{"id":2360795,"date":"2026-04-06T13:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2360795"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:07:10","slug":"savannah-guthrie-tears-up-greeting-today-fans-on-first-day-back-since-mom-nancys-disappearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/savannah-guthrie-tears-up-greeting-today-fans-on-first-day-back-since-mom-nancys-disappearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie tears up greeting \u2018Today\u2019 fans on first day back since mom Nancy\u2019s disappearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Savannah Guthrie teared up while greeting \u201cToday\u201d fans <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/06\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-makes-return-to-today-show-as-mom-nancy-remains-missing\/\">on her first day back<\/a> since her mom Nancy\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>During Monday\u2019s episode, the Arizona native walked out hand-in-hand with Jenna Bush Hager as the crowds \u2014 who were wearing yellow ribbons in support \u2014 cheered around them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are back at 8:30 on this beautiful Monday morning, and it\u2019s a special Monday morning for us and for this crowd as well, because we are welcoming back our North Star,\u201d Craig Melvin, who was joined by Carson Daly, Al Roker and Sheinelle Jones, said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Savannah Guthrie greeted her \u201cToday\u201d show fans on Monday\u2019s episode. <span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">She walked out hand in hand with  <span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cCome on out here! Come right out!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Many fans held up signs that read, \u201cWelcome back Savannah,\u201d and even teared up the moment she joined the rest of her co-hosts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese signs are so beautiful,\u201d Savannah said while dabbing her tears away with Roker\u2019s handkerchief. \u201cYou guys have been so beautiful. I received so many letters, so much kindness, to me and my whole family. We feel it, we feel your prayers, thank you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holding back even more tears, she also showed her gratitude to a fan who was standing nearby wearing a yellow \u201cWelcome home Savannah\u201d sweater. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Robert Mecea for celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier in the morning, Savannah took her rightful place at the \u201cToday\u201d show desk, greeting fans as she said, \u201cGood morning, welcome to \u2018Today\u2019 on this morning. We are so glad you started the week with us and it is good to be home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Melvin agreed that it was \u201cgood to have [her] back,\u201d she added, \u201cWell, ready or not, here we go! Let\u2019s do the news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her long-awaited comeback to the talk show comes two months after her mother, Nancy Guthrie, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/02\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthries-mom-84-reported-missing-in-southern-arizona-homicide-detectives-involved\/\">was reported missing<\/a> from her Arizona home.<\/p>\n<p>It also comes two weeks after her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/25\/celebrity-news\/today-shows-savannah-guthrie-sobs-in-agony-during-first-interview-since-mom-nancys-unbearable-disappearance\/\">emotional tell-all interview <\/a>with her former co-host Hoda Kotb where Savannah shared heartbreaking details about Nancy\u2019s disappearance, like how she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/26\/entertainment\/savannah-guthrie-reveals-how-she-found-out-mom-nancy-was-missing-in-today-show-sitdown\/\">first learned of the devastating news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Part two of Savannah Guthrie\u2019s emotional \u201cToday\u201d show interview aired Friday. <span class=\"credit\">Today\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Savannah\u2019s emotional sitdown with Hoda Kotb (seen above) is her first official interview since her mom, Nancy Guthrie, went missing. <span class=\"credit\">Today\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy sister called me, and I said, \u2018Is everything OK?\u2019 And she said, \u2018No.\u2019 She said, \u2018Mom\u2019s missing,&#8217;\u201d Savannah recalled. \u201cAnd I said, \u2018What? What are you talking about?\u2019 She said, \u2018She\u2019s gone.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Savannah also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/26\/entertainment\/savannah-guthrie-recounts-chilling-new-clues-from-the-night-mom-nancy-disappeared\/\">unveiled details about the crime scene<\/a> that were unknown to the public until now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe doors were propped open, there\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/03\/celebrity-news\/blood-found-in-savannah-guthries-missing-mom-nancys-home-report\/\">was blood on the front doorstep<\/a>\u00a0and the Ring camera had been\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/05\/celebrity-news\/cops-lay-out-exact-timeline-of-nancy-guthries-disappearance-confirm-blood-was-hers-in-day-5-presser\/\">yanked off<\/a>,\u201d she told Kotb. \u201cSo we were saying, \u2018This is not OK.