NBC announced Friday that Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie will resume her on-air duties April 6, marking her first studio appearance in over two months since her elderly mother’s kidnapping.
Guthrie has been away from the morning show since January 30, just two days before her 84-year-old mother Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Arizona residence and was reported missing to authorities.
Speaking during a Friday broadcast interview, the veteran anchor acknowledged the emotional challenge of returning to work. “It’s hard to imagine doing it because it’s such a place of joy and lightness, and I can’t come back and try to be something that I’m not,” Guthrie explained. “But I can’t not come back, because it’s my family. I think it’s part of my purpose right now.”
According to reports, Nancy Guthrie was last spotted by relatives on January 31 following an evening visit to the Tucson residence of her eldest daughter Annie Guthrie and Annie’s husband.
The family has been contacted with ransom demands since the disappearance and has posted a $1 million reward for any information leading to Nancy Guthrie’s safe return. The case remains under investigation.
