Savannah Guthrie slams ‘cruel’ theories about family’s involvement in mom Nancy's disappearance
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: In her first interview since the disappearance of her mother Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie slammed the online speculations suggesting that her family has something to do with it. Many have pointed fingers at the broadcaster’s sister Annie Guthrie and her husband Tommaso Cioni.
The 84-year-old was last seen by Annie and Cioni on January 31 as they had dinner together. Cioni was the one to drop off Nancy at her Tucson, Arizona home. She was then reported missing on February 1 after she missed a virtual church service.
Allegations against the family are 'unbearable' for Savannah Guthrie
Since then, investigators have been searching for Nancy. No person of interest has been named yet.
Amid this, Savannah spoke with Hoda Kotb on ‘Today’ on Thursday, March 26, where she claimed, “It’s unbearable. And it piles pain upon pain. There are no words. There are no words. I don’t understand.”
“No one took better care of my mom than my sister and brother-in-law. And no one protected my mom more than my brother. And we love her, and she is our shining light. She’s our matriarch. She’s all we have,” the 54-year-old asserted.
Savannah Guthrie is grateful to investigators for uncovering doorbell camera footage
Savannah also thanked investigators for uncovering the doorbell camera footage that showed a masked man engaging in suspicious activity just outside Nancy's home around the time she went missing.
"I’m glad and grateful to the investigators and the technology companies that were able to find that video to, I hope, at least with people of good heart and compassion, stop the irresponsible and cruel speculation that had started to swirl," she asserted.
“I’m glad that people saw what came to our door,” the 'Today' host added.
Savannah Guthrie feels her mom might have been abducted because of her
During the interview, Savannah shared that her fame as a TV journalist might have put her mother in danger.
She told Kotb, “I don’t know that it’s because she’s my mom and somebody thought, ‘Oh, that girl— that lady has money. We can … make a quick buck.’ I mean, that would make sense.”
“But we don’t know. Which is too much to bear, to think that I brought this to her bedside. That it’s because of me,” she stated.
Savannah Guthrie apologizes to her family over mom Nancy's disappearance
Savannah shared with Kotb that it was her “brilliant” brother Camron Guthrie, a retired Vermont National Guard Colonel and former fighter pilot, who knew from the very start that Nancy was abducted for “ransom.”
“Even on the phone when I called him, he knew. He said, ‘I think she’s been kidnapped for ransom.’ And I said, ‘What? Well, why? What?’” the co-anchor of ‘Today’ revealed.
She further noted that she “didn’t wanna believe. I just said, ‘Do you think because of me?’ And he said, ‘I’m sorry, sweetie, but yeah, maybe.’ But I knew that.”
A visibly emotional Savannah then told Kotb that she felt really sorry. “I’d just say, ‘I’m so sorry, Mommy. I’m so sorry.’ I’m sorry to my sister and my brother and my kids and my nephew and Tommy, my brother-in-law. If it is me, I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry,” she added.
