“It felt like the ground disappeared beneath me” – ‘Today’ show’s Sheinelle Jones breaks down on air, revealing the raw and terrifying truth of losing her husband to brain cancer, exposing emotions so powerful they left her co-hosts shaken into silence

Viewers watched in disbelief as Sheinelle Jones opened up about her husband’s tragic passing, her voice breaking under the weight of memories too painful to contain. She spoke of nights filled with fear, days where hope clashed with despair, and the moment she realized she was living in a world without the man who had been her anchor. The raw honesty stunned the studio, with fellow hosts visibly fighting back tears as Jones described grief as both “scary” and “divine,” a paradox that left many wondering how she found strength in such unbearable loss. Could this confession signal the beginning of a new, unfiltered chapter for Jones as she confronts her pain before millions?

Her words have already sparked a wave of emotional responses across social media – but the most heartbreaking revelations are yet to come. Read the full story to uncover what she revealed next.

Sheinelle Jones, 47, shed tears during an emotional interview with her fellow Today show co-host, Savannah Guthrie, about Jones’ late husband.

Jones’ husband of 17 years, Uche Ojeh, 45, died in May after battling glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Jones stepped away from the Today show in December to deal with what she called at the time a “family health matter.”

Now, Jones has opened up about the “beautiful nightmare” she was living as she took care of her dying husband. Jones shared how her children, her faith, and her desire to turn grief into gratitude helped her continue.

“You did that, you honored your husband, you were a warrior for your husband,” Guthrie, 53, said, “You never lost that light in your eyes.”

Sheinelle Jones and Uche Ojeh would have been married for 18 years in August.Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for NAACP LDF

Jones said she would always question herself why he got sick so young, but grew to see his sickness as part of their shared fate, as part of God’s plan.

“In the midst of these questions, there’s still that piece that it was meant to be. And I would look at him and I would say ‘I would do this all over again,’” Jones said, wiping tears from her cheeks.

“You fought the good fight,” Guthrie said, her own eyes growing glassy.

Jones and Ojeh met in college at Northwestern University. He was 17 and she was 19. They would spend long stretches in her dorm room talking over cereal before lapsing into silence as they watched the beautiful clock tower outside her window, Jones recalled.

“And fast forward almost 30 years, and I’m sitting in this beautiful hospital room,” Jones said, “We were looking at this beautiful view of New York City. Here we are again, not talking. And I remember staring out the window, and I’m, like, ‘Oh my God. It’s like this crazy, full-circle moment.’”

“It felt scary, it felt divine, it felt bigger than us,” Jones mused.

Sheinelle Jones opened up about how her husband’s death has impacted her kids, Kayin, Clara, and Uche.Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images

Jones told Guthrie, 53, that she is trying to “move forward” after Ojeh’s death.

“I always wanted kids, and I have three kids of my own now, and they’ve lost their dad, and I’m their mom. It sucks,” Jones confided to Guthrie. “I feel a little pressure. I can’t be your dad. I can be the best mom I can be.”

Jones and Ojeh had three kids together: Kayin, 16, and 13-year-old twins Clara and Uche.

“One of my kids said, ‘I used to cry a lot. But now, I think of dad and I smile,’” Jones said, adding, “God, I hope I can get to that place.”