Savannah Guthrie returned to the Today show Thursday morning after abruptly leaving Wednesday’s broadcast without explanation.
Guthrie left 90 minutes into the morning show’s May 6 broadcast, with her co-anchor Craig Melvin telling viewers: “Savannah had to leave a little early. She’ll be right back tomorrow, though.”
Guthrie was indeed back Thursday morning alongside Willie Geist and did not explain the reason for her sudden departure the day before.
The Independent has contacted NBC and Guthrie’s representatives for comments.
It comes as Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother has been missing for three months after a suspected abduction from her home near Tucson, Arizona.
Savannah, 54, returned to Today in April following a two-month hiatus, during which she spent time with her family and sent pleas to the public for any information regarding her mother’s disappearance.
In February, the FBI released pictures of a masked and armed person outside of Nancy’s home the night she went missing. No suspect has been identified.
Guthrie sat down for her first interview since her mother’s disappearance with Hoda Kotb in a segment that aired in March.
“I don’t know that it’s because she’s my mom and somebody thought, ‘Oh, that lady has money and we can make a quick buck.’ I mean, that would make sense,” she said in the emotional footage. “But we don’t know ... which is too much to bear, to think that I brought this to her bedside.”
She also addressed her return to Today, saying at the time: “It’s hard to imagine doing it because it’s such a place of joy and lightness and I can’t come back and try to be something that I’m not.
“But I can’t not come back because it’s my family,” she said. “I think it’s part of my purpose right now. I want to smile. And when I do, it will be real. And my joy will be my protest. My joy will be my answer. And being there is joyful. And when it’s not, I’ll say so.”
She said during her first show back that it felt “good to be home.”
Last week, local authorities said the search for Guthrie’s mother “remains active and ongoing.”
“Anyone with information related to the Nancy Guthrie case is encouraged to come forward,” a spokesperson for the Pima County Sheriff's Department, which is leading the investigation, told Fox News Digital. “Please contact 88-CRIME or the FBI tip line at 1-800-225-5324.”
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