{"id":1139,"date":"2026-05-07T01:34:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/savannah-guthrie-abruptly-leaves-today-mid-show\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T01:34:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:34:55","slug":"savannah-guthrie-abruptly-leaves-today-mid-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/savannah-guthrie-abruptly-leaves-today-mid-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie abruptly leaves \u2018Today\u2019 mid-show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127149594.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Savannah Guthrie made a sudden exit during Wednesday\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d show.<\/p>\n<p>After 90 minutes into the broadcast, Savannah\u2019s co-host, Craig Melvin, announced that she was done for the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSavannah had to leave a little early,\u201d he told viewers, adding, \u201cShe\u2019ll be right back tomorrow, though.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No other explanation was given, and Savannah has yet to address the moment on her social media accounts.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Savannah Guthrie abruptly left \u201cToday\u201d mid-show on Wednesday. (She is seen here on the morning show in March.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Her \u201cToday\u201d show co-anchor, Craig Melvin, told viewers that she \u201chad to leave a little early,\u201d but gave no further explanation. (Savannah is seen here on set of the NBC morning show last month.) <span class=\"credit\">INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Savannah\u2019s abrupt exit comes as her mother, 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, remains missing. Nancy has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/26\/entertainment\/savannah-guthrie-recounts-chilling-new-clues-from-the-night-mom-nancy-disappeared\/\">been missing since Jan. 31<\/a>, when police believe she was kidnapped from her home in Tucson, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist has <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/15\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-pleas-with-suspected-kidnapper-of-mom-nancy-in-new-video\/\">made emotional pleas on social media<\/a> alongside her siblings, Annie and Camron, for any information in order to bring her mother home.<\/p>\n<p>After taking two months off from the NBC morning show in light of her family emergency, Savannah, 54,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/06\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-tears-up-greeting-today-fans-on-first-day-back-since-mom-nancys-disappearance\/\">returned to \u201cToday\u201d\u00a0<\/a>on April 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is good to be home,\u201d she said at the beginning of the show.\u00a0\u201cReady or not, let\u2019s do the news.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Guthrie\u2019s mother, Nancy Guthrie, is still missing more than three months since police believe she was kidnapped from her home in Tucson, Arizona. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nancy (pictured above with Savannah) is 84 years old. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Savanah Guthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was supposed\u00a0to be business as usual. [Producers] said to act totally normal,\u201d one source said. \u201c\u2018Move forward\u2019 is the vibe.\u00a0It\u2019s been a hard year and a draining time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with fellow \u201cToday\u201d anchor Hoda Kotb that aired in March, Savannah shared how she <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/27\/entertainment\/inside-savannah-guthries-hard-decision-to-return-to-today-show-as-mom-nancy-remains-missing\/\">came to the hard decision <\/a>to return to the show while her mother was still missing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to imagine [coming back] because it\u2019s such a place of joy and lightness. I can\u2019t come back and try to be something I\u2019m not, but I can\u2019t not come back because it\u2019s my family,\u201d she said. \u201cI think part of my purpose now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to smile and when I do, it will be real,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd my joy will be my protest. My joy will be my answer, and being there is joyful and when it\u2019s not, I\u2019ll say so.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Savannah and her siblings, Annie and Camron (all three pictured here), have made emotional pleas on social media for any information that will bring their mom home. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram \/ Savannah Guthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Savannah returned to the \u201cToday\u201d show on April 6. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEvery day that passes the pressure builds. Keeping a secret like this is exhausting \u2026 and that gets harder with every morning that Savannah Guthrie sits behind that anchor desk,\u201d Pack said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost criminals in cases like this count on the media moving on,\u201d he continued. \u201cThey count on the family fading from public view. They count on people forgetting. This case is different. Savannah has a national platform and she shows up on it every single day. Every time a viewer sees her face, they think about her mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/06\/entertainment\/savannah-guthrie-abruptly-leaves-today-mid-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Savannah Guthrie made a sudden exit during Wednesday\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d show. 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