Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott make red carpet debut after ‘giving away’ baby gender

Aubrey Plaza proudly cradled her baby bump as she and partner Christopher Abbott made their first official red carpet appearance as a couple last night.

Attending the 79th Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York, the White Lotus actress, 41, beamed as she stood beside Girls actor Christopher, 40.

The Parks and Recreation favourite confirmed in April that she was expecting her first child, having dipped out of the limelight and away from social media when her husband, Jeff Baena, 47, died by suicide in January 2025.

Aubrey, who had quietly separated from Baena in September 2024 but remained in contact with him, already knew Christopher, having worked with him on Black Bear (2020) and the play Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.

It’s believed the couple got together last summer, and they certainly seemed every inch the excited expectant parents on Sunday night.

Aubrey looked gorgeous in a black and white pinstriped dress with spaghetti straps, which hugged her growing belly.

She styled her brunette locks in loose waves and complemented her red nails with a matching lip gloss shade, utterly glowing as she posed for photographers.

Christopher, who has starred in Poor Things (2023) and Apple TV series The Crowded Room, meanwhile, put in a dapper appearance, matching his other half in a black velvet suit and white shirt.

He attended the prestigious Broadway award ceremony as a nominee for best featured actor, having played Willy Loman’s son, Biff, in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. The award ultimately went to Becky Shaw performer Alden Ehrenreich.

The couple’s award show outing comes after Aubrey appeared to let slip the sex of her baby.

During a sweet red carpet moment with Susan Sarandon at the Tribeca Festival premiere of The Accompanist, the Happiest Season star lifted her top to show a giddy Susan her tummy.

As she did, Susan, 79, appeared to ask what she was having, with footage capturing Aubrey replying with, ‘It’s a girl.’

When her pregnancy was confirmed in spring, an insider told People that Aubrey and Christopher ‘feel very blessed’.

‘It was a beautiful surprise after an emotional year,’ they added.

Aubrey hasn’t spoken in much detail about the aftermath of Baena’s death since he was found at home near the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles.

Initially, she and the late director’s family released a brief joint statement reading: ‘This is an unimaginable tragedy.

‘We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support. Please respect our privacy during this time.’

Aubrey then briefly appeared on Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary special last February, paying a subtle tribute to Baena by wearing a tie-dye shirt, just like they did for their wedding.

In a 2021 appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, Aubrey had shared that she and Baena ‘got married on a whim’ in their backyard, explaining that Baena took on tie-dyeing as a hobby in the pandemic.

Last August, Aubrey opened up more, appearing on former co-star Amy Poehler’s award-winning Good Hang podcast, on which she shared: ‘Right in this very, very present moment, I feel happy to be with you. Overall, I’m here, and I’m functioning.’

Aubrey added that she felt ‘OK’ and was ‘very grateful to be moving through the world’.

‘At all times, there’s a giant ocean of just awfulness that’s just right there, and I can see it,’ she then explained of her grief.

‘Sometimes I just want to dive into it and be in it. And sometimes I look at it, and sometimes I just try to get away from it, but it’s always there.’

Fans of the actress, who married Baena on their 10th anniversary in 2021, have been passionately defending her over recent months against criticism that she ‘moved on too quickly’ after Baena died.

A viral post bluntly concluded that ‘she didn’t even wait six months before getting a new partner,’ while trolls cruelly wrote that she mourned for ‘a week’.

Plenty of people had remarks of their own to fire back with, arguing that Aubrey cannot be ‘miserable for life’.

Fans also explained that ‘people have different ways of grieving’ and pointed out that she and Baena were, in fact, already separated.

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