{"id":2411994,"date":"2026-05-11T18:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2411994"},"modified":"2026-05-11T18:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:30:35","slug":"todays-sheinelle-jones-calls-first-mothers-day-without-late-husband-brutal-but-found-silver-lining-in-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/todays-sheinelle-jones-calls-first-mothers-day-without-late-husband-brutal-but-found-silver-lining-in-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cToday\u201d&#8217;s Sheinelle Jones calls first Mother&#8217;s Day without late husband &#8216;brutal,&#8217; but found &#8216;silver lining&#8217; in kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sheinelle Jones is reflecting on her first Mother&#8217;s Day since her husband Uche Ojeh died in May 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>Today With Jenna &amp; Sheinelle <\/em>host said she realized she was &#8220;going to be okay&#8221; amid her children&#8217;s busy schedules doing what they love and being able to cheer them on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jones concluded, saying she &#8220;stuck the landing&#8221; thanks to her children, Kayin, Clara, and Uche.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/sheinelle-jones-fell-asleep-on-train-woke-up-alone-locked-inside-11943717\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Sheinelle Jones;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sheinelle Jones&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Sheinelle Jones<\/a> is opening up about her first Mother&#8217;s Day since her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/today-show-sheinelle-jones-husband-tribute-after-he-dies-of-cancer-11740855\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:husband Uche Ojeh's death;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;husband Uche Ojeh'&quot;}\" class=\"link \">husband Uche Ojeh&#8217;s death<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During Monday&#8217;s episode of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/sheinelle-jones-talks-first-mother-s-day-without-late-husband-263101509516\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Today With Jenna &amp; Sheinelle;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Today With Jenna &amp;amp&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Today<\/em> <em>With Jenna &amp; Sheinelle<\/em><\/a>, Jones told cohost <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/jenna-bush-hager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jenna Bush Hager;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jenna Bush Hager&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Jenna Bush Hager<\/a> about how Mother&#8217;s Day was &#8220;tough&#8221; for her this year after losing her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CwsSe2wODWi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:husband of 18 years;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;husband of 18 years&quot;}\" class=\"link \">husband of 18 years<\/a> in May 2025 after he was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Jones and Ojeh shared son Kayin and twins Clara and Uche.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I think when you have &#8216;firsts&#8217; \u2014 and Mother&#8217;s Day was a &#8216;first&#8217; for me since Uche passed \u2014 you fortify your heart, right? Christmas and Easter, you kind of fortify yourself. But there are some holidays that you don&#8217;t see coming, that are harder than you think,&#8221; Jones began. Hager asked if Mother&#8217;s Day was one of them, in response to which Jones called it &#8220;brutal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Jenna Bush Hager and Jones on &#8216;Today With Jenna &amp; Sheinelle&#8217; on Monday<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jones and Hager pointed out that Jones&#8217; husband was the one to do &#8220;everything,&#8221; like rallying their kids to get a card together. &#8220;So I realized, &#8216;Oh, we don&#8217;t have that.&#8217; I think we all quietly realized it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;EW Dispatch newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The morning show host then brought up that the &#8220;silver lining&#8221; of the day came from the whirlwind of activities involving her kids. &#8220;My little guy had a game at 9 a.m., Kayin had a game at 7 p.m., Clara had dance. So it was like, I couldn&#8217;t stay in bed. And then watching Clara dance, and my little guy&#8217;s been injured but it was his first game back and watching Kayin playing on the higher team, I was like, okay. It&#8217;s going to be okay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hager noted that it was &#8220;so ironic&#8221; that Jones found joy in her kids, adding that &#8220;watching them and being proud of them&#8230; is what Mother&#8217;s Day really should be about.&#8221; Jones concluded that she &#8220;stuck the landing&#8221; of her first year celebrating the holiday without her husband.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/sheinelle-jones-announces-shes-taking-time-away-from-today-8774881\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jones took an extended leave of absence;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jones took an extended leave of absence&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Jones took an extended leave of absence<\/a> from <em>Today <\/em>in late 2024 and 2025. Before her return, she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-h8Qsmt-9uo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:participated in a pre-taped interview;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;participated in a pre-taped interview&quot;}\" class=\"link \">participated in a pre-taped interview<\/a> with colleague<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/savannah-guthrie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Savannah Guthrie;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Savannah Guthrie&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> Savannah Guthrie<\/a>, which aired in September, about the loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;My heart is shattered in a million pieces,&#8221; Jones said at the time. &#8220;The life that I&#8217;ve known since I was 19 is no more. I&#8217;ve always wanted kids and I have three kids of my own now and they&#8217;ve lost their dad. And I&#8217;m their mom. It sucks.&#8221; She called the situation a &#8220;beautiful nightmare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Jones and Uche Ojeh in New York in 2019\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Wz7C_mPy7wd1q41vt12JgQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/entertainment_weekly_785\/ef8096d2c9e76126521ee2b25c198512\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Jones and Uche Ojeh in New York in 2019<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She elaborated on that characterization, reflecting on Uche&#8217;s time in the hospital. &#8220;We would just hold hands, and the nurses would come in and they&#8217;d call us the &#8216;love birds,&#8217; and we&#8217;d just look at each other and say, &#8216;I love you&#8217;&#8230; that&#8217;s what I mean by &#8216;beautiful nightmare,&#8217; because I found beauty in the nightmare,&#8221; Jones said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;And trust me, it is a nightmare to watch a 45-year-old do two triathlons and live and breathe off of soccer, and his kids &#8230; To take a guy like that and watch him have to deal with this fight was a nightmare. But the way he fought it and the way we rallied together and the way we saw the best of humanity, that was beautiful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/sheinelle-jones-today-first-mothers-day-since-husband-death-11971524\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Entertainment Weekly;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Entertainment Weekly&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Sheinelle Jones is reflecting on her first Mother&#8217;s Day since her husband Uche Ojeh died in May 2025. 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