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“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie has returned home to New York City for the first time since her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing from her Arizona property on Feb. 1.
Savannah, 54, was pictured visiting her colleagues at the “Today” studio on Thursday morning, with images and video obtained by TMZ showing her being warmly embraced by staff inside the space, including her former costar Hoda Kotb, who was seen breaking down in tears while greeting her.
At the same time, a spokesperson for NBC confirmed that Savannah does fully intend to return to her hosting duties on the morning show—but did not indicate when this will happen, noting that the mother of two is focused fully on the search for her missing mom.
“Savannah Guthrie stopped by the studio this morning to be with and thank her ‘Today’ colleagues,” the spokesperson said. “While she plans to return to the show on air, she remains focused right now supporting her family and working to help bring Nancy home.”
Video taken by the New York Post showed Savannah leaving the “Today” show studio, accompanied by several security guards and police officers—and being greeted by well wishers who expressed their sympathy about her mother’s case.
The on-air personality then got into the back of a blacked-out SUV, before being driven away—presumably back to the Brooklyn townhouse she shares with her husband, Michael Feldman, and their two children, daughter Vale and son Charley.
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“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie has returned home to New York City for the first time since her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing from her Arizona property on Feb. 1. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Savannah, 54, was pictured visiting her colleagues at the “Today” studio on Thursday morning, including her former costar Hoda Kotb, who was seen breaking down in tears while greeting her. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
After Savannah’s visit to the “Today” studio on Thursday, her colleague, Jenna Bush Hager, opened up about her desire to return to the show, telling viewers: “She said that she has the intention to return to the show, even though it feels like the hardest thing to do, it’s also her home and where she feels so loved.”
Sheinelle Jones added: “We’re not out of the storm, but there’s a light somewhere even in the midst of the storm. I think her coming here and just being able to be with us, and for us to be able to hug her, I think it’s a step.”
Savannah is not thought to have been in New York since Feb. 1, when her mother was first reported missing—the same day that a masked and armed intruder was caught on camera approaching Nancy’s home in the early hours of the morning.
Hoda, who officially stepped down as Savannah’s “Today” co-host in January 2025, has been filling in for her on-air since Feb. 2 and is understood to have committed to continuing to anchor the show alongside Craig Melvin until her former co-star is ready to return.
Savannah’s husband, Michael, was reported to have been making frequent trips to Arizona from the couple’s home in Brooklyn, where he has been caring for their two children, with Page Six reporting in February that he had also paid a visit to his wife’s “Today” colleagues.
“There were a lot of tears,” one insider said of the visit.
Savannah, who was born and raised in Arizona, where she attended the University of Arizona, relocated to New York full time in 2011, when she was named the official co-host of the “Today” show’s fourth hour, alongside Al Roker and Natalie Morales.
Having initially resided in a Tribeca apartment with her husband, the on-air star has since moved to a Brooklyn townhouse with her spouse and their two children.
The couple paid $11.35 million for their 4,500-square-foot dwelling, which features six bedrooms and four bathrooms, in 2023, revealing at the time that they had always dreamed of residing in a townhouse.
However, Savannah has been absent from home since early February, when she is reported to have flown straight to Arizona as soon as the news of her mother’s disappearance was revealed.
Nancy was reported missing from her home in the Catalina Foothills at around lunchtime on Feb. 1, after she failed to show up to a friend’s house, where she had been due to watch a livestreamed church service.
Savannah was seen outside the studio, where she was greeted by well wishers expressing their sympathy over her mother’s disappearance. (New York Post)
Savannah is not thought to have been in New York since Feb. 1, when her mother was first reported missing. (savannahguthrie/Instagram)
She was last seen in person at around 9:45 p.m. local time, when she was dropped off at her home after having dinner at her daughter, Annie Guthrie’s home.
Since then, hundreds of FBI agents and detectives from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department have joined the search for the missing 84-year-old, who is believed to have been abducted from her home in the early hours of the morning.
Authorities have come under criticism for their handling of the case, however, and have yet to identify any suspects or persons of interest in their investigation.
On Feb. 24, Savannah announced that her family is offering a $1 million reward to anyone who is able to provide information that leads to her mother’s recovery, while also admitting that she and her family have come to terms with the fact that Nancy may be dead.
“We still believe in a miracle. We still believe that she can come home,” she said in an Instagram video. “We also know she may be lost. She may already be gone. She may have already gone home to the Lord that she loves and is dancing in heaven with her mom and her dad and with her beloved brother.
“But we need to know where she is. We need her to come home. For that reason we are offering a family reward of $1 million for any information that leads to her recovery.”
The Guthrie family’s reward will be added to the $100,000 already offered by the FBI, as well as an additional $100,000 that was given by an anonymous donor.
“So please, if you hear this message, if you’ve been waiting and you haven’t been sure, let this be your sign to please come forward, tell what you know and help us bring our beloved mom home so that we can either celebrate a glorious, miraculous homecoming, or celebrate the beautiful, brave, courageous, and noble life that she has lived,” Savannah continued.
“Someone knows how to find our mom and bring her home,” the TV host added in her caption.
Despite authorities securing video footage from a Nest doorbell camera that had been mounted outside of Nancy’s home, they have not yet been able to identify the person in the footage.
The FBI has said that the person in the video is believed to be a male, who measures between 5’9 and 5’10, with an average build. He is believed to have been carrying a black, 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack, which is available exclusively at Walmart—however Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has since stated that the intruder may have purchased the item second-hand.
Despite authorities securing video footage from a Nest doorbell camera that had been mounted outside of Nancy’s home, they have not yet been able to identify the person in the footage. (Pima County Sheriff’s Department)
The FBI has said that the person in the video is believed to be a male, who measures between 5’9 and 5’10, with an average build. (Pima County Sheriff’s Department)
What is the full timeline of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance?
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos noted during a media briefing on Feb. 5 that, while times are approximate, his team has pieced together several pieces of evidence that indicate Nancy’s movements—and the timeline of her apparent abduction.
Nancy, 84, was reported missing at around 12 p.m. local time on Feb. 1, around 14 hours after she was dropped off at the property following a family dinner. When she failed to turn up at her usual church gathering on Sunday, her friends alerted her family, who found her home was empty.
SATURDAY, JAN. 31
5:32 p.m. Nancy travels to Annie’s house in an Uber for “dinner and playing games with the family.”
9:48 p.m. A garage door at Nancy’s house opens when she was dropped off at the property by her daughter.
9:50 p.m. The garage door closes, indicating that Nancy was inside the home.
SUNDAY, FEB. 1
1:47 a.m. Nancy’s doorbell security camera is disconnected.
2:12 a.m. Movement is detected on a security camera at the home. No footage of this is currently available.
2:28 a.m. Nancy’s pacemaker app indicates that the device has been disconnected from her phone.
11:00 a.m. Nancy fails to arrive at the home of a friend, where she had been due to watch a church service livestream.
11:56 a.m. Nancy’s family travels to her home to check on her and finds the property empty.
12:03 p.m. The family calls 911 to report Nancy missing.
12:14 p.m. Police officers arrive at Nancy’s home.