Aubrey Plaza made her first public appearance since the tragic death of her husband, Jeff Baena.
The White Lotus actress attended the SNL50: The Anniversary Special event in New York City on Sunday, February 16, where she paid a heartfelt, subtle tribute to her late actor husband, who died by suicide at the age of 47 on Friday, January 3, 2025.
While introducing performers Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard, Plaza wore an elegant black dress pants, which she paired with a black blazer and a tie-dye shirt underneath.
Although the actress kept her overall look simple, her ardent fans were quick to notice that the tie-dye shirt was an homage to the filmmaker, who passed away in January 2025, and their 2021 wedding.
In December 2022, Plaza appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show, where she shared the significance of the design in their relationship.
“We got married on a whim. Literally decided around 5 p.m. [and] got married at 8:30. So, Jeff got really into tie-dying during the [coronavirus] quarantine, so I decided that Jeff and I were going to wear tie-dye pajamas that he had made for us,” she said at the time.
Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena started dating in 2011 and tied the knot in 2021.
