He was pronounced dead at the sceneauthorities later confirmed his cause of death as suicide.

Baena who is married to an actress Aubrey Plaza As of 2020, it leaves behind a legacy of innovative filmmaking and relationships that have won the hearts of many but provoked intense reactions from some of Plaza's most loyal fans.

Plaza and Baena began dating in 2011 and remained together until her untimely death in January 2025. The couple married in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, celebrating their love in an intimate and uniquely private ceremony.

“I made a very quick love altar in our yard. The facts of our love, small stones, smoke, fire. That kind of stuff,” Plaza shared in an interview Ellen DeGeneres. “Then the man from Alhambra appeared in a Hawaiian shirt with a briefcase [to perform the ceremony]. … I can't remember most of it, it was a blur. But I'm sure it's legal.”

But despite their obvious love and devotion to each other, not all of Plaza's fans supported the union. with 2022 in the profile CosmopolitanPlaza revealed the dark side of the public's reaction to their marriage.

“Oh my God. Jeff got death threats in his DMs,” Plaza said. “People suggest so much to marriage, but it wasn't a big statement that I was trying to make where I wanted everyone to react to it.”

Much of this backlash reportedly stems from some of Plaza's bisexual fans mourning her transition from celibacy to married life.

Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena shared one of Hollywood's longest and most private long-term romances, culminating in an extremely secretive wedding.

according to People magazinePlaza and Baena roads crossed for the first time in 2011. Although details of their early relationship are scarce, GQ In 2022, Plaza's profile revealed a charming tidbit: the couple met over the game Balderdash. Their relationship blossomed both romantically and professionally, resulting in a creative partnership that lasted more than a decade.

Plaza has made it clear on several occasions that he admires Baena's work. In 2021, she shared a heartfelt Instagram post celebrating her husband's accomplishments. “I'm so proud of my lovely husband @jeffbaena for dreaming up another movie that takes us to Italy to cause more trouble,” she said, referring to Spin Me Round.

Baena was not only Plaza's husband but also an accomplished director, screenwriter and director in his own right. After graduating from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, he moved to Los Angeles to begin his career. He worked alongside industry titans such as Robert Zemeckis and David O. Russell, contributing to films like 2004's I Heart Huckabees and Meet the Fockers.

In 2014, Baena made his directorial debut with the dark comedy Life After Beth, starring Plaza himself. This marked the beginning of a creative collaboration between the two that would continue with “Small Hours”, “Girl on Horseback” and finally “Spin Me Round” in 2022.

Baena Plaza is survived by her parents, step-parents and siblings.

Until now, Aubrey Plaza has not made a statement about the death of her husband and fans around the world they offered their condolences and support the actress during this heartbreaking time.

However, a statement was made in this regard Deadline said on Saturday that “the family feels guilty and wants privacy at this difficult time”.

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