NBC’s "Today" anchor Savannah Guthrie was reportedly upset by rumors that she wouldn't return to work after her mother's disappearance.Nancy Guthrie went missing on Feb.1, prompting a nationwide search that took Savannah Guthrie away from "Today" for more than two months amid a desperate search that has come up empty. When her mother went missing, Guthrie reportedly "barely thought about work or how she might eventually handle her return" until she caught wind that some of her peers doubted whether she would return to NBC’s flagship morning show. "When the media newsletter Status reported, just two weeks after Nancy’s likely kidnapping, that ‘a majority of TV veterans’ interviewed ‘expressed doubts’ that Guthrie would ever go back to Today, she was surprised and dismayed," New York Magazine’s Irin Carmon wrote for the publication’s Vulture entertainment vertical. EMAILER IN NANCY GUTHRIE CASE CLAIMS TO POSSESS VIDEO OF 'MAIN GUY' WITH SAVANNAH GUTHRIE'S MOTHER Savannah Guthrie was reportedly upset by speculation that she wouldn't return to work after her mother's disappearance.
(NBC/screenshot)"As the case dragged on without resolution, the question became harder to avoid," Carmon continued."According to the source close to her, Guthrie worried about her ability to hold it together on air and whether the dark cloud around the story could somehow harm the show."Proving doubters wrong, Guthrie returned to air 64 days after the shocking disappearance.
On her first day back, the "Today" anchor donned yellow in support of her mother while sitting next to Craig Melvin, who wore a yellow tie and ribbon pin to match.Guthrie acknowledged prayers and letters from fans and declared it was "good to be home," but largely stuck to business as usual and never mentioned her mother by name during the show. "It was ‘Savannah’s idea,’ a senior staffer told me, that they would all say as little as possible about her absence.A person close to t...