{"id":26495,"date":"2025-05-01T19:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26495"},"modified":"2025-05-01T19:03:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:03:24","slug":"dylan-dreyer-says-a-week-doesnt-go-by-without-the-today-show-family-checking-in-on-sheinelle-jones-amid-ongoing-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26495","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Dreyer Says &#8216;a Week Doesn&#8217;t Go By&#8217; Without the Today Show &#8216;Family&#8217; Checking in on Sheinelle Jones amid Ongoing Absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-subheading text-utility-300\">Jones, 47, has been absent from the show since December as she deals with a serious family health matter<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-article-meta-dynamic_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-article-meta-dynamic mntl-article-meta mntl-block pre-content\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"people-bylines_1-0\" class=\"comp people-bylines mntl-bylines text-utility-200\">\n<figure id=\"figure-article_1-0\" class=\"comp figure-article mntl-universal-primary-image right-rail__offset text-utility-100 figure-landscape primary-image\">\n<div class=\"primary-image__media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"primary-image__image mntl-primary-image--blurry loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/cKT7MxovkdMopSpI5-57gPk4Z0Q=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(781x238:783x240):format(webp)\/sheinelle-jones-today-show-011525-3059a55f4a05469e9fd8d972b61aba1d.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 750px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/Q3pT3bxSaOXd8ahWJcs2tqhkIlY=\/750x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(781x238:783x240):format(webp)\/sheinelle-jones-today-show-011525-3059a55f4a05469e9fd8d972b61aba1d.jpg 750w\" alt=\"Sheinelle Jones on Today\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"primary-image__figcap_1-0\" class=\"comp primary-image__figcap mntl-figure-caption figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Sheinelle Jones on &#8216;Today&#8217; on Monday, September 9, 2024.<\/span><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Credit :\u00a0<\/span>Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"article-content_1-0\" class=\"comp article-content mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-page mntl-block structured-content\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The\u00a0<em>Today<\/em>\u00a0show family is continuing to support\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/sheinelle-jones\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Sheinelle Jones<\/a>\u00a0amid her absence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Jones, 47, hasn&#8217;t appeared on the morning show since December and revealed in January that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sheinelle-jones-addresses-her-lengthy-absence-from-the-today-show-8774527\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">she&#8217;s been taking time away to deal with a &#8220;family health matter<\/a>,&#8221; but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/carson-daly\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Carson Daly<\/a>\u00a0said her co-hosts still &#8220;talk about her probably every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t know anything about when or timeline [for her return], but we always think about her,&#8221; Daly, 51, told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/media\/videos\/today-hosts-share-update-on-sheinelle-jones-absence-from-show-exclusive-235186\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\"><em>Entertainment Tonight<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;We&#8217;re wishing her well and she&#8217;s spending much-needed time with her family and that&#8217;ll just take its course. And there&#8217;s so much love going out to her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/dylan-dreyer\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Dylan Dreyer<\/a>\u00a0echoed what Daly said, as she told the outlet, &#8220;We chat with her often. A week doesn&#8217;t go by where we&#8217;re not checking in, seeing how she&#8217;s doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;We pray for her all the time, we can&#8217;t wait for her to come back, so we&#8217;re just waiting for that day to come,&#8221; Dreyer, 43, said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/TJkrzv5bkOVm5PgFgcU6HFaS138=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)\/Dylan-Dreyer-today-0523-d2db16fc48f44ad697abc3177fc2d1c2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/TJkrzv5bkOVm5PgFgcU6HFaS138=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)\/Dylan-Dreyer-today-0523-d2db16fc48f44ad697abc3177fc2d1c2.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"TODAY -- Pictured: Sheinelle Jones, Craig Melvin and Dylan Dreyer on Monday, March 6, 2023\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/TJkrzv5bkOVm5PgFgcU6HFaS138=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)\/Dylan-Dreyer-today-0523-d2db16fc48f44ad697abc3177fc2d1c2.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/TJkrzv5bkOVm5PgFgcU6HFaS138=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2):format(webp)\/Dylan-Dreyer-today-0523-d2db16fc48f44ad697abc3177fc2d1c2.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Sheinelle Jones, Craig Melvin and Dylan Dreyer on &#8216;Today&#8217; on Monday, March 6, 2023.