Tears were shed during Sheinelle Jones ‘ Today With Jenna & Friends cohosting debut.

Jenna Bush Hager kicked off her week with Jones on the fourth hour of Today by recalling how the two of them used to fill infor former hosts Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford . Jones, for her part, jokingly called her Jenna & Friends appearance an “arranged marriage,” as many fans have wanted to see her host alongside Jenna since Kotb’s Today exit earlier this year.

The pair’s conversation took an emotional turn, as they opened up about Jones’ husband, Uche Ojeh, who died of brain cancer at the age of 45 in May. Jones — who had been absent from the show since December 2024 — made her official return to Today on September 5.

“You were gone, and yet, when you came back, it was like n

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