{"id":48789,"date":"2026-04-12T18:23:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48789"},"modified":"2026-04-12T18:23:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T18:23:05","slug":"today-show-not-ready-for-hoda-kotb-to-step-away-amid-savannah-guthrie-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48789","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Today&#8217; show not ready for Hoda Kotb to step away amid Savannah Guthrie return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hoda Kotb\u2019s work at \u201cToday\u201d is still not done.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran left her full-time position at NBC\u2019s morning flagship last year and, as we\u2019ve previously reported, is hoping to return to promoting her new health app soon.<\/p>\n<p>She returned to cover for pal Savannah Guthrie after her mother abucted, and has been there to welcome her back to the show.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Hoda Kotb will join Savannah Guthrie at the anchor desk while Craig Melvin is away.  <span class=\"credit\">Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But with Craig Melvin away on vacation this week, Kotb has been called upon again because producers want the friendliest face possible next Guthrie\u2019s as <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/06\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-makes-return-to-today-show-as-mom-nancy-remains-missing\/\">she adjusts to being back at work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to have Kotb fill in was a \u201cno brainer\u201d for brass, as the duo share an \u201cunbreakable bond,\u201d according to our source.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/savannah-guthrie-returns-to-today-after-absence-as-search-continues-for-missing-mom-nancy\/\">Savannah\u2019s second week back<\/a>, and Hoda is a safe space for her. They\u2019ve been through a lot together and have a meaningful connection,\u201d the insider said. \u201cThat\u2019s important to a morning show audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Kotb is a \u2018safe space\u2019 for Guthrie, sources tell Page Six.  <span class=\"credit\">Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Savannah\u2019s mother, Nancy Guthrie, was abducted from her Arizona home on Feb. 1.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In normal circumstances, Kotb would likely not be the stand in host. <\/p>\n<p>The former \u201cToday\u201d anchor has been the de facto fill-in since Guthrie stepped away to be with her family as they searched for their mother, who was abducted from her Tuscon, Arizona home on Feb. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Kotb held down the fort for Guthrie, until she returned to the show last week.<\/p>\n<p>Sources described Kotb as being a \u201csteady hand, and calm presence for the staff,\u201d as the show, and Guthrie, navigated this unprecedented time covering her tragedy and caring for their colleague. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a no brainer for her to step in, and in this circumstance, it just makes sense,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Kotb was filling in for Guthrie until she returned to work this week.  <span class=\"credit\">Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Guthrie and Kotb have a \u201cmeaningful connection.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Peter Kramer\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Guthrie <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/26\/entertainment\/savannah-guthrie-reveals-how-she-found-out-mom-nancy-was-missing-in-today-show-sitdown\/\">sat down with Kotb for an emotional TV interview<\/a> about her mother\u2019s disappearance on March 25 ahead of her return to \u201cToday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guthrie, 54, pleaded, \u201cSomeone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony. We are in agony. It is unbearable,\u201d during the tearful interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd 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,\u201d Savannah said, as Kotb wept.<\/p>\n<p>Guthrie\u2019s 84-year-old mom has been missing for over 70 days, with no clues as to where she is. Keeping her story in the headlines is crucial to Guthrie, as they continue the search for her mom. A source previously told Page Six, that <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/27\/entertainment\/inside-savannah-guthries-hard-decision-to-return-to-today-show-as-mom-nancy-remains-missing\/\">getting back behind the anchor desk \u201cbrings a sense of normalcy,\u201d<\/a> to Guthrie. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Guthrie sat down with Kotb for her first TV interview since her mom went missing.  <span class=\"credit\">Today\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Savannah will return to Arizona if there are any major updates in her mom\u2019s investigation.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still, \u201cShe\u2019s prepared to go back to Arizona if there are major developments in the case, or wherever she\u2019s needed,\u201d they said. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/12\/entertainment\/today-show-not-ready-for-hoda-kotb-to-step-away-amid-savannah-guthrie-return\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoda Kotb\u2019s work at \u201cToday\u201d is still not done. The veteran left her full-time position at NBC\u2019s morning flagship last year and, as we\u2019ve previously reported,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}