{"id":626408,"date":"2026-08-08T03:03:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/626408\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:03:19","slug":"savannah-guthrie-reunites-with-pal-hoda-kotb-amid-break-from-today-show-my-favorite-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/626408\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie reunites with pal Hoda Kotb amid break from \u2018Today&#8217; show: \u2018My favorite place&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Savannah Guthrie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/knewz.com\/tag\/savannah-guthrie\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Savannah Guthrie<\/strong><\/a> reunited with her former <a data-ylk=\"slk:Today;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/knewz.com\/tag\/today-show\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Today<\/strong><\/a> costar and forever friend <strong>Hoda Kotb<\/strong> amid her extended hiatus from the beloved NBC morning show.<\/p>\n<p>Kotb, 61, showcased the sweet reunion via <a data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbuMKa5MdjE\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a> on Thursday, August 6, sharing a loving photo of the two on a couch in a grassy backyard with their arms around one another, alongside the caption: &#8220;My favorite place\u2026next to you \u2764\ufe0f @savannahguthrie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb posed with their arms around each other. SOURCE: @HODAKOTB\/INSTAGRAM\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/knewz_994\/13cae63df8e797debb72f3c3637cd3ea.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb posed with their arms around each other. SOURCE: @HODAKOTB\/INSTAGRAM<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fans of Kotb and Guthrie, 54, were overjoyed to see the beloved television personalities spending time together, taking to the comments section to share their thoughts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Two of my favorite TV women,&#8221; one fan wrote. &#8220;Supporting each other! Love you two!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Big hugs and love all around,&#8221; another said, with a third adding, &#8220;You can feel the love through this picture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A fourth fan shared, &#8220;Happy Savannah is with a good friend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Savannah Guthrie Films &#8216;Wordle&#8217; Game Show<img alt=\"Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb worked on the 'Today' show for years before the latter's retirement. SOURCE: NBC News\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/knewz_994\/cd07c61b8d1f19cff7a1a9869cce934b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb worked on the &#8216;Today&#8217; show for years before the latter&#8217;s retirement. SOURCE: NBC News<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post comes as Guthrie remains absent from the Today show while filming the first season of Wordle, a game show inspired by the fan-favorite game from The New York Times. Guthrie predicted the new series would air on NBC in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;m headed over to shoot Wordle over the next few weeks,&#8221; Guthrie told viewers during the July 16 broadcast of Today. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to shoot the whole season, and we&#8217;re super excited. Cannot wait for everyone to see it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The show was announced in May and is being produced by The Tonight Show host <a data-ylk=\"slk:Jimmy Fallon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/knewz.com\/tag\/jimmy-fallon\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Jimmy Fallon<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Guthrie&#8217;s Disappearance Hits 6-Month Mark<img alt=\"Savannah Guthrie's mom, Nancy Guthrie, visited the set of 'Today' months before her disappearance. SOURCE: NBC News\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/knewz_994\/995e93d0dac0fca8082f4e8b0da80045.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Savannah Guthrie&#8217;s mom, Nancy Guthrie, visited the set of &#8216;Today&#8217; months before her disappearance. SOURCE: NBC News<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Her hiatus also comes as her mother, <a data-ylk=\"slk:Nancy Guthrie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/knewz.com\/tag\/nancy-guthrie\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nancy Guthrie<\/strong><\/a>, remains missing more than six months after police believe she was <a data-ylk=\"slk:abducted from her Tucson, Ariz., home;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/knewz.com\/savannah-guthrie-breaks-silence-on-moms-abduction-in-gut-wrenching-video\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">abducted from her Tucson, Ariz., home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She officially returned to the Today show on April 6, following an extended absence amid the ongoing search for her mother.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prior to her return to the show, Savannah sat down with Hoda for a <a data-ylk=\"slk:televised interview;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1PGi5QDAob4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>televised interview<\/strong><\/a> to discuss her mother&#8217;s disappearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Savannah and her family are offering a reward of more than $1 million for Nancy&#8217;s &#8220;recovery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Help Us Bring Our Beloved Mom Home&#8217;<img alt=\"Nancy Guthrie has been missing since February 1, when police believe she was abducted from her home. SOURCE: MEGA\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/knewz_994\/75b6157a28d7707b825bcd9059f86ef9.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nancy Guthrie has been missing since February 1, when police believe she was abducted from her home. SOURCE: MEGA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;If you&#8217;ve been waiting and you haven&#8217;t been sure, let this be your sign to please come forward,&#8221; she said in a video posted to her <a data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVJKU2wADV3\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a> page on February 24. &#8220;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 and courageous and noble life that she has lived.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Guthrie family&#8217;s $1 million reward is being offered separately from an $100,000 reward from the <a data-ylk=\"slk:FBI;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/wanted\/kidnap\/nancy-guthrie\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>FBI<\/strong><\/a>, bringing the total potential reward for information leading to Nancy&#8217;s whereabouts to $1.1 million.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie reunited with her former Today costar and forever friend Hoda Kotb amid her extended hiatus from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[265],"tags":[18,117,28438,19,17,155260,55430,128],"class_list":["post-626408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-hoda-kotb","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-nancy-guthrie","tag-savannah-guthrie","tag-tv"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117057671875143069","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}