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Kathie Lee Gifford Gave Sheinelle Jones a Special Gift for New ‘Today’ Role

Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb surprised Sheinelle Jones on the debut of Today With Jenna & Sheinelle, recalling their longtime cohosting until 2019.
Last month, it was announced that Sheinelle Jones would become Jenna Bush Hager’s permanent fourth-hour cohost after returning to Today and guest-hosting in September 2025 following her husband Uche Ojeh’s death in May 2025.
Gifford told Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday, January 13 that it was fun to watch Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones follow in her and Hoda Kotb’s footsteps, adding, `I left a lot of Chanel in her dressing room today, boy.`
Before Jones’s permanent hire last month, Jenna Bush Hager led a retitled fourth hour, Today With Jenna & Friends, relying on celebrity guest hosts.
Gifford reflected that `It worked for a long, long time for us`, praising Sheinelle Jones’s unteachable `spark` as key to the fourth hour legacy.

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