Sheinelle Jones ’ trip to Oz changed her grieving process for good.

The Today cohost shared how Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo ’s moving performances in Wicked: For Good impacted her following the death of her husband Uche Ojeh .

“You guys both know that I am grieving,” Sheinelle, 47, told the costars in a Today interview Nov. 12. “I carry two things everywhere I go: I move forward, but I’m also grieving. And when I went into the theater to screen this movie, it was transcendent for me in a way that I didn’t know I needed.”

Specifically, seeing Elphaba (Cynthia) and Glinda (Ariana) be “strong, brave and vulnerable” as they confront their personal struggles from the original film inspired Sheinelle to find her own strength. After all, the journalist returned

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