Savannah Guthrie Abruptly Leaves 'Today' Mid-Show
Savannah Guthrie is back in the anchor's chair.
The Today co-host returned to the NBC morning show May 7 after abruptly leaving in the middle of a live broadcast the day prior.
About 90 minutes into the May 6 newscast, co-anchor Craig Melvin told viewers, "Savannah had to leave a little early. She'll be right back tomorrow, though.”
Indeed, Savannah—who shares kids Vale, 11, and Charley, 9, with husband Michael Feldman—was back on set the following day, but did not share a reason for her absence.
Savannah has had a challenging year following the disappearance of her mom Nancy Guthrie, who was reported missing from her Arizona home Feb. 1. The journalist took a leave of absence from Today to help in the search for the 84-year-old, who police believe was taken by masked individual captured on a security camera.
“I wake up every night in the middle of the night," Savannah told her former co-anchor Hoda Kotb in a March interview, "and in the darkness, I imagine her terror. And it is unthinkable, but those thoughts demand to be thought."
Though authorities have not been able to find Nancy, Savannah and her siblings, Annie Guthrie and Camron Guthrie, have continued to ask the public for help locating her.
"We desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom’s case—please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations or conversations that in retrospect may hold significance,” the siblings and their spouses said in a joint statement to KVOA News 4 Tucson in March. “No detail is too small. It may be the key."
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The family also expressed their desperation, sharing they cannot move on until they learn the truth about what happened to Nancy.
"We miss our mom with every breath and we cannot be in peace until she is home,” they said. “We cannot grieve; we can only ache and wonder. Our focus is solely on finding her and bringing her home. We want to celebrate her beautiful and courageous life. But we cannot do that until she is brought to a final place of rest. Thank you for continuing to pray without ceasing."
While the investigation continues, Savannah returned to her post on Today April 6 following a two-month leave.
For a closer look at the Guthrie family, read on.
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Father Charles Guthrie
Savannah Guthrie was born in Melbourne, Australia, the youngest of three siblings, while dad Charles Guthrie was transferred for work, after which the family moved to Tucson, Ariz., when she was 2.
The Today anchor was 16 when Charles died of a heart attack in 1988. She has paid tribute to him frequently over the years, including in 2014 when she was expecting her first baby with husband Mike Feldman.
"My father was a seemingly unlikely mix of qualities: always strong, sometimes terrifying, loyal to the end, and disarmingly gentle and tender when it counted," Savannah wrote on Today.com. "He was also tall, affectionate and funny; he had that personality that people describe as “lighting up the room.”
She expressed hope that, in addition to getting Mike's "quick wit, his peaceful disposition, his kindness," their child would also inherit her late father's integrity and moral clarity.
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Mother Nancy Guthrie
Through law school at Georgetown and moving to Washington, D.C., and then New York for work, Savannah has maintained a close relationship with mom Nancy, who's lived in Arizona for 50-plus years.
"My mom is an amazing and noble woman," Savannah told Today.com in 2012, when Nancy turned 70. "She inspires everyone who knows her. She is whip smart, funny, full of integrity and wisdom. She also has the best sense of adventure. She's always up for something fun."
In 2015, Savannah brought Nancy to Australia to see the room at Sandringham Hospital where the veteran NBC News journalist was born and their family's house in the suburb of Beaumaris.
"I never thought I'd see Australia again," Nancy said in a Today segment chronicling their journey. She later summed the trip up as "wonderful."
"I can't even believe that we were able to do this in three days," Nancy said, with Savannah agreeing, "We packed a lot in."
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Savannah also relished seeing her kids with their grandma, telling co-anchor Hoda Kotb on Today in 2018, “I feel like watching my mom now with my kids is so profound. Because I'm seeing the mom that she must have been with me, just the everyday joys.”
She noted that Nancy was "so good at playing with them. I appreciate her even more than I thought possible because I see her spunkiness and her quirks.”
When Nancy turned 80 in 2022, Savannah paid tribute to her "daring and adventurous" mom on air, explaining, "She has met unthinkable challenges in her life with grit, without self-pity, with determination, and always, always with unshakeable faith. She loves us, her family, fiercely, and her selflessness and sacrifice for us, her steadfastness and her unmovable confidence is the reason any of us grew up to do anything."
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On Feb. 1, 2026, Nancy was reported missing after last being seen at her Tucson home the night before.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said during a news conference that they were treating the 84-year-old's residence as a crime scene, and that, while Nancy didn't have cognitive problems, she was "not in good physical health."
Absent from Today Feb. 2, Savannah said in a statement, "On behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers and messages of support. Right now, our focus remains on the safe return of our dear Nancy."
"We thank law enforcement for their hard work on this case," she continued, "and encourage anyone with information to contact the Pima County Sheriff's Department."
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Brother Camron Guthrie
Savannah's older brother Camron, a retired military pilot, leads a private life, but he made it into his famous sibling's 50th birthday Instagram photos in 2021.
"My husband who treats me like a treasure," Savannah wrote in a Dec. 27 post, "my darling angel babies… and the three who were there with me at the beginning…on this day 50 years ago today. Mom, Cam, Annie."
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Sister Annie Guthrie
Savannah is super-close to Annie, who has made a number of appearances on Today since her little sis started co-anchoring the show in 2012.
"Annie's like the blood going through my veins," Savannah said during a 2017 segment on her and Hoda's special bond with their siblings. "She's always been there, all my life."
Annie said they were "like the sun and the moon."
"Her sorrows are my sorrows," Annie explained, "and her successes are my successes."
And while Savannah described herself as "loud and a fast talker," she called Annie "thoughtful and reflective."
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Husband Michael Feldman
Following her 2009 divorce from first husband Mark Orchard after four years of marriage, Savannah found love again with communications consultant Michael Feldman.
They tied the knot in Tucson on March 15, 2014. Two days later, Savannah shared that she was pregnant with their first child together, though their guests got the scoop during the wedding festivities that weekend.
"I feel great, and actually I'm so happy to tell the world," she said upon her March 17 return to Today. "Because I can't suck in this gut any more."
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Daughter Vale Guthrie Feldman
Savannah and Mike welcomed daughter Vale on Aug. 13, 2014.
The Today anchor shared that the baby had "blue eyes, a little bit of blondish hair and the chubbiest cheeks you've ever seen."
While she was pregnant, Savannah wrote on her blog that she and her husband were drawn to less common baby names, calling them "an ever-ready conversation piece."
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Son Charles Max Feldman
Interest in unusual monikers aside, Savannah and Mike's son, born Dec. 8, 2016, is named after her late father.
"He’s happy and Vale loves him, which was a big relief," the mom of two said in a video shown on Today a couple days after Charles arrived.
Detailing her fertility struggles in her quest to have a second child, Savannah has called her son, nicknamed Charley, a “medical miracle."
Discussing her approach to parenting on Today in 2018, Savannah said, “I think the best thing I can do for Vale and Charley is to try to be a better person so that I can just show that person. You know, when you're home, there's nowhere to hide. You just are who you are. So you better get it straight and spend that time looking inward and doing your best.”
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