Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie opened up to the public on Monday about how she’s coping with the disappearance of her mother, Nancy Guthrie.<\/p>\n
Guthrie spoke about her mother at the beginning of the “Today with Jenna & Sheinelle” talk show hosted by Jenna Bush Hager. The women\u00a0talked about how Guthrie has been coping over the last several months before launching into the day’s stories.<\/p>\n
“I’ve just marveled — as somebody that knows you and loves you — at your strength,” Hager addressed Guthrie. “Coming back here and leading this ship, which I know has not been easy, and yet here you are, morning after morning, getting out of bed, spending the mornings with us, and I know so many of you at home feel the same way.”<\/p>\n
Guthrie called Hager\u00a0her best friend and said it’s hard to look at her every day on set without crying.<\/p>\n
“It’s really hard to come back, and I’ve been trying so hard to hold it together,” Guthrie said.<\/p>\n
She thanked her coworkers on camera and those behind the scenes for being such a supportive network.<\/p>\n
“It’s like, when I see you in the morning, I know that you see me no matter what is going on,” Guthrie said. “Sometimes it’s almost too much because I feel like to do the job I have to keep it together, pull it together.”<\/p>\n
Guthrie expressed how much returning to work has helped her.<\/p>\n
“It’s not that I’m not thinking about it, because I am … but it brings me a lot of joy to be with everybody,” Guthrie said. “But it’s not easy.”<\/p>\n
Guthrie said it was her close-knit work family that helped her come back.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think if I had any other kind of job I would have even tried to come back,” she said. “My mom would have said, ‘Honey, just keep going,’ and I am.”<\/p>\n
“We’ll have your back. We’ll be with you forever with this,” Hager said.<\/p>\n