Savannah Guthrie Says It's 'Hard to Hold It Together' at Work Following Mother's Disappearance

'Just Keep Going'

The Today Show anchor discussed her mother's tragic disappearance. The 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was abducted on Jan. 31

Savannah Guthrie discussed the heartbreaking disappearance of her mother, Nancy Guthrie in a candid conversation with her best friend and colleague Jenna Bush Hager, the co-host of Today With Jenna and Sheinelle.

Guthrie, who visited the show as a guest co-host in the fourth hour on Monday, told Hager, “I can’t really even look at you every day without crying. You are my best friend. You know, it’s really hard to come back. I’ve been trying so hard to hold it together, and I promise I will.”

“When I see you in the morning, I know you see me, no matter what is going on, and sometimes that’s almost too much because I feel like to do the job I gotta keep it together, pull it together,” Guthrie said, before adding, “But I’m happy to be back. It’s like the two hours of my day — it’s not that I’m not thinking about it, because I am, but it’s something to do and it brings me a lot of joy to be with everybody. But, no, it’s not easy.”