Sheinelle Jones’ colleagues are persevering with to help her offscreen within the wake of her husband’s loss of life.
“Today” stars Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Deborah Roberts, Jenna Bush Hager, Hoda Kotb, and Craig Melvin had been all seen attending her husband’s funeral in New York on Friday, Might 30, only one week after saying his loss of life.
Uche Ojeh — full title Uchechukwuka Adenola Ojeh — handed away on Might 23 after dropping his battle with mind most cancers. He was 45.
Sporting a black form-fitting gown and tasteful hat, the grieving widow was photographed exiting the church together with her “Today” colleagues trailing behind.
Everybody appeared emotional, with Melvin holding a Kleenex in his hand on the best way out.
Bush Hager stood behind him somberly, holding what gave the impression to be a funeral program whereas Kotb, Roberts and Roker had been pictured behind them.
Final week, Guthrie, 53, was given the troublesome activity of saying Ojeh’s loss of life on air.
“With profound sadness, we share this morning that Uche Ojeh, the husband of our friend and Today co-host Sheinelle Jones, has passed away after a courageous battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma,” she instructed viewers at residence.
“There are no words for the pain we feel for Sheinelle and their three young children. Uche was an incredible person,” Guthrie continued. “We all loved him. And so we want to take a moment to tell you more about the remarkable man who was Sheinelle’s perfect partner in life.”
Sources instructed The Put up on the time that Ojeh put up a “brave fight” and was in hospice earlier than his passing.
His loss of life got here months after Jones revealed she was stepping again from the third hour of “Today” for an prolonged time, solely citing a household matter.
“I sincerely appreciate all of you who have reached out while I’ve been absent from the show. I want to share with you that I’m taking time to deal with a family health matter,” she wrote by way of Instagram.
“It’s not lost on me how lucky I am to have not only the support of my ‘Today’ show family, but to also have all of you.”
On Wednesday, two of Jones’ co-stars revealed how they had been serving to her via this horrible time.
“She’s such a close friend to me and I still don’t have the words. I don’t know what to say,” Dylan Dreyer instructed Us Weekly. “I’ve reached out. I don’t want to push too hard. There’s just a lot of things that she must be juggling right now. I mean, I don’t know the right words besides, ‘I’m here. Whenever you need a hug, let me know. I’ll be there in a second.’ And, I mean, I pray for every night.”
Roker additionally addressed being there for Jones.
“We tend to say, ‘Oh, I know what you’re going through. I know what you’re feeling.’ Nobody knows unless you’ve actually been in that,” he added. “So, we’re there. We just want to be there and pay tribute to the wonderful person that Uche was and still will be because he’s going to live on in those kids and live in all our memories.”
Jones and Ojeh married in 2007. They share three kids: 14-year-old Kayin and 12-year-old twins Clara and Uche.
Jones spoke out shortly after her husband’s passing, telling her followers, “Thank you, for all of your love and support.”
