Hoda Kotb shares emotional moments with Sheinelle Jones today

Hoda Kotb Make the most of her brief return today By Sheinelle Jones.

Kotb, 61, aired Tuesday, September 9 to celebrate local physical education teachers and work out on New York City’s performance square. Kotb joined her former colleague and gave Jones, 47, a big hug.

“I just told Sheinelle that she just changed her life by being who she is,” Kotb said Jones sat down recently and Savannah Guthrie About her husband’s death Uche Ojeh. “My three friends called immediately after you talked and said they would change forever after listening to that conversation.”

She reminded Jones: “You don’t have to put in any effort. Just do what you are doing. I love you.”

Jones was interviewed by 53-year-old Guthrie Open to her sadness This is the first time since Ojeh died of brain cancer in May. He is 45 years old.

“It feels like we always have it,” she said of the two’s marriage. “When he dies, I’ll say, ‘It’s terrible, it’s terrible, but if you ask me if this will be my destiny, I’ll do it again.”

The couple shared their 16-year-old son Kayin and twins Uche and Clara. Leave temporarily From today The January show focused on her family and officially returned to her role on Friday, September 5.

“We’re not going to keep going, but we’re going with our loved ones,” Jones said. “I wish I was the only one on the scene and I was back to work and it was like, ‘OK, if I could do it, okay, right?”’

Jones noted that her heart still hurts after Ojeh’s deathbut she began to heal. She added: “So if you see me now, see me laughing, or you turn on the morning show, I’m laughing or having a good time, you’re rooting for me… because I fight for my joy.”

Sitting with her companions today Host Friday, Jones expressed his gratitude to his colleagues. “This is my favorite person ever,” she said. “The kids feel it, too.”

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Hoda Kotb returns to the NBC Morning Series for the first time after four months as host of today’s show. Kotb, 60, stopped at the show on Wednesday, May 28 to promote her new health app and brand Joey 101, but in making Savannah Guthrie and […]

Meanwhile, Kotb hosted her final today 17 years after performing at NBC Morning, broadcast in January. She initially announced her plans to leave today September 2024.

Craig Melvin Take over Kotb’s collaborative position with Guthrie, but Her seat is not filled yet In the fourth hour Jenna Bush Hager. The audience saw a variety of guests throughout the year Scarlett Johnson and Taraji P. Henson arrive Amy Poehler and Matt Rogers.

“Anyone will be lucky [to work with Jenna],” Cotter said Watch live with Andy Cohen In January, when asked who she wanted to see as a replacement. “But for me, the contender is Savannah. I think she’ll be great. I think Justin Sylvester is great. … Scarlett Johnson smashed it. She said it’s her favorite job.”

Kotb also had the name of her “Dear Friend” Jones and said, “I think she would be fine. I think this is who gets along well with Jenna.”