Christopher Abbott Says Aubrey Plaza Pregnant News Is Very Exciting

Christopher Abbott said aubrey plaza pregnant news was “very exciting” during his first public comments on May 18, when he appeared on Today. The actor had not addressed the pregnancy publicly before that appearance, even after Plaza revealed it in April.

May 18 on Today

Jenna Bush Hager began congratulating Abbott during the interview, and he replied, “That’s very nice, thank you very much. It’s very exciting.” His comment was the clearest sign yet that the pair are preparing for their first baby together.

The same May 18 appearance also drew a split-screen effect for Abbott’s career timing. Before the pregnancy came up, he had started to answer Bush Hager’s congratulations by saying, “I thought—for my Tony nom,” a reminder that his current publicity push is carrying both personal news and awards-season residue from his performance in Death of a Salesman.

Black Bear to Broadway

Abbott and Plaza have been linked on and off screen before this moment. They co-starred in Black Bear in 2020 and worked together again in the 2023 off-Broadway revival of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, so the pregnancy sits inside a relationship that already had professional history attached to it.

Plaza is 41 and Abbott is 40, which puts the news in a straightforward adult-life frame rather than a publicity stunt. The pair also went public last month when her representative said they were expecting, turning what had been private into a matter they were already choosing to share.

Plaza’s April remarks

Plaza had already signaled a curiosity about motherhood on the April 20 episode of the SmartLess podcast, saying, “I’ve always wanted to see what that’s all about,” and adding, “It just seems so interesting, that whole thing.” That earlier conversation makes Abbott’s May 18 remarks feel less like a reveal than the next public step in a story they had begun acknowledging in pieces.

For readers tracking the couple as a celebrity-business story, the practical takeaway is simple: the pregnancy is now part of Abbott’s public profile, not just Plaza’s. Abbott answered directly, Plaza had already spoken about motherhood, and the public record now has a second on-the-record voice around a first baby.