{"id":176358,"date":"2025-09-23T13:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/176358\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T13:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:13:08","slug":"sheinelle-jones-details-the-hardest-part-of-today-return-after-husband-uche-ojehs-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/176358\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheinelle Jones details the hardest part of &#8216;Today&#8217; return after husband Uche Ojeh\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sheinelle Jones said it\u2019s been \u201ctough\u201d returning to the \u201cToday\u201d show four months after her husband, Uche Ojeh, died of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The TV personality gave a glimpse inside her and her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/parents\/meet-sheinelle-jones-kids\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three kids<\/a> \u2014\u00a0Kayin,16, and 13-year-old twins\u00a0Clara\u00a0and\u00a0Uche \u2014 transitioning back into their daily routines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/sheinelle-jones-opens-up-about-first-weeks-back-at-today-248074821564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">on Monday\u2019s episode of \u201cToday With Jenna and Friends.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWork comes, and we get through the first week of school, the first week back to work,\u201d she shared, describing the initial return earlier this month as \u201cfun.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFriday, when we got home, it was tough. Because there was nothing for us to rally ourselves for,\u201d Jones, 47, added.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinelle Jones talked about the hardest part of returning to the \u201cToday\u201d show after her husband, Uche Ojeh, died.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday\u2019s episode of \u201cToday With Jenna and Friends,\u201d the TV host gave an inside look into her and her three kids\u2019 transition back to their routines. Getty Images for NAACP LDF<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just like, \u2018Oh this is it. This is life.\u2019 Kind of sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaturday morning for me was tough,\u201d the TV host continued. \u201cSaturday is when [me and Ojeh would] look at each other and [say], \u2018Oh my God what a week.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was usually like, \u2018Oh my God, that interview on Tuesday, I should have said this. Or what about this?\u2019\u201d Jones added, saying that now her \u201ccoach\u201d and \u201clife partner\u201d is gone. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so the days after my first week were tough because it\u2019s like my new normal,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWork comes, and we get through the first week of school, the first week back to work,\u201d she said. Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p> \u201cFriday, when we got home, it was tough. Because there was nothing for us to rally ourselves for,\u201d Jones continued. Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The TV personality explained that Saturday was especially difficult for her because it\u2019s when she and Ojeh would reflect on their week. NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Jones returned to the \u201cToday\u201d show in a pre-taped interview, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/05\/entertainment\/shienelle-jones-breaks-silence-on-husband-uche-ojehs-death-in-today-show-return\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">admitting that her \u201cheart still hurts\u201d<\/a> after Ojeh\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2024, Jones<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/01\/15\/entertainment\/sheinelle-jones-reveals-why-shes-been-absent-from-today-show-for-over-a-month\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> took a mysterious leave of absence<\/a> \u201cto deal with a family health matter,\u201d though she didn\u2019t reveal her husband\u2019s cancer battle.<\/p>\n<p>Then in May, \u201cToday\u201d show host Savannah Guthrie<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/23\/celebrity-news\/today-show-co-host-sheinelle-jones-husband-dead-at-45-after-cancer-battle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> announced that Ojeh had died<\/a> \u201cafter a courageous battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no words for the pain we feel for Sheinelle and her three young children,\u201d she emotionally shared. \u201cUche was an incredible person, and we all loved him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>However, Jones knew her \u201clife partner\u201d was gone. Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so the days after my first week were tough because it\u2019s like my new normal,\u201d she added. Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Jones addressed her fans via Instagram, writing in a brief statement, \u201cThank you, for all of your love and support. \u2764\ufe0f.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the TV host returned to work in September, she shared that she kept Ojeh\u2019s cancer diagnosis a secret because he \u201cwas fiercely private\u201d while she had chosen \u201cthe spotlight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple had been married since September 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheinelle Jones said it\u2019s been \u201ctough\u201d returning to the \u201cToday\u201d show four months after her husband, Uche Ojeh,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[687,236,2865,7569,7297,91,88,81150,1256,92],"class_list":["post-176358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-cancer","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-marriages","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-sheinelle-jones","tag-today-show","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}