Savannah Guthrie abruptly left Today halfway through the show on Wednesday, April 15.<\/p>\n
OK! Magazine reported<\/a> that Guthrie introduced Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway before Today went to a commercial. When the show returned, Guthrie was gone, and co-anchor Hoda Kotb stepped in to interview Hathaway about her upcoming movies, Mother Mary and The Devil Wears Prada 2.<\/p>\n More from StyleCaster<\/p>\n Neither NBC nor the Today show has addressed Guthrie\u2019s disappearance from the broadcast, leaving many on social media wondering if it was related to her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie.<\/p>\n Related:\u00a0Who are Savannah Guthrie\u2019s siblings?<\/a><\/p>\n In fact, an insider told The Daily Mail<\/a> in a report published on April 11 that NBC has come up with a code word to inform Guthrie of any major developments in her mother\u2019s case while she is on air. If that happens, Guthrie would be told that she\u2019s \u201cneeded off set,\u201d and she understands that this means there is a potential update about her 86-year-old mother.<\/p>\n \u201cWe would pull her immediately, mid-segment if we had to,\u201d they explained. \u201cShe would understand that there was news about her mom and we\u2019d take her into an office and tell her, at the same time that another anchor would report it as a breaking story.\u201d<\/p>\n However, it turns out the speculation is just that because Guthrie was back on air a few minutes after the interview took place. A second source told The Daily Mail<\/a> in a report published on April 16 that its \u201cnot unusual for a host to tease an upcoming segment at any point, and for another host to do the interview. \u201c<\/p>\n Guthrie stepped away from the Today show temporarily to be with her family amid her mother\u2019s disappearance. She returned to Today on April 6, telling viewers it was \u201cgood to be back home.\u201d Although NBC believes she is back for good, they are willing to accommodate Guthrie if she needs to take any additional time off.<\/p>\n \u201cIf she isn\u2019t feeling it, or needs more time off, she will be given it,\u201d the first source stated. \u201cWhether Hoda would be the one to replace her is another conversation. They would love to have Savannah back full-time, but if she has to leave, they will allow her, but they anticipate she is back for good.\u201d<\/p>\n Nancy has been missing since early February 2026, when she was reportedly taken from her home by a masked assailant. Authorities have not yet identified a suspect or motive, but the reward for information about Nancy\u2019s case<\/a> is up to $1 million.<\/p>\n Best of StyleCaster<\/p>\n Sign up for Stylecaster’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie abruptly left Today halfway through the show on Wednesday, April 15. OK! Magazine reported that Guthrie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[7245,321,93,8966,61,60,137693,9057,8964,13292],"class_list":{"0":"post-402647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-anne-hathaway","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-hoda-kotb","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-nancy-guthrie","15":"tag-nbc","16":"tag-savannah-guthrie","17":"tag-the-today-show"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}