<\/span>Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Both\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/al-roker\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Al Roker<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jenna-bush-hager\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Jenna Bush Hager<\/a>\u00a0also offered their thoughts on Jones&#8217; absence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block collapsed\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native-fluid_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native-fluid mm-ads-native \" data-right-rail-index=\"2\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native__adunit_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native__adunit mm-ads-gpt-dynamic-adunit mm-ads-gpt-adunit scads-to-load gpt native dynamic js-immediate-ad js-immediate-ad-loaded\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;The fact of the matter is, we&#8217;re so grateful to all the fans and viewers who&#8217;ve been praying for her and praying for her family and [she&#8217;s] just taking it one day at a time,&#8221; Roker, 70, said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Bush Hager, 43, added, &#8220;The\u00a0<em>Today<\/em>\u00a0show is a family and we take care of each other, we love each other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In January, Jones broke her silence about her absence from the show in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DE2NtWGpi08\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">statement<\/a>\u00a0on Instagram, as she wrote, &#8220;I sincerely appreciate all of you who have reached out while I\u2019ve been absent from the show. I want to share with you that I\u2019m taking time to deal with a family health matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;It\u2019s not lost on me how lucky I am to have not on the support of my\u00a0<em>Today<\/em>\u00a0show family, but to also have all of you. Your kindness means so much to me. I\u2019ll see you soon,&#8221; she continued.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/WsxlJOOv6hRA3tdcDYoEEmn9qAc=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1012x187:1014x189):format(webp)\/sheinelle-jones-kids-kayin-clara-uche-main-011625-c71a05763e964da185e2f541bd730637.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/WsxlJOOv6hRA3tdcDYoEEmn9qAc=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1012x187:1014x189):format(webp)\/sheinelle-jones-kids-kayin-clara-uche-main-011625-c71a05763e964da185e2f541bd730637.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"Sheinelle Jones and her kids, Kayin, Clara and Uche, on April 27, 2023 on 'Today'.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/WsxlJOOv6hRA3tdcDYoEEmn9qAc=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1012x187:1014x189):format(webp)\/sheinelle-jones-kids-kayin-clara-uche-main-011625-c71a05763e964da185e2f541bd730637.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/WsxlJOOv6hRA3tdcDYoEEmn9qAc=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1012x187:1014x189):format(webp)\/sheinelle-jones-kids-kayin-clara-uche-main-011625-c71a05763e964da185e2f541bd730637.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Sheinelle Jones and her kids, Kayin, Clara and Uche, on April 27, 2023 on &#8216;Today&#8217;.<\/span>Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">A source close to Jones later\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sheinelle-jones-family-health-matter-is-serious-exclusive-8774799\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">told PEOPLE that her family situation is &#8220;serious<\/a>,&#8221; but confirmed that the health matter does not pertain to her or her three kids \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-sheinelle-jones-kids-8774877\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">14-year-old Kayin and 12-year-old twins, Clara and Uche<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 who she shares with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/who-is-uche-ojeh-sheinelle-jones-husband-8773372\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">her husband Uche Ojeh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;Sheinelle appreciates the support she\u2019s received from fans and viewers in her absence,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;She\u2019s especially grateful for her tight-knit Today show family and co-hosts, for all their love during a sensitive time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_3-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/MkIAdG3xAqTgE7sNkE-PLLgom3A=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1071x624:1073x626):format(webp)\/NBCs-TODAY-050624-03-5af0971708314b2b84adfe8b79fccca3.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/MkIAdG3xAqTgE7sNkE-PLLgom3A=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1071x624:1073x626):format(webp)\/NBCs-TODAY-050624-03-5af0971708314b2b84adfe8b79fccca3.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"TODAY -- Pictured: Sheinelle Jones, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb on Monday, April 1, 2024\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/MkIAdG3xAqTgE7sNkE-PLLgom3A=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1071x624:1073x626):format(webp)\/NBCs-TODAY-050624-03-5af0971708314b2b84adfe8b79fccca3.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/MkIAdG3xAqTgE7sNkE-PLLgom3A=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(1071x624:1073x626):format(webp)\/NBCs-TODAY-050624-03-5af0971708314b2b84adfe8b79fccca3.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Sheinelle Jones, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb on &#8216;Today&#8217; 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