Jenna Bush Hager & Sheinelle Jones Share Fun Reason for Latest ‘Today’ Absence

Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones followed up Today‘s episodes in Ireland with another fun event.

The duo has been absent from the NBC morning show since Thursday, October 22, with Today With Jenna & Sheinelle airing prerecorded episodes. Rather than get a head start on the weekend, Bush Hager and Jones missed the show for a special reason.

Wednesday, October 21, marked the first day of Jenna & Sheinelle‘s first-ever Girls Getaway. The two-day event, held at the Cedar Lakes Estate in Port Jarvis, New Jersey, was a “getaway made for women to connect, recharge, and have a little fun together,” per Today‘s website. Activities included conversations with celebrity guests, a sound bath, and a Shop Today Brand Bazaar.

“A night away with my girls @sheinelle_o and @taliaparkinson and so many lovely women! Thank all of you for coming to camp @jennasheinelle,” Bush Hager captioned an Instagram carousel of photos from the event on Thursday, including snaps of her and Jones’ conversations with actress Courteney Cox and Jenna & Sheinelle executive producer Talia Parkinson-Jones.

In the post’s comments, Jones described the event as “such a magical 48 hours!”

 

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She gushed about the getaway in an Instagram post of her own, writing on Thursday, “Every once in a while, I experience something that I KNOW I will cherish for a lifetime. That’s how I felt yesterday, on day 1 of our @jennasheinelle ‘girls getaway.’ I knew it sold out pretty quickly, but I never could’ve imagined how magical it would be. Women flew in from all over the country…. from fireside chats, soul train lines, sound baths & yoga …. it was so darn special.”

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Jones continued, “It was such a hug to my heart to see the impact that we have each day. I tried to meet everyone, but if I didn’t get to say thank you personally and you were there, please let me say it here, that we thank you so sincerely. Until next time!”

Like Bush Hager, Jones posted several pics from the event, including plenty of pics of the getaway’s guests. In the post’s comments, Parkinson-Jones wrote, “We are just getting started! It was such a gift to be with our community of women.”

Jenna & Sheinelle‘s Instagram page shared more glimpses into the event, including a sweet clip of Bush Hager and Jones complimenting each other during a panel. “Y’all see Sheinelle every single day. It’s strength personified. And what you see is half of it,” Bush Hager said before tearing up. “What y’all see is, like, a tenth of it, and not because she’s keeping it, because it’s too much to bear, honestly.”

 

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She added, “It is such proof that her strength and her grace and her heart — it’s not easy, man. She’s raising three kids.” (Jones previously took several months off from Today in the wake of her husband Uche Ojeh‘s May 2025 death.)

Jones returned the kind words, telling Bush Hager, “You’re like a bada**, right? … But the thing is, there’s this passion behind it. As much as I say my heart and my — we’re all empathetic, but our heart is on our sleeves — Jenna’s is right there to the surface, so it doesn’t take a lot to get emotion. But that’s because somebody’s living just without the armor. But don’t get it twisted. Without the armor, but super witty [and] quick.”

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