Aubrey Plaza has described her grief as "a giant ocean of awfulness" following the death of her estranged husband, Jeff Baena

Plaza - who had separated from Baena in September 2024 - admits every day is a "struggle" as she continues to mourn the painful loss seven months on.

Asked how she is doing by her Parks and Recreation co-star Amy Poehler on her Good Hang podcast, she said: "Right in this very, very present moment, I feel happy to be with you. Overall, I'm here and I'm functioning. I feel really grateful to be moving through the world. I think I'm okay, but it's like a daily struggle, obviously."

She continued: "This is a really dumb analogy and it was kind of a joke at a certain point, but I actually mean it. Did you see that movie The Gorge? It's like [an] alien movie or something with Miles Teller. In the movie, there's like a cliff on one side and there's a cliff on the other side, then there's gorge in between and it's filled with all these like monster people that are trying to get them.

"I swear when I watched it, I was like that feels like what my grief is like ... or what grief could be like.

"At all times there's like a giant ocean of awfulness, that's like right there and I can see it. Sometimes I just want to dive into it, and just like be in it. Then sometimes I just look at it, and sometimes I try to get away from it. But, it's always there."

Breaking her silence on his death three days later, Plaza had said in a statement given to People: "This is an unimaginable tragedy.

"We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support.

"Please respect our privacy during this time."