{"id":571131,"date":"2026-02-06T19:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/571131\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:02:10","slug":"hoda-kotb-returns-to-today-to-show-of-support-for-savannah-guthrie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/571131\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoda Kotb Returns To &#8216;Today&#8217; To Show Of Support For Savannah Guthrie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/hoda-kotb\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hoda-kotb\" data-tag=\"hoda-kotb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hoda Kotb<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/savannah-guthrie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_savannah-guthrie\" data-tag=\"savannah-guthrie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Savannah Guthrie<\/a>\u2018s former co-host on <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/today\/\" id=\"auto-tag_today\" data-tag=\"today\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Today<\/a>, returned to the show on Friday to offer words of support amid the investigation into the disappearance of Guthrie\u2019s mother, Nancy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" id=\"auto-tag_fbi\" data-tag=\"fbi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FBI<\/a> and local authorities in Arizona <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/02\/savannah-guthrie-mother-missing-1236710293\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">are investigating Nancy Guthrie\u2019s case as a kidnapping<\/a>, after she was last seen on Saturday evening when she was being dropped off at her Tucson area home. Savannah Guthrie and her siblings <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/02\/savannah-guthrie-video-message-mother-1236709669\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posted a video earlier this week<\/a>, calling for their mother\u2019s abductors to contact them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI just want to say, this whole thing is breaking my heart, and I\u2019m happy to be sitting here with you,\u201d Kotb said on Today. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tKotb then presented a segment showing the \u201cmassive show of support\u201d for the Guthries, including vigils and prayers, as well as messages from news figures on other networks and from entertainment celebrities. She also shared messages from viewers, with one writing, \u201cI have not stopped thinking about this.\u201d Another wrote, \u201cMy heart is breaking for sweet Savannah and her entire family. May they find their beloved mama soon safe and sound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tKotb told the other Today hosts, \u201cI think there\u2019s like this helpless feeling. We\u2019re all so close with her, and we all want to help her.\u201d She noted how Savannah Guthrie was often the first person present when other hosts and regulars were going through difficult moments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThey said, like, love is patient, love is kind, like, we\u2019ll be patient and put prayers out. That\u2019s all we can do now.,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCo-host Craig Melvin said, \u201cAnd we\u2019re not helpless, because it\u2019s prayer and hope. Prayer and hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tKotb co-hosted Today with Guthrie from 2018 to 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie\u2018s former co-host on Today, returned to the show on Friday to offer words of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":571132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[4219,36555,171,12783,81128,245270,63953,94373,20644,173,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-571131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-electionline","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-fbi","12":"tag-hoda-kotb","13":"tag-nancy-guthrie","14":"tag-nbc-news","15":"tag-savannah-guthrie","16":"tag-today","17":"tag-tv","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116025239134640774","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}