Christopher Abbott Speaks on Aubrey Plaza Pregnancy, Says It’s Very Exciting
Christopher Abbott addressed aubrey plaza’s pregnancy for the first time on May 18, turning a brief TV exchange into the clearest public comment yet on their next step together. When Jenna Bush Hager began congratulating him during the appearance, Abbott kept it simple: “That's very nice, thank you very much. It's very exciting.”
May 18 on Today
The 40-year-old actor was on Today for a conversation that initially appeared to be about his Tony Award nomination for Death of a Salesman. Instead, the pregnancy became the center of the segment after Bush Hager moved quickly to the congratulations, and Abbott answered without dodging the moment.
He also tried to deflect the attention with a joke: “I thought—for my Tony nom,” before adding, “I'm kidding, I know. There's too much going on.” That line put the emphasis where it belongs — on a private development becoming public discussion only after both sides had already moved it into view.
April announcement, older work
Plaza’s representative said in April that she and Abbott were expecting, making May 18 the first time he spoke about it himself. The timing matters because the relationship only went public last month, after years of working together first in 2020 on Black Bear and again in 2023 in the off-Broadway revival of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.
That overlap gives the story its shape: this is not a fresh pairing built around publicity, but a relationship that moved from shared credits to a personal milestone. Plaza, 41, had already signaled a long-standing interest in motherhood on the April 20 episode of SmartLess, saying, “I've always wanted to see what that's all about,” and, “It just seems so interesting, that whole thing.”
Plaza’s comments in 2023
In 2023, Plaza also told Vanity Fair, “I feel very much like there’s some kind of ancestral, generational thing going on, just in my DNA,” adding, “I make so many of them so proud, and it feels personal, because they all had a hand in raising me.” Those remarks fit the public record around the pregnancy: she had talked about family and creativity well before the April announcement, and Abbott’s TV comment now closes the gap between private expectation and public acknowledgment.
For readers following the couple professionally as well as personally, the practical takeaway is straightforward: Abbott has now addressed the pregnancy on camera, and his tone matched the moment — brief, careful, and openly pleased. The next public sign of how the pair handle the rest of the pregnancy will likely come through their own comments, not a broad rollout of details.
