Aubrey Plaza confirmed she and Chris Abbott are expecting their first child, joking about needing help “pull it out” during an April 2026 appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers.
Aubrey Plaza’s pregnancy announcement didn’t arrive quietly—it landed with her unmistakable deadpan, right on the couch.
On an April 2026 episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers, Plaza leaned into the moment, quipping, “There’s something inside: it’s a baby.” She then followed it with a joke that made the stakes feel oddly real: “I may need you to pull it out. That’s why I came here tonight.”
Her punchline came with a twist of show-business familiarity. Plaza joked she could hand the job to either Seth Meyers or her fellow guest, Henry Winkler. “It’s either you or [fellow guest] Henry Winkler,” she said, adding that Winkler “delivered my baby on Parks & Rec, that’s all I know.”
For fans, the reference carried its own weight. Plaza played April on Parks & Recreation from 2009 to 2015, and her pregnancy news now builds a new chapter from the character’s comedic timing.
Earlier that same month, Plaza confirmed that she and partner Chris Abbott are expecting their first baby. Dating-wise, they started in 2025, nearly one year after a devastating personal loss.
Plaza’s estranged husband, Jeff Baena, died by suicide at age 47. Baena and Plaza were separated at the time. That history has hung over her public life, even as she steps into something new—this time with Abbott by her side and a first child on the way.
The contrast between the humor of her Late Night line and the gravity of what it means to welcome her first baby is what makes the announcement land. Plaza may have delivered it like a bit. but the message underneath was clear: there really is something inside—and now she’s ready to share it with the world.
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