{"id":191208,"date":"2025-09-05T14:53:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/sheinelle-jones-opens-up-about-husbands-horrible-death-its-a-nightmare\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:53:42","slug":"sheinelle-jones-opens-up-about-husbands-horrible-death-its-a-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/sheinelle-jones-opens-up-about-husbands-horrible-death-its-a-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheinelle Jones Opens Up About Husband&#8217;s &#8216;Horrible&#8217; Death: &#8216;It&#8217;s a Nightmare&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, <em>Today<\/em> show fans noticed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/04\/sheinelle-jones-leaving-today-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sheinelle Jones was often absent<\/a> from the show\u2019s anchors\u2019 desk.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers began to suspect that she was dealing with some sort of turmoil in her personal life, and their fears were later confirmed by the news that Jones\u2019 husband, Uche Ojeh, was battling brain cancer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/sheinelle-jones-husband-uche-ojeh-dead-at-45-tearful-savannah-guthrie-shares-tragic-news-on-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ojeh passed away<\/a> in May, leaving behind Jones and the couple\u2019s three children.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1186221234-2-656x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sheinelle Jones and Uche Ojeh attend the NAACP LDF 33rd National Equal Justice Awards Dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street on November 07, 2019 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-534301 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1186221234-2-656x1024.jpg 656w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1186221234-2-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1186221234-2-768x1199.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1186221234-2-1312x2048.jpg 1312w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1186221234-2-615x960.jpg 615w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1186221234-2-692x1080.jpg 692w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1186221234-2-769x1200.jpg 769w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1186221234-2-scaled.jpg 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1186221234-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sheinelle Jones and Uche Ojeh attend the NAACP LDF 33rd National Equal Justice Awards Dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street on November 07, 2019 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Bennett Raglin\/Getty Images for NAACP LDF)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jones\u2019 hiatus from <em>Today<\/em> continued through the summer, but now, the beloved TV personality has returned to the show that made her famous.<\/p>\n<p>She resumed her place alongside her colleagues during this morning\u2019s broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>But first,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/sheinelle-jones-announces-return-to-today-show-following-husbands-tragic-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Sheinelle opened up about her loss<\/a> in a pre-taped interview with her friend and longtime colleague, Savannah Guthrie.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sheinelle-jones-says-her-heart-is-shattered-following-loss-of-husband\">Sheinelle Jones says her heart is \u2018shattered\u2019 following loss of husband<\/h2>\n<p>In a candid conversation with Guthrie, Jones opened up about the \u201chorrible\u201d loss that has left her \u201cheart shattered into a million pieces.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-1024x641.png\" alt=\"Sheinelle Jones discussed the loss of her husband in a moving interview with Savannah Guthrie.\" class=\"wp-image-534293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-2048x1283.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-960x601.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-1080x676.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-1200x752.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-1024x641.png\" alt=\"Sheinelle Jones discussed the loss of her husband in a moving interview with Savannah Guthrie.\" class=\"wp-image-534293 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-2048x1283.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-960x601.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-1080x676.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM-1200x752.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-9.35.28-AM.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sheinelle Jones discussed the loss of her husband in a moving interview with Savannah Guthrie.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (NBC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt sucks. It\u2019s day to day. I\u2019m proud of myself for how I\u2019ve coped so far. I\u2019m proud of my kids for how they\u2019ve been able to try to pull through,\u201d Jones said through tears, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are times where if I could just stay in bed \u2026 it would be amazing, but I can\u2019t do that because I have three little beings who are watching me.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sheinelle-returns-to-today-following-year-of-tragedy\">Sheinelle returns to \u2018Today\u2019 following year of tragedy<\/h2>\n<p>After the interview aired, Sheinelle appeared alongside her co-hosts for the first time in many months.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Sheinelle Jones attends the 2023 Broadcasting + Cable Hall Of Fame Gala at The Ziegfeld Ballroom on May 03, 2023 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-534302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Sheinelle Jones attends the 2023 Broadcasting + Cable Hall Of Fame Gala at The Ziegfeld Ballroom on May 03, 2023 in New York City. \" class=\"wp-image-534302 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1487383339-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sheinelle Jones attends the 2023 Broadcasting + Cable Hall Of Fame Gala at The Ziegfeld Ballroom on May 03, 2023 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Arturo Holmes\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She credited her colleagues with getting her through the past year, at one point referring to them as her \u201coxygen.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did all my cries yesterday so that today I could just be fully present and try to receive the love and not be a ball of tears here. \u2026 I tried to fortify myself, and I\u2019ll cry later,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>Jones\u2019 co-stars were clearly thrilled to have her back.<\/p>\n<p>And while Sheinelle will certainly continue to grieve for her husband for the rest of her days, it seemed clear today that she\u2019s ready to return to the career that spreads so much joy.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts go out to Jones and her loved ones as they continue to heal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/sheinelle-jones-opens-up-about-husbands-horrible-death-its-a-nightmare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Earlier this year, Today show fans noticed that Sheinelle Jones was often absent from the show\u2019s anchors\u2019 desk. Viewers began to suspect that she was dealing with some sort of turmoil in her personal life, and their fears were later confirmed by the news that Jones\u2019 husband, Uche Ojeh, was battling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":191209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-191208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}