Sheinelle Jones named ‘TODAY’ fourth-hour co-host alongside Jenna Bush Hager

The “TODAY” present introduced on Tuesday that Sheinelle Jones will co-host the fourth hour of the community’s flagship morning present alongside Jenna Bush Hager.

Bush Hager stated that Jones, 47, will be a part of her on the newly-named TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle. On Jan. 12, Sheinelle will develop into the fourth hour’s first everlasting co-host since Hoda Kotb departed the present.

“This marks an thrilling new chapter for the fourth hour,” “TODAY” government vp Libby Leist and Jenna & Buddies government producer Talia Parkinson-Jones stated in a press release. “Jenna and Sheinelle are two extraordinary skills who’ve grown inside the ranks of TODAY. They’re beloved for his or her authenticity, heat and real reference to our ‘TODAY’ viewers.”

Jones is about to step away from the third Hour of ‘TODAY’ to start co-hosting Jenna & Sheinelle, however Craig Melvin, Al Roker, and Dylan Dreyer will stay co-hosts of the 9 a.m.

The announcement comes almost a yr after the departure of Hoda Kotb, a beloved mainstay of NBC Information’ “TODAY” for nearly 20 years, in January. Kotb has remained at NBC in varied roles, together with internet hosting “TODAY’s” podcast “Making House” and co-anching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Since Kotb’s departure, Bush Hager has invited a protracted checklist of celebrities to co-host the fourth hour of “TODAY” along with her. Those that co-hosted “Jenna and Buddies” embody: Michelle Obama, Tyra Banks, Andy Cohen, Scarlett Johansson and Jones.

Jones joined “Weekend TODAY” in 2014 and have become co-host of “TODAY’s” third hour in 2019.

In January, Jones left “TODAY” briefly resulting from a household well being matter. Sheinelle’s husband of 17 years, Uche Ojeh, died in Could on the age of 45 after a battle with mind most cancers.

Jones opened up in regards to the lack of her husband in an interview with Savannah Guthrie forward of her return to “TODAY” in September. She known as his demise “a fantastic nightmare.”

“We don’t transfer on, however we transfer ahead with our family members,” she stated on the time. “I hope that simply by me being on the set and me returning to work, it’s like, ‘OK, if I can do it, so are you able to, proper?’

Jones shares three kids along with her late husband: their eldest son, Kayin, and twins, Uche and Clara.

“Sheinelle has been a cherished member of NBC Information for greater than 11 years,” Leist and Parkinson-Jones stated within the Tuesday assertion. “From standout interviews with newsmakers and celebrities to her iconic Halloween performances as Beyoncé and Tina Turner, she has captivated audiences again and again.”

Bush Hager, certainly one of former President George W. Bush’s two daughters, joined “TODAY” as a correspondent in 2009. She started co-hosting the fourth hour of the community’s flagship morning present with Kotb in 2019, following Kathie Lee Gifford’s departure.