SAVANNAH Guthrie is reportedly looking to quit The Today Show for good as she fears her fame made her mother a vulnerable target.
It comes just months after she filmed a segment for the show with her mother Nancy, 84, who has now been missing for two weeks.
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Savannah Guthrie is reportedly looking to quit The Today Show for good amid the desperate search for her motherCredit: Alamy
A segment from just months before Nancy vanished was filmed inside her homeCredit: NBC
Sources have said that the co-host is considering a permanent exit from the hit show after her mother was abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona, at around 2am on February 1.
“This absolutely came out of the blue, and I think she’s really concerned that it was because of her job,” NewsNation’s Paula Froelich reported, citing sources.
She added that Savannah, who is said to be a “mess” as the search for her mother enters its third week, fears her fame made her mother more of a target “with bad characters”.
Sources reportedly cited a The Today Show segment where Savannah took viewers to her mother’s home, per the Daily Mail.
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Just months before Nancy disappeared, the Savannah filmed a segment with her mom near her $1 million home which is now a major crime scene.
What we know about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance
Today host Savannah Guthrie’s mom is missing after she was abducted from her home Tucson, Arizona on February 1
Blood drops were seen on the front steps of her home
Nancy’s son-in-law was the last person to see her as he dropped her off following a family dinner
Local and federal authorities initially admitted they had no suspects, and no leads
Multiple news outlets have been sent ransom letters that contain specific details about Nancy’s home and clothing
The first ransom deadline passed five days after the abduction, and a second deadline which was said to have “much more serious” conditions also passed
911 reports were made of a suspected trespasser lurking in a neighbor’s yard weeks before the abduction
Cops seized a car from Nancy’s home and removed a roof camera
Eerie new footage was released showing a masked and armed intruder at the home
A delivery driver was detained in connection to Nancy’s disappearance, but he was released hours later
In the NBC clip from November 2025, the mother-and-daughter duo paired up for a piece called “Savannah’s Arizona Homecoming” which also featured her sister Annie.
It documented the television star going back to her roots including her alma mater and El Charro, the oldest family-owned Mexican restaurant in America where she shared a meal with her family for the show.
“I have to come here every time I come home to Tucson,” Savannah said.
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Her mother has featured in several segments for the show over the years since Savannah joined in 2012.
It is unclear which segment the sources were referring to.
Meanwhile, sources have told Page Six that Savannah will be off The Today Show for the “foreseeable future”.
“The entire show and network is rallying together in support of our beloved colleague and friend as we navigate this unimaginable time,” the NBC source said.
Despite admitting they are ‘exhausted’ by the search for Nancy, who is in poor health and in need of daily medication, cops have vowed they will find her and those responsible for her disappearance.
Investigators have now reportedly turned to high-tech scanners that can detect Bluetooth signals in an attempt to connect to Nancy’s pacemaker as they run out of leads and have no suspects.
A series of ransom notes sent to the family, law enforcement, and several news outlets are further muddying the waters, with a number of them turning out to be fake.
Fox News Digital reported that the Bluetooth devices have been attached to the bottom of police helicopters that are flying in low and slow, in grid-like patterns to try to locate her heart monitor device.
But, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has said the search for Nancy could now go on for years as hopes seemingly begin to fade.
Nancy has featured on the show a number of times and Savannah reportedly fears her exposure on national television put her at risk of ‘bad characters’Credit: Getty
FBI and SWAT units perform operations in a neighborhood approximately two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s homeCredit: Getty
Earlier this week, investigators were seen combing through the grounds of her property, and searching inside a septic tank.
On Friday night, a number of people were reportedly detained in a SWAT raid at a nearby home after mystery DNA was recovered in the case, but cops later confirmed no arrests were made.
Meanwhile, investigators are still searching for the masked man captured in chilling doorbell footage taken from Nancy’s home on the night she vanished.
Federal agents have released new details about the suspect as they hope to cut down the number of public tips that have been called in with over 13,000 reported since February 1.
Officials are looking for a man who is around five-foot-nine-inches to five-foot-ten-inches with an average build.
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He was seen in the footage wearing a black, 25-liter Ozark Hiker Pack backpack.
The reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case has been increased from $50,000 to $100,000.
