Everyone knows about work wives, those trusted colleagues that makes the eight-hour office day just a little easier.
But for Sheinelle Jonesher colleagues on Today—including Savannah Guthrie, Jenna Bush Hager, Al Roker and Craig Melvin—are truly family. And that bond was never more on display than when Sheinelle’s husband Ojeh’s mind was fighting glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, for 18 months before his death in May 2025.
“When my husband was sick, they were my family,” Sheinelle told E! News in an exclusive interview. “Al was bringing breakfast sandwiches into hospice for us, Savannah was right with us after the first surgery.”
She emphasized, the bond people see on TV, “It’s not just pretend.”
And while that bond between the morning show’s anchors can be felt through the screen, Sheinelle—who is mom to three kids with Uche—stressed how much of that love is felt behind closed doors.
“We do it when no one’s watching,” she said, pointing out that publicly, “nobody knew what I was going through—they all knew. Every day I was never alone. They were always there helping the kids, helping me with dinner.”
