Savannah Guthrie says she won't let Nancy's abductor take away her 'children’s mother from them'

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Savannah Guthrie has shared that she’s to be strong for her children — Vale, 11, and Charley, 9. She also revealed what’s helping her amid the tragedy that struck her family on February 1 when her mother Nancy Guthrie went missing.

In her first interview following her mother’s disappearance, the broadcaster spoke with Hoda Kotb. She told her, “Faith is how I will stay connected to my mom. God is how I’m holding hands with my mom. And I won’t let sadness win for her. She taught me.”

Savannah Guthrie says she's trying to be strong like her mother

“I saw her grieve. I saw her world shatter. I saw it. And I saw her get up and I saw her believe. And I saw her love. I saw her belief. I saw her faith. She taught me. She taught all of us,” the broadcaster noted as she further stated that she’s trying to be like her mother.

“I may not do it as well as her, but I will do it. I will do it for my kids. I will. I will not fall apart. I will not let whoever did this take my children’s mother from them. I will not let them take my joy,” Savannah asserted.

Savannah Guthrie says she and her family need a closure

The journalist, however, mentioned that she and her family need an answer, a closure. “We need help. We need someone to tell the truth,” she added.

Savannah also explained during the emotional interview that she can handle anything but she “just can't handle not knowing” but she also disclosed that she heard God talking to her and telling her that Nancy’s with him.

“So whether she's on this side still or whether she is in heaven, I know where she is. I know who she's with. But we need to know,” the 54-year-old told Kotb.

Savannah Guthrie claims Nancy's disappearance has deeply affected her sister and her family

During the lengthy interview, Savannah explained how difficult the ordeal is particularly for her sister Annie, her Tommaso Cioni, and their son Olmo. 

“There’s just a way in which this is even so much harder on Annie and Tommy and Olmo because they’re there. And they were there every day for my mom. They made it possible for her to stay in the house we grew up in that she loved so much,” she added.

Savannah Guthrie says she's not sure if she belongs at 'Today' anymore

Meanwhile, Kotb on Friday, March 27, announced that Savannah will return to work as the co-anchor of ‘Today’ show on April 6. Moments before the announcement, she had said, “It’s hard to imagine doing it because it’s such a place of joy and lightness and I can’t come back and try to be something that I’m not.”

Regarding her job, she admitted, “I have been so grateful to have this family. I consider this my family, my greater family, and when times are hard, you want to be with your family. And I want to be with my family.”

Savannah, however, also added that she’s not sure how she’ll do her work. “I don’t know if I’ll belong anymore, but I would like to try. I would like to try. I’m not gonna be the same, but maybe it’s like that old poem, more beautiful in the broken places,” she insisted.