Savannah Guthrie Set to Rejoin ‘Today’ Anchor Desk on April 6

Savannah Guthrie is set to return to her role as anchor on the Today Show on April 6. However, she has signaled that her return might not be permanent due to the recent abduction of her mother, Nancy.

In an emotional conversation with her NBC colleague, Hoda Kotb, Savannah revealed for the first time she might consider stepping back from her career to preserve her happiness.

“I can’t come back and pretend to be someone I’m not. Yet, I can’t stay away either, because this team is like family to me. Right now, it feels like part of my calling,” Savannah expressed in the segment of the interview that aired on Friday.

“I want to smile genuinely, and when I do, it will be authentic. My happiness will serve as my protest, my answer. Being on the show brings me joy,” she continued.

“And when it no longer does, I’ll be upfront about it,” Savannah concluded.

The Today co-host said she views her colleagues as family and needs their support as she navigates the heartbreak and sorrow of losing her mother.

‘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,’ she said.

‘I don’t know if I can do it. I don’t know if I’ll belong anymore but I would like to try.’

Savannah Guthrie will return to anchoring the Today Show on April 6, but warns her comeback may be short-lived

Nancy Guthrie, pictured with Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing on February 1. Police believe the 84-year-old was kidnapped, abducted or otherwise taken against her will from her Arizona home

Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on February 1. Police believe the 84-year-old was kidnapped, abducted or otherwise taken against her will from her Arizona home.

The FBI released surveillance videos of a masked man who was outside Guthrie’s front door in Tucson on the night she vanished.

The Guthrie family has offered a $1 million reward for information leading to the recovery of their mother.

Savannah, in her interview with Kotb, suggested that she could forgive Nancy’s kidnapper if they come forward.

‘We need an answer and someone has it in their power to help,’ she said, before directly addressing her mother’s abductor and potential witnesses.

‘It is never too late and when you do, the warmth of love and forgiveness, that will come, will be greater than can be imagined.

‘I know what it is to be forgiven. And there is no greater joy. And that joy awaits whoever can hear this and find it in their heart to help.’

The Today show co-host further shared how her faith has kept her connected to her mom and helped her survive this horrific nightmare. 

The FBI released surveillance videos of a masked man who was outside Guthrie’s front door in Tucson on the night she vanished

‘God doesn’t tell us not to wrestle with him. This isn’t some cheap faith and my mom taught me that. God only requires our authentic presence, and that he has,’ she said.

Savannah said she ‘never doubted’ God despite the pain that her family was enduring. 

‘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.’

Despite the family’s offer of a $1 million reward for information, there has been little movement in the investigation. 

The Guthrie family last weekend appealed to neighbors in Arizona to search back through their memories for anything they might have seen that could help the investigation.

Savannah doubled down on that appeal in her interview with Kotb. 

‘Our hearts are in agony. We can’t breathe. We can’t live. We can’t go on. We can’t be at peace. We can’t go forward,’ Savannah said.

‘We have to know what happened to her.’

Little information about the investigation has been publicly released by authorities in recent weeks. 

The Pima County Sheriff´s Department and FBI said Wednesday that investigators continue to examine leads.

Savannah’s NBC interview offered some new information about the case, including what her family saw the day Nancy vanished. 

The back doors of Nancy’s $1 million home were found propped open and her phone and purse were still at the residence when she disappeared, Savannah said in a portion of the interview that aired Thursday.

Then there were the propped doors, blood on the front doorstep and a camera yanked off. 

Given the tremendous pain their mother suffered from, Savannah said she and her siblings instantly knew it wasn´t a case of a person wandering off.

Given the tremendous pain their mother suffered from, Savannah said she and her siblings instantly knew it wasn´t a case of a person wandering off.

‘So we were saying, “This is not OK”‘ Guthrie said. ‘”Something is very wrong here.”‘

Her brother immediately realized that their mother had been kidnapped for ransom.

‘I said, `What?´ And then, I mean, it sounds so, like, how dumb could I be? But I just, I didn´t want to believe. I just said, ´Do you think because of me?´’ Guthrie recounted, choking up and wiping away tears. ‘He said, `I´m sorry, sweetie, but, yeah, maybe.´’