Aubrey Plaza Shares Excitement In First Interview Since Pregnancy Announcement

Aubrey Plaza has spoken out for the first time since confirming that she is pregnant with her first child.

Last week, the White Lotus star confirmed that she and her partner, fellow actor Christopher Abbott, are expecting a baby later this year.

Since then, Aubrey filmed an upcoming appearance on the SmartLess podcast, in which she spoke more about her pregnancy.

During the interview, she spoke about the stroke she suffered at the age of 20, which she has suggested could have been caused by birth control she was taking at that time.

Asked if she’d consider going back on birth control, Aubrey broke the news to the podcast’s hosts that there is, in fact, a “baby inside of me right now”.

Per Entertainment Weekly, she said: “I went to the doctor’s today, and my dog also went to the doctor’s. And both of us – my dog’s getting a scan right now. I got a scan earlier. I’m not kidding!

“She had to get an ultrasound on her stomach. And then I got an ultrasound on my stomach, and there is a baby in there.”

“I’ve always wanted to see what that’s all about, you know?” the Parks And Recreation actor said about the prospecting of becoming a mum. “It just seems so interesting, that whole thing.”

Aubrey’s full interview on the SmartLess podcast will be released to non-paying listeners on Monday 20 April.

She and Chris, the father of her unborn child, first crossed paths when they worked on the 2020 psychological drama Black Bear, before reuniting three years later in an off-Broadway revival of the play Danny And The Deep Blue Sea.

The Emmy nominee was previously married to the writer and director Jeff Baena, who died by suicide in January of last year.

Aubrey and Jeff married at their home in July 2021, and separated in September 2024.