{"id":230645,"date":"2026-03-25T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/savannah-guthrie-gives-tearful-interview-following-moms-disappearance\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:00:12","slug":"savannah-guthrie-gives-tearful-interview-following-moms-disappearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/savannah-guthrie-gives-tearful-interview-following-moms-disappearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie gives tearful interview following mom&#8217;s disappearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-03-25\" datetime=\"1774454412\" pubdate=\"\">25 March 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/savannah-guthrie\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,savannah-guthrie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Savannah Guthrie<\/a> broke down in tears as she spoke of her &#8220;agony&#8221; over her mother&#8217;s disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Savannah Guthrie has given a tearful interview<\/p>\n<p>The Today host and her siblings reported their 84-year-old mom Nancy Guthrie missing at the end of January and, as the search continues to find her amid the belief she was kidnapped, the 54-year-old presenter has given her first emotional interview about her family&#8217;s ordeal, in which she admitted she is suffering sleepless nights over the fate of her mother.<\/p>\n<p>Today aired a preview clip from Hota Kotb&#8217;s interview with Savannah on Wednesday (25.03.26) ahead of its full broadcast on Thursday (26.03.26) and Friday (26.03.26).<\/p>\n<p>Introducing the footage, Hoda told fellow hosts Craig Melvin, Al Roker and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/carson-daly\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,carson-daly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carson Daly<\/a>: &#8220;As you can imagine, it was a really emotional conversation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re gonna have the whole thing for you tomorrow and Friday, but first, we did want to bring you one of the moments from the interview where Savannah shared a message to anybody who may have information about Nancy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nIn the clip, Savannah cried as she said: &#8220;Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony. We are in agony. It is unbearable.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;And to think of what she went through. I wake up every night in the middle of the night, every night. And in the darkness, I imagine her terror. And it is unthinkable, but those thoughts demand to be thought. And I will not hide my face. But she needs to come home now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nHoda &#8211; who has returned to Today as temporary replacement for Savannah &#8211; praised her interviewee&#8217;s &#8220;steeliness&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: &#8220;There is a desperation and also a steeliness about Savannah.<\/p>\n<p>\n &#8220;I mean, she&#8217;s hoping that somebody, whoever this person is, will see something and say something and as you&#8217;ll see in the coming days she talks about so many things. She talks about the investigation she talks about her faith and she talks about how she&#8217;s getting through that was one portion there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nShe noted Savannah spoke about how &#8220;God&#8217;s holding her hand&#8221; and admitted she couldn&#8217;t help but &#8220;marvel&#8221; at the way she was able to &#8220;sit there with an outfit on, have a conversation, and also have just direct thoughts about what she sees going forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Pima County Sheriff&#8217;s Department (PCSD) launched an urgent search for Nancy after she failed to show up for a church service on 1 February, the day after her relatives had dropped her home.<\/p>\n<p>\nInvestigators believe she was kidnapped overnight, and have obtained surveillance footage of a masked man at her door.<\/p>\n<p>\nEarlier this month, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos admitted that investigators believe they know the motive behind the kidnapping, but didn&#8217;t offer any details.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe told NBC News: &#8220;We believe we know why [the kidnapper] did this and we believe that it was targeted, but we\u2019re not 100% sure of that.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I think day one, we had some strong beliefs about what happened, and those beliefs haven\u2019t diminished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/savannah-guthrie-gives-tearful-interview-following-moms-disappearance-1439727.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25 March 2026 Savannah Guthrie broke down in tears as she spoke of her &#8220;agony&#8221; over her mother&#8217;s disappearance. 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