Savannah Guthrie called her mom, Nancy Guthrie, her “everything” before the matriarch went missing.
In a touching birthday tribute to her mom shared via Instagram in January 2020, the “Today” host praised Nancy for being “a mother like no other.”
“My mom Nancy is my heart and my everything and my model for what a mother should be. Thank you, God, for her 78 beautiful years! Happy birthday, mama!!!” she captioned a carousel of photos of the two of them.
Savannah also included several sweet photos of her mom with the two kids she shares with husband, Michael Feldman.
Even though the post is from six years ago, Savannah’s fans flooded the comments sections sending prayers that her mother is found safely.
The 84-year-old is currently missing from her Arizona home. According to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, she was last seen Saturday night around 9:30 p.m. local time at her home in Catalina Foothills.
During a press conference on Monday, Sheriff Chris Nanos confirmed Nancy’s home is being treated as a “crime scene.”
“We believe now, after we process that crime scene, that we do, in fact, have a crime scene, that we do, in fact, have a crime and we’re asking the community’s help,” Nanos explained, insisting that Nancy “did not leave on her own.”
As of now, Nanos said authorities have Nancy’s cell phone and they are planning to analyze it for any leads, but pleaded for the public to aid them in the search.
The journalist skipped Monday’s episode of “Today” but shared a statement with her co-hosts that read, “On behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers and messages of support. Right now, our focus remains on the safe return of our dear mom.
“We thank law enforcement for their hard work on this case and encourage anyone with information to contact the Pima County Sheriff’s Department at 520-351-4900.”
Savannah’s fellow “Today” host Jenna Bush Hager also revealed that Nancy “takes daily medication” that she needs “for survival,” and is likely “without her medication.’’
“We are thinking of our dearest, dearest Savannah and her whole family right now. Our prayers obviously go out to Savannah,” Bush Hager said during Monday’s show.
Savannah, 54, and Nancy share an extremely close bond — especially since the NBC star’s dad passed away when she was just 16 years old, making Nancy a widow at 46.
The former attorney once described her mom as her biggest supporter and shared the sacrifices Nancy made in order for her to achieve her dream career of becoming a broadcaster.
Savannah explained that when she got her first news job in Montana at the age of 21, she was hesitant to move away from her mom.
“But when I moved to Butte, Montana, this was it,” Savannah said on the morning show in 2022. “And it was really hard for me to leave her.”
“And that’s when she said, ‘If you can’t leave me, then I didn’t do my job right, Savannah,’” she recalled. “She just gave me permission to go, you know?”
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