« TODAY » co-anchor Savannah Guthrie will return to the NBC morning show on April 6, as investigators continue to search for her 84-year-old mother in Arizona.
In her first interview since Nancy Guthrie went missing in February, Guthrie told Hoda Kotb she believes returning to « TODAY » is « part of my purpose right now » — even if it’s hard to imagine coming back to a workplace « of joy and lightness. »
« I can’t come back and try to be something that I’m not. But I can’t not come back because it’s my family, » Guthrie said in the interview about returning to work. « I don’t know if I can do it. I don’t know if I’ll belong anymore, but I would like to try. I would like to try. »
« I’m not gonna be the same. But maybe it’s like that old poem, ‘More beautiful in the broken places,' » she added.
Kotb revealed Guthrie’s return on Friday on « TODAY. » Her co-host, Craig Melvin, added that the team « can’t wait to welcome her back with open arms. »
« It’s where she belongs. It’s where we all want her to be, » Melvin said.
A spokesperson for « TODAY » did not have additional comment.
Nancy Guthrie was reported missing Feb. 1 after she did not show up at a friend’s house for virtual church services, authorities said. She was last seen the previous night around 9:45 p.m. after having dinner at her daughter Annie Guthrie’s home.
Authorities have described the case as a possible kidnapping or abduction, but clues have been scarce. The Pima County Sheriff’s Office has not publicly specified a motive.
Guthrie told Kotb that her religious faith is “how I will stay connected to my mom.” She alluded to her mother’s experience with loss after her husband, Charles Guthrie, died in 1988. He was 49; Savannah Guthrie was 16.
« I saw her belief. I saw her faith. She taught me, she taught all of us, » Guthrie said. « I may not do it as well as her, but I will do it. I will do it for my kids. I will. I will not fall apart. I will not let whoever did this take my children’s mother from them. »
Guthrie repeated her pleas for information about her mother’s possible abduction, saying in part: « We need someone to tell the truth. I have no anger in my heart. I have hope in my heart. I have love. But this family needs peace. »
« We need an answer, and someone has it in their power to help, » she added.
Guthrie also opened up about her visit earlier this month to the New York City set of the « TODAY » show, describing her NBC colleagues as her « greater family. »
« I really wanted to come and see everybody. I just love this beautiful place that we call home, where we get to come and be every day, » she said, adding, « When times are hard, you want to be with your family. »
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