Savannah Guthrie Reveals She Cries ‘Every Morning on the Way to Work’

Savannah Guthrie is still living through every family’s nightmare.

The Today co-anchor opened up in an emotional new interview about the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, who has now been missing for more than four months after what authorities believe may have been an abduction from her Arizona home.

During the Monday, June 8, episode of Today with Jenna & Sheinelle, Guthrie, 54, revealed the pain has not faded with time. In fact, she said the heartbreak follows her every single day — even as she returns to the bright lights and polished smiles of morning television.

“It’s been really hard to come back,” Guthrie told Jenna Bush Hager, admitting she has been “trying so hard to hold it together” while still facing the agonizing unknown surrounding her mother’s disappearance.

Guthrie said being back at NBC has helped give her a few hours of structure and comfort, but it has not made the grief disappear.

“When I see you in the morning, I know you see me, no matter what is going on,” Guthrie said. “And sometimes that’s almost too much because I feel like to do the job I gotta keep it together, pull it together.”

The veteran journalist said returning to Today has brought her joy during an otherwise devastating time, especially because of the support she has received from colleagues and friends.

“I’m happy to be back,” she said. “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.”

Then came the gut-wrenching admission.

“I cry every morning on the way to work, and I cry every morning on the way home,” Guthrie said.

The heartbreaking confession offered a rare look at the private pain behind one of America’s most familiar morning television faces. Guthrie, who has spent years reporting on other families’ tragedies with compassion and composure, is now the one pleading for answers.

She said she remains grateful for the kindness around her, but the uncertainty is crushing.

“We can hold our sadness and we can hold our joy,” she said, explaining that she has tried to teach that lesson to her children. “And if you don’t believe it, just watch me.”

Guthrie also made a direct plea to the public as the search for her mother continues.

“We still need everybody’s prayers,” she said. “I wish someone would call and say what they know and tell the truth.”

Nancy Guthrie was reportedly last seen on the evening of January 31 after having dinner with another daughter, Annie, and her son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni. Cioni reportedly dropped Nancy off at her home in Catalina Foothills, Arizona, just before 10 p.m.

The next day, alarm bells went off when Nancy failed to show up at a friend’s home to watch a livestreamed church service. Family members became worried when they could not reach her.

When relatives searched her home, they found her keys, phone, wallet and daily medications still inside — a chilling sign that she likely had not planned to leave.

Her disappearance was reported to police on February 1.

Days later, the FBI released images and video of a masked man seen on Nancy’s porch. The unidentified man reportedly wore a backpack, a holster and plain clothing.

Despite thousands of tips over the past four months, authorities have not publicly identified the man, and Nancy remains missing.

For Guthrie and her family, the mystery has only grown more painful with each passing day.

Now, as the search stretches into another month, the NBC anchor is doing what so many families of missing loved ones are forced to do: keep going in public while privately begging for the one call that could finally bring answers.