{"id":2405991,"date":"2026-05-07T13:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2405991"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:33:37","slug":"savannah-guthrie-thanks-her-former-teacher-who-visited-the-today-show-during-her-abrupt-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/savannah-guthrie-thanks-her-former-teacher-who-visited-the-today-show-during-her-abrupt-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie Thanks Her Former Teacher Who Visited the \u201cToday \u201dShow During Her Abrupt Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Savannah Guthrie missed reuniting with her former teacher, Mrs. Nintzel, who visited the <em>Today<\/em> Show Plaza with a handmade sign<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Guthrie later shared a heartfelt Instagram Story thanking Mrs. Nintzel and highlighting photos from her school years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Guthrie recently returned to <em>Today<\/em> after taking a leave of absence amid the ongoing search for her mother, Nancy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/savannah-guthrie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Savannah Guthrie;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Savannah Guthrie&quot;}\">Savannah Guthrie<\/a> took the time to give one of her former teachers a special shoutout after missing her visit to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Today;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Today&quot;}\"><em>Today<\/em><\/a> show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 54-year-old co-anchor of the NBC morning show took to her Instagram Stories on May 7 to post a photo of one of her teachers \u2014 Mrs. Nintzel \u2014 who stopped by the <em>Today<\/em> Show Plaza on Wednesday, May 6, missing her former student by minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The moment happened on Wednesday, May 6, at 8:30 a.m., when Guthrie&#8217;s co-anchor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/craig-melvin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Craig Melvin;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Craig Melvin&quot;}\">Craig Melvin<\/a> announced, \u201cSavannah had to leave a little early. She will be right back here tomorrow though.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Melvin made the announcement on the <em>Today<\/em> Show Plaza, where Mrs. Nintzel was waiting with a handmade sign to cheer on Guthrie.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Savannah Guthrie&#8217;s former teacher honors her on the &#8216;Today&#8217; Show Plaza on May 6.<br \/>Credit: NBC<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSpeaking of, this was Savannah&#8217;s teacher,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jenna-bush-hager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jenna Bush Hager;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jenna Bush Hager&quot;}\">Jenna Bush Hager<\/a> declared, highlighting the personalized poster. \u201cWas Savannah a great student?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOh yeah, great student,\u201d the teacher replied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And while she didn&#8217;t get the chance to chat with her former teacher, Guthrie did take a moment to give Mrs. Nintzel a special social media shoutout.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Savannah Guthrie thanks her former teacher for visiting the 'Today' show.Credit: Savannah Guthrie\/Instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"530\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/.p0YU.bVWD001.Pe8PzfCA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTE3Mzk7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/1c010aec7ebc5eb701947973b5b6a9f5\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Savannah Guthrie thanks her former teacher for visiting the &#8216;Today&#8217; show.<br \/>Credit: Savannah Guthrie\/Instagram<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThank you for coming,\u201d Guthrie wrote alongside a photo of her teacher holding up the poster, which featured photos from the journalist&#8217;s freshman and senior years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No explanation was given for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/savannah-guthrie-returns-to-today-show-after-abrupt-exit-11969066\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Guthrie's abrupt exit from the;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Guthrie'&quot;}\">Guthrie&#8217;s abrupt exit from the <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/savannah-guthrie-returns-to-today-show-after-abrupt-exit-11969066\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Today;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Today&quot;}\"><em>Today<\/em><\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/savannah-guthrie-returns-to-today-show-after-abrupt-exit-11969066\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:show;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;show&quot;}\"> show <\/a>on Wednesday. The longtime anchor was back and in good spirits on Thursday as she reported alongside Willie Geist during the show&#8217;s two hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE'&quot;}\"><strong> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Savannah has been back on the <em>Today<\/em> show for more than a month after taking an extended leave of absence in the wake of her mother Nancy Guthrie&#8217;s abduction.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Savannah Guthrie and Willie Geist on the 'Today' show on Thursday, May 7.Credit: NBC\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/JNX8jEPhOCbQBnlFgtvkiQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUyNDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/fc4247a5b168881f85bfca92b1db2069\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Savannah Guthrie and Willie Geist on the &#8216;Today&#8217; show on Thursday, May 7.<br \/>Credit: NBC<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nancy, 84, was taken from her Tucson, Ariz., home on Feb. 1, and Savannah joined her family in Arizona amid the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After months of searching, no suspects have been identified in the case. Savannah recently spoke with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/hoda-kotb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Hoda Kotb;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Hoda Kotb&quot;}\">Hoda Kotb<\/a> about her decision to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/savannah-guthrie-returns-today-anchor-desk-11940714\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:return to the;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;return to the&quot;}\">return to the <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/savannah-guthrie-returns-today-anchor-desk-11940714\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Today;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Today&quot;}\"><em>Today<\/em><\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/savannah-guthrie-returns-today-anchor-desk-11940714\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:show.\u00a0;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;show.&amp;nbsp&quot;}\"> show.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to imagine doing it because it&#8217;s such a place of joy and lightness and I can&#8217;t come back and try to be something that I&#8217;m not,&#8221; Guthrie said of returning to <em>Today.<\/em> &#8220;But I can&#8217;t not come back because it&#8217;s my family. I think it&#8217;s part of my purpose right now. I want to smile. And when I do, it will be real. And my joy will be my protest. My joy will be my answer. And being there is joyful. And when it&#8217;s not, I&#8217;ll say so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Anyone with information about Nancy&#8217;s disappearance is asked to please contact 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or the Pima County Sheriff&#8217;s Department at 520-351-4900.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/savannah-guthrie-gives-teacher-shout-out-after-missing-her-today-show-visit-11969092\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/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 www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Savannah Guthrie missed reuniting with her former teacher, Mrs. Nintzel, who visited the Today Show Plaza with a handmade sign Guthrie later shared a heartfelt Instagram Story thanking Mrs. Nintzel and highlighting photos from her school years Guthrie recently returned to Today after taking a leave of absence amid the ongoing search [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2405992,"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":[31890,470240,438301,365959,470241,351836,350134],"class_list":["post-2405991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-craig-melvin","tag-handmade-sign","tag-nancy-guthrie","tag-nbc-morning-show","tag-nintzel","tag-savannah-guthrie","tag-today-show"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Savannah-Guthrie-Thanks-Her-Former-Teacher-Who-Visited-the-Today.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405991","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=2405991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405993,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405991\/revisions\/2405993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}