The hosts of NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony warmly shouted out to their absent colleague Savannah Guthrie at Milan’s San Siro Stadium on Friday.
Terry Gannon and Mary Carillo, who filled in for Guthrie on the broadcast amid the disappearance of the “Today” show host’s mother, teamed up to send their regards on the air before the official start of the ceremony.
“We’re certainly without a very important, beloved, member of our team tonight,” Gannon said, according to outlets. “Our friend and colleague, Savannah Guthrie ... She is dearly missed by everybody here.”
“She sure is, she’s covered so many Olympics ... and she loves them,” Carillo said. “Right now, of course, Savannah and her family are in unspeakable, unfathomable pain. We know in the U.S. that her extended family is legion. Savannah, my friend, it’s the same way here.”
“We send our love and our prayers and all of our positive energy to Savannah tonight,” Gannon added.
