Savannah Guthrie made her way back to the Today Show studio for the first time since the unsettling abduction of her mother, Nancy, over a month ago. Reports suggest that Guthrie is gearing up for her on-air return.
In exclusive photos shared by TMZ, the beloved host was spotted warmly embracing staff and crew at the Manhattan studio on Thursday morning.
NBC communicated to the Daily Mail that while Guthrie is anticipated to resume her role on air eventually, her visit was primarily to express gratitude to her TODAY colleagues.
Footage captured Guthrie visibly moved during the reunion, hugging co-workers and delivering a heartfelt speech to those gathered.
The studio emphasized that her return was a gesture of thanks to her colleagues for their unwavering support during her mother’s distressing disappearance, which continues to be unresolved.
“Although she intends to rejoin the broadcast, her current priority is to support her family and actively work towards finding Nancy,” the studio elaborated.
Savannah’s return to her Today Show set comes 33 days after her mom Nancy, 84, vanished from her home in Tucson, Arizona.
Investigators released footage of a masked suspect appearing to break into her home and evidence suggested she had been abducted, but no arrests or suspects have been named in the month-long search.
Savannah Guthrie returned to the Today Show studio for the first time since her mom Nancy was abducted from her home more than a month ago.
Before Thursday’s appearance in New York City, Savannah was last seen in public on Monday when she joined her sister Annie and brother-in-law Tommaso Cioni to visit a memorial outside Nancy’s home
Following Savannah’s return to the NBC studio at Rockefeller Center on Thursday, hosts Sheinelle Jones and Jenna Bush Hager said on the broadcast that they were pleased to see her back.
‘We got to see her this morning, and in her perfect way she talked to all of us, hugged every single person in this room, the crew,’ Jenna said.
‘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. And she is beyond loved here. And so, we’re happy that she is home.
‘I don’t know when she is actually returning to the show, but she was here and that felt so good to get to hug her.’
Sheinelle added that she was ‘so proud’ of Savannah as she grapples with her mother’s tragic disappearance, saying: ‘I know the strength that it would’ve taken to even just come in here and to be amongst all of us.’
‘I think her coming here just being able to be with us and for us to be able to hug her, I think it’s a step,’ she said.
‘I don’t know what’s ahead of us, but all I know is it’s a step.’
Savannah’s last appearance on the air was on January 30, two days before her mother was reported missing, and she has spent most of the time since in Arizona to be with her family.
Savannah’s return to her Today Show set on Thursday comes 33 days after her mom Nancy, 84, vanished from her home in Tucson, Arizona
In the course of the investigation, authorities released footage of a masked suspect appearing to break into Nancy’s home and evidence suggested she had been abducted, but no arrests or suspects have been named in the month-long search
Before Thursday’s appearance in New York City, Savannah was last seen in public on Monday when she joined her sister Annie and brother-in-law Tommaso Cioni to visit a memorial outside Nancy’s home.
The family hugged and laid yellow flowers at the memorial, where well-wishers had camped out for weeks in hopes of Nancy returning home safely.
Savannah has issued a $1 million reward for information leading to Nancy’s return, but admitted in a video appeal to social media on February 24 that her mom may not be alive.
