Shinelle Jones tearfully shares commitment to late husband

Hinelle Jones gets emotional talking about her late husband, Ou Jie’s thoughtsnearly a year since his death.

Jones, 47, announced a tour in support of her upcoming book, through mom’s eyesduring Monday, March 23, plot today. The anchor held back tears as she told viewers how her husband supported the book before his death.

“I think I’m going to cry,” Jones said Monday while discussing her upcoming project. “When I started writing this book, I was so eager to learn from the many moms we admire.”

Jones’s book, inspired by her today The eponymous series follows lessons she learned from several women throughout her life, but what emerged was “a powerful theme of resilience,” she said. through mom’s eyes The book will be released on Tuesday, April 14, and Jones will embark on an eight-city book tour this week.

“The book was supposed to come out last spring, and the thing is, as I was writing it, my husband Uche was very ill, and he encouraged me to keep writing it,” she recalls. “So I held on for a year after he died because I wanted to be with him and the kids. But I promised him I wasn’t going to give up on this.”

During Monday’s broadcast, Jones also showed a photo of Oyer and her grandmother, who died seven months after her husband. Jones said these two “believed in me the most” when it came to publishing her book.

OK Died in March 2025 at the age of 45 After battling brain cancer.

“It is with profound sadness that we announce this morning the death of Uche Ojeh, husband of our dear friend and ‘Today’ co-host Sheinelle Jones, who passed away after a courageous battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma.” today anchor Savannah Guthrie announced at the time.

Jones was married to Oyer for 17 years before his death. They have a 16-year-old son, Kayin, and 13-year-old twins, Clara and Uche.

“Words cannot express the pain we feel for Sheinelle and their three young children,” Guthrie continued in the May 2025 broadcast. “Uche was an incredible man. We all loved him.”

Jones’ long absence from her role todaystarting in December 2024. Initially, details about her leave were not disclosed, with Jones telling viewers she was attending to family matters.

Jones will return to the show in September 2025, Four months after Ojie’s death. At the time, she sat down with Guthrie for an emotional interview.

“At this moment, I’m fine. Day-to-day, I’m fine,” Jones said at the time. “How am I doing in the grand scheme of things? My heart is broken into a million pieces.”

She added, “The life I’ve been living since I was 19 is gone. I’ve always wanted kids, and now I have three kids of my own who lost their dad. I’m their mom, and it sucks. So, how am I doing? It’s day by day. I’m proud of how I’ve coped so far. I’m proud of my kids because we’ve been able to get through this, but it’s been horrible.”