Savannah Guthrie will return to today On Monday, April 6, amid suspicion that her mother had been kidnapped.
The update was confirmed on Friday with the airing of part three of Guthrie’s interview with her colleague Hoda Kotb, in which the co-anchor spoke about why she returned as the search for her elderly mother, Nancy, continued.
This will be her first studio appearance on the show since January 30, two days before her mother was reported missing from her home in Arizona.
“When times are tough, you want to be with your family,” Guthrie said of her teammates. “And I want to be with my family.” “So I don’t know if I can do it. I don’t know if I’ll belong anymore, but I’d like to try. I’d like to try… I’ll never be the same,” she added. “But maybe it’s like that old poem: ‘More beautiful in the broken places.’”
Guthrie’s first interview since her mother disappeared nearly two months ago was broadcast yesterday. The TV presenter told Kotb that she thought there was a good chance that Nancy would be viewed as a way to “make a quick buck” because of her fame and wealth.
She also delved into how her family discovered the loss of Nancy. On February 1, Savannah Guthrie’s sister, Annie Guthrie, called her in a panic. Nancy Guthrie, 84, unable to move, was missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Her back doors were open and Nancy’s cellphone and purse were left behind – and then there was blood on the porch and a doorbell camera that had been forcibly removed.
It is not known whether this was a kidnapping for ransom. Investigators believe Nancy Guthrie was taken against her will, but they have not arrested any suspects.
The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has become a global news story, and a major topic of discussion across television and the true crime media ecosystem. Journalists, podcasters, and digital creatives covering the true crime space traveled to Arizona and discovered several key characteristics, leading to their own theories about the case.
As days passed without interruption in the case, Guthrie’s family began making public appeals to the kidnapper, eventually offering a family reward of $1 million.
Inside NBC, the future of Savannah Guthrie’s role on the Today show became a topic of conversation, with people wondering how she would be able to return after such a difficult moment for her family. The company has turned to Kotb, Guthrie’s former announcer, to help fill in the day-to-day duties (Kotb stepped away from the show last year), with other members of the team filling in as needed.
Now that her return date has been set, those questions have been put aside. Although today’s cheerful day may not look quite the same.
