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Savannah Guthrie’s ‘Today’ Future Revealed Amid Mom Mystery

Guthrie’s NBC contract is up at the end of the year.

Savannah Guthrie has made a decision about the impending end of her NBC contract amid the harrowing disappearance of her mother.

According to Page Six, Guthrie, 54, is extending her time with NBC as the host of Today. A source told the site, “Savannah is the best in the business. We want her to stay for as long as she wants to stay.” The star reportedly made $7 million to $8 million a year as of October 2024, when her longtime co-host Hoda Kotb left the morning show.

Guthrie revealed in an interview with Kotb after her mother’s disappearance that she believes it’s possible her mother was taken for a “quick buck.” Nancy Guthrie was 84 when she disappeared on Feb. 1.

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Savannah recalled breaking the news to her brother during the interview: “He knew, and he said, ‘I think she’s been kidnapped for ransom,’ and I said, ‘What? … Do you think because of me?’ And he said, ‘I’m sorry, sweetie, but yeah, maybe.’” Guthrie said it would be “too much to bear” if that was the case. She added tearfully at the time, “I’m so sorry. I’m sorry to my sister [Annie Guthrie] and my brother, and my kids and my nephew and Tommy, my brother-in-law, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry if it’s me, I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry.”

While authorities currently have no leads on Guthrie’s disappearance, the FBI uncovered footage of a masked person outside her front door, and later a trail of blood on her porch.

A local law enforcement union leader told TMZ that inexperienced homicide detectives, tension with the FBI, and the decision to give the family control of the crime scene too soon may have led to the lack of progress on Guthrie’s case.

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Guthrie returned to work two months after her mother’s disappearance, with no new information about her whereabouts. She told Kotb