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>During part one, the broadcast journalist revealed chilling new details about the crime scene. <span class=\"credit\">Today\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She also tearfully admitted to blaming herself for her mom\u2019s kidnapping. <span class=\"credit\">Today\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She explained that her family initially \u201cthought that [Nancy] must have had some kind of medical episode in the night and that somehow the paramedics had come,\u201d but finding the doors being propped open disrupted that theory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thought maybe they came and there was a stretcher and they took her out the back,\u201d Savannah said. \u201cBut her phone was there, her purse was there and all her things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the tearful interview, Savannah heartbreakingly shared that she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/26\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-sobs-over-possibility-shes-at-fault-for-mom-nancys-kidnapping\/\">blames herself for her mom\u2019s disappearance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She also tearfully admitted to blaming herself for her mom\u2019s kidnapping. (Savannah and Nancy pictured above.) <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Her brother (pictured above along with their sister Annie) told her that the perpetrator could have kidnapped Nancy for ransom because of her fame. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram \/ Savannah Guthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The attorney\u2019s brother, Camron Guthrie, was the first to theorize that their mom had been kidnapped for ransom. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe spent his career in the military and worked in intelligence and is a fighter pilot and is brilliant and he saw very clearly right away what this was,\u201d Savannah explained.<\/p>\n<p>When she asked her brother if the perpetrator could have done this because of her celebrity status, Camron replied, \u201cI\u2019m sorry, sweetie, but yeah, maybe,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Savannah couldn\u2019t quite say if she believes if her mom was still alive, but recalled a voice telling her that her mom was with God. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Savanah Guthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cSo whether she\u2019s on this Earth still or whether she\u2019s in Heaven, I know where she is. I know who she\u2019s with, but we need to know,\u201d Savannah said during the interview. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although Savannah couldn\u2019t quite say if she believes her mom is still alive, she did share that she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/26\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-said-god-spoke-to-her-after-mom-nancys-disappearance-i-heard-a-voice\/\">takes comfort in a divine moment with God<\/a> she had in the early days of the search. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard God speak to me as I said to myself, \u2018I can handle anything, God, I can handle anything. I just can\u2019t handle not knowing. We can\u2019t handle not knowing. I have to know,\u2019\u201d Savannah recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I heard a voice, and it said, \u2018You do know where she is. She\u2019s with Me. She\u2019s with Me,\u2019\u201d she continued. \u201cSo whether she\u2019s on this Earth still or whether she\u2019s in Heaven, I know where she is. I know who she\u2019s with, but we need to know.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The 84-year-old was\u00a0reported missing from her Arizona home\u00a0on Feb. 1 after failing to attend a virtual church service. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Savanah Guthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Despite a few leads in the investigation, everyone who was detained has been released and proven to have no involvement in Nancy\u2019s disappearance <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Nancy Guthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/26\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-said-god-spoke-to-her-after-mom-nancys-disappearance-i-heard-a-voice\/#\"\/>Toward the end of the interview, Savannah\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/09\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-pleads-for-publics-help-finding-mom-nancy-as-ransom-deadline-looms\/\">once again pleaded for her mom\u2019s return<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone needs to do the right thing,\u201d she cried. \u201cWe are in agony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 84-year-old was\u00a0reported missing from her Tucson home\u00a0on Feb. 1 after failing to attend a virtual church service.<\/p>\n<p>Several\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/14\/celebrity-news\/3-people-detained-after-swat-team-raids-home-near-nancy-guthries-house-report\/\">people have been detained<\/a>\u00a0amid the investigation, but were subsequently released after it was proved they had nothing to do with Nancy\u2019s disappearance.<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/26\/entertainment\/savannah-guthrie-recounts-chilling-new-clues-from-the-night-mom-nancy-disappeared\/#\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Savannah Guthrie teared up while greeting \u201cToday\u201d fans on her first day back since her mom Nancy\u2019s disappearance. During Monday\u2019s episode, the Arizona native walked out hand-in-hand with Jenna Bush Hager as the crowds \u2014 who were wearing yellow ribbons in support \u2014 cheered around them. \u201cWe are back at 8:30 on this beautiful Monday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2360796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[70626,30055,24003,349957,351221,438301,351836,350134],"class_list":["post-2360795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-moms","tag-celebrity-news","tag-hoda-kotb","tag-missing-persons","tag-nancy-guthrie","tag-savannah-guthrie","tag-today-show"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Savannah-Guthrie-tears-up-greeting-\u2018Today-fans-on-first-day.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2360797,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360795\/revisions\/2360797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}