Savannah Guthrie gives first interview since mom Nancy's disappearance: 'She needs to come home now'
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Savannah Guthrie sat down for an interview for the first time after her mother Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. The ‘Today’ host shared that her family is in “agony” and “it is unbearable” as she talked about her missing mother with Hoda Kotb.
In the preview of the interview released on Wednesday, March 25, a visibly emotional Savannah shared, “Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony. We are in agony. It is unbearable. And to think of what she went through. I wake up every night in the middle of the night, every night.”
Savannah Guthrie says she can 'imagine' her mom Nancy's terror
“And in the darkness, I imagine her terror. And it is unthinkable, but those thoughts demand to be thought. And I will not hide my face. But she needs to come home now,” Savannah stressed in the interview, which will air on the morning show on Thursday and Friday.
Nancy was last seen on January 31 by her family as she joined her other daughter, Annie Guthrie, and her husband for dinner. The 84-year-old was reported missing the next day, on February 1, after she missed a virtual church service.
Nancy Guthrie's family asks people of Tucson to 'search their memories'
Authorities believe that the elderly woman was kidnapped from her house in Tucson, Arizona, in the middle of the night. But any crucial proof or a person of interest is yet to be identified. Despite Nancy’s family’s offering of a $1 million reward for information, no one has come forward.
In a recent statement, Savannah and her siblings thanked the people of Tucson for their support while noting that “it’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant. We hope people search their memories.”
Hoda Kotb feels there's 'a steeliness about Savannah'
Meanwhile, Kotb has described the conversation with Savannah as “a really emotional” one to Craig Melvin, Al Roker, and Carson Daly during the Wednesday episode of ‘Today’.
The 61-year-old broadcaster was then asked by Daly if she was okay after the interview. To which, she replied, “I'm ok. There is a desperation and also a steeliness about Savannah.”
“I mean, she's hoping that somebody, whoever this person is, will see something and say something and as you'll see in the coming days she talks about so many things. She talks about the investigation, she talks about her faith and she talks about how she's getting through that was one portion there,” Kotb explained.
She also hailed Savannah for sitting for the interview “with an outfit on, have a conversation, and also have just direct thoughts about what she sees going forward.”
