Savannah Guthrie walked off the ‘Today’ set halfway through Thursday’s show — here’s why
Mom’s the word.
Savannah Guthrie disappeared from the set of NBC’s “Today” midway through Thursday morning’s show for the most normal reason — to get her kids to their first day of school.
Guthrie, 51, ducked out to deliver daughter Vale, 9, and son Charley, 6 to classes, according to co-worker Craig Melvin, who stepped in and explained the sudden absence to viewers.
Co-host Hoda Kotb made her own sudden exit during Wednesday’s broadcast to get her own offspring to school.
“Savannah had to leave early,” Melvin revealed after taking Guthrie’s spot following her departure today.
“It’s her kids’ first day of school, so best of luck to Vale and Charley,” he went on.
“Yeah, happy first day!” gushed Kotb.
Guthrie will return to “Today” on Friday.
Just days before her children went back to hitting the books, the mom of two posted a fun snapshot of Vale and Charley chomping down on some Labor Day weekend s’mores.
“Goodbye sweet summer! Hello autumn, here we come!” she penned on Instagram on Monday.
On Aug. 28, Guthrie and family took in a tennis match at the US Open.
She appeared with her kids and husband Michael Feldman at the event, where they cheered on the players.
Guthrie’s last sudden absence from her Rockefeller Plaza workplace came in February when she failed to return to set after a commercial break.
It was then revealed that the correspondent caught COVID-19 and had to step away.
After taking a coronavirus test, she rushed home to get well and ultimately reappeared back at her usual spot at the round table several days later.
Guthrie had previously contracted the virus in January 2022 and in May of that year.
The former “Daily Rundown” co-anchor has been in broadcast journalism since 1993, beginning at ABC affiliate channel KMIZ in Columbia, Missouri.
She worked her way through the ranks with a B.A. in journalism from the University of Arizona, later going on to get her law degree at Georgetown.
Guthrie returned to her alma mater in May to give a commencement speech to the law grads, where she joked about the “helmet hair’ she sported at the start of her career.
“I worked in local television news, rising from market to bigger market with my reporter’s notebook and helmet hair and [a] red blazer when I decided to blow it all up and go to law school,” Guthrie said.
“Maybe law school was a big gamble for you, as it was for me,” she went on. “Or maybe, it was your safety net. Maybe it was your way of avoiding the scarier path.
“Whatever the case, I’m telling you, anything interesting you want to do, anything meaningful you want to accomplish, it is waiting for you, it is possible for you, but it is on the other side of a big risk‚ on the other side of a big bet.”
