It’s been a very testing time for Savannah Guthrie over the past five months as the search continues for her mother, Nancy Guthrie, who was last seen on January 31 at her home in Tucson, Arizona.
The Today star has been leaning on her family, in particular her husband, Michael Feldman, during this horrific time, and expressed her sentiments to him as the family marked Father’s Day.
Taking to Instagram, the NBC star shared a picture of Michael lying in bed while hugging their their two young children, Vale, 11, and Charles, nine. In the caption, Savannah simply wrote: “Our hero. Happy Father’s Day.”
Savannah and Michael have been married since 2014 and got married just outside of Savannah’s family hometown of Tucson. They met in 2008 at Michael’s 40th birthday party, and began dating the following year.
Savannah’s world turned upside down when her mother Nancy, 84, was reported missing on February 1. It is believed that she was taken from her home against her will. Despite many tips and extensive searches, the investigation into Nancy’s disappearance has yielded no definitive leads or suspects.
© InstagramSavannah took a leave of absence following Nancy’s disappearance to be with her family, but returned to Today on April 6. Recently, the star opened up about why she returned to work while her mother was still missing during an emotional chat with her friend and co-host, Jenna Bush Hager.
On June 8, Savannah joined Jenna on the Fourth Hour, where she explained: “I’m happy to be back. It’s two hours of my day. I am thinking about it, but it’s something to do and it brings me a lot of joy to be with everybody. But it’s not easy.” The star added: “I know people maybe wonder what’s going on, how is she able to do that job, how is she not thinking about it, did she forget? No, never, never.”
© Getty ImagesJenna echoed her sentiment: “And neither have we. We have your back and be with you forever with this. We will never forget.” Savannah then urged viewers: “We still need everybody’s prayers. For someone to call with what they know.”
Savannah was missing from Today late last week and on Friday June 19, Craig Melvin revealed where she was. Sitting alongside Laura Jarrett, she said: “Laura Jarrett is in for Savannah as Savannah starts production meetings on the World game show that’s coming to NBC later this year.”
© InstagramThe half-hour game show will be produced by The New York Times, which has owned Wordle since 2022 and began releasing it as part of their Games app, and will be executive produced by Jimmy Fallon, and hosted by Savannah.
The show was in development for apparently two and a half years. They filmed a pilot for the series last year, and the main show will begin filming in Manchester, England over the summer. Savannah revealed that filming was supposed to start earlier, but due to her mom’s disappearance, the production team helped push it back.
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