{"id":8304,"date":"2026-03-06T11:52:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T11:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=8304"},"modified":"2026-03-06T11:52:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T11:52:23","slug":"i-dont-know-how-to-come-back-but-i-dont-know-how-not-to-a-heartbreaking-return-to-studio-1a-for-the-first-time-since-her-mother-nancy-guthrie-was-abducted-from-her-arizona-home-over-a-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=8304","title":{"rendered":"“I don’t know how to come back, but I don’t know how not to.” A HEARTBREAKING RETURN TO STUDIO 1A. For the first time since her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was abducted from her Arizona home over a month ago, Savannah Guthrie stepped back into the Today show studios on Thursday. It wasn’t an on-air return, but a raw, emotional visit to the place she calls “home” to thank the colleagues who have become her lifeline during this nightmare. Tearful videos captured Savannah through the iconic windows of Studio 1A, embracing staff and crew members. In a private moment with her team, she delivered a message that left no eye dry: “I wanted you to know that I’m still standing, and I still have hope, and I’m still me… I have every intention of coming back. You\u2019re my family. And I would like to try.” The “emotional video” of Savannah\u2019s first hug with Hoda Kotb\u2014and the secret vow she made to the crew about her mother\u2019s case\u2014is the update everyone is talking about. WATCH THE FOOTAGE OF HER VISIT BELOW \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jenna Bush Hager was moved to tears as she recounted Savannah Guthrie\u2019s emotional return to the \u201cToday\u201d show set on Thursday, amid the ongoing search for her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie.<\/p>\n

\u201cSavannah has come back to her home here at 30 Rock,\u201d Hager said to co-host Sheinelle Jones during Thursday\u2019s episode of \u201cToday With Jenna & Sheinelle.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe got to see her this morning, and in her perfect way, she talked to all of us, hugged every single person in this room,\u201d Hager continued, her voice breaking with emotion.<\/p>\n

Hager also shared that Savannah, 54, \u201chas the intention to return to the show even though it feels like the hardest thing to do\u201d and that \u201cToday\u201d has become \u201cher home and where she feels so loved.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jenna Bush Hager recounted Savannah Guthrie\u2019s return to \u201cToday\u201d during Thursday\u2019s episode of \u201cToday With Jenna & Sheinelle.\u201d\u00a0NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cShe is beyond loved here, and so we\u2019re happy that she is home,\u201d Hager said of the moment, which was caught on camera.\u00a0Charles Sykes\/Invision\/AP
\n<\/span>\u201cShe is beyond loved here, and so we\u2019re happy that she is home,\u201d Hager noted. <\/p>\n

While Hager, 44, confessed she doesn\u2019t know when Savannah will return to \u201cToday,\u201d it \u201cfelt so good to get to hug\u201d her.<\/p>\n

Jones \u2014 who\u00a0lost husband Uche Ojeh last year to cancer \u2014 agreed. \u201cI\u2019m not smiling, but I\u2019m proud of Savannah, and I\u2019m rooting for Savannah, and I know the strength that it would take to even just come in here and to be amongst all of us,\u201d she said, calling Savannah\u2019s brief return a \u201cstep\u201d forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s ahead of us. We don\u2019t know what\u2019s ahead of us, but all I know is it is a step. And for me, anytime you can take a step, I celebrate that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hager said Savannah \u201chugged every single person in this room,\u201d including Hoda Kotb.\u00a0Charles Sykes\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jones called Savannah\u2019s visit a \u201cstep\u201d forward following Nancy Guthrie\u2019s disappearance.\u00a0NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hager thanked fans for their support of Savannah, and said she \u201cfeels\u201d and \u201cdepends\u201d on their prayers.<\/p>\n

She also recalled Savannah telling her that her pastor had told her, \u201cYou know God, God is our last resort,\u201d with Savannah responding, \u201cNo, God has always been my first resort.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo thank you all for your continued support and your love for all of us, but particularly for Savannah and for Annie and for Cam [Savannah\u2019s siblings] and for their families, because she is, you know, one of the most precious things in our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

An insider told Page Six on Thursday that during her emotional visit, Savannah thanked the show\u2019s crew and cast for \u201ccaring about my mom as much as I do\u201d and for their \u201clove, prayers and support\u201d amid Nancy\u2019s stunning disappearance last month.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe don\u2019t know what\u2019s ahead of us, but all I know is it is a step,\u201d Jones said of Guthrie\u2019s visit to the studio.\u00a0Charles Sykes\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A source told Page Six on Thursday that Savannah thanked the show for \u201ccaring about my mom as much as I do.\u201d\u00a0Charles Sykes\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still me,\u201d Savannah told staff, per our source. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t know what version of me that will be, but it will be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nancy, 84, was\u00a0reported\u00a0missing\u00a0on Feb. 1 from her Tucson, Ariz., home after failing to attend church services.<\/p>\n

Savannah and her siblings, Annie and Camron, have since taken to social media multiple times with\u00a0videos pleading for their mother\u2019s return.<\/p>\n

Savannah had not returned to \u201cToday\u201d since her mother\u2019s disappearance, which authorities believe was an abduction.<\/p>\n

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Savannah\u2019s 84-year-old mother Nancy, pictured here with her daughter and Hager in 2019, was reported missing on Feb. 1.\u00a0NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Savannah asked fans in a Feb. 24 Instagram video to continue \u201cpraying without ceasing.\u201d She\u2019s seen here with Nancy in 2023.\u00a0Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An investigation into the kidnapping\u00a0is ongoing, with the Guthrie family increasing a potential reward of\u00a0up to $1 million\u00a0for \u201cany information that leads to the return of Nancy Guthrie.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease keep praying without ceasing. We still believe. We still believe in a miracle,\u201d Savannah said in a social media video on Feb. 24.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still believe that she can come home. \u2026 We are blowing on the embers of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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