{"id":384281,"date":"2026-01-02T21:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/384281\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T21:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:54:07","slug":"sheinelle-jones-gets-emotional-send-off-on-third-hour-of-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/384281\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheinelle Jones Gets Emotional Send-Off On Third Hour Of &#8216;Today&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sheinelle-jones\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sheinelle-jones\" data-tag=\"sheinelle-jones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sheinelle Jones<\/a> held back tears as she was celebrated Friday on her final appearance on the third hour of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/today\/\" id=\"auto-tag_today\" data-tag=\"today\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Today<\/a>. Her co-hosts Al Roker, Craig Melvin and Dylan Dreyer paid tribute to their colleague as she sets off to begin her new role as permanent co-host on the fourth hour of Today with <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jenna-bush-hager\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jenna-bush-hager\" data-tag=\"jenna-bush-hager\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jenna Bush Hager<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThis will be her final show with us before she makes the move officially on January 12th,\u201d Melvin told viewers. \u201cWe wanted to toast her. And share a few \u2013 because there have been a slew but we will share a few of our favorite moments we have had together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cYou\u2019re so real and authentic on camera and off,\u201d Melvin told Jones, calling her his \u201csister in spirit.\u201d \u201cWhen you share your mantras and your poetry with us and with the world, I always enjoy those moments. They make my heart smile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHe continued, \u201cThe stories you tell come straight from the soul, authentic and kind \u2014 journalism\u2019s gold. The loss you endured the world also saw, yet still you rise daily, inspiring all. That smile could outshine the studio\u2019s gleam, the spark of resilience, hope and dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe loss refers to Jones losing her husband Uche Ojeh, who died from an aggressive form of brain cancer in May. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tJones has been with the network since 2014. She became co-host of the third hour of the show in 2019. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tJones was announced as Hager\u2019s permanent co-host during an extended segment on the show\u2019s fourth hour last month. Hager noted that she and Jones \u201chave this long, beautiful history together,\u201d noting that they both filled in for Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford when they were the co-hosts of the fourth\u00a0Today\u00a0hour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tYou can watch a video of the Today tribute below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheinelle Jones held back tears as she was celebrated Friday on her final appearance on the third hour&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,27642,1254,81150,7349,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-384281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-jenna-bush-hager","10":"tag-nbc","11":"tag-sheinelle-jones","12":"tag-today","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384281","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=384281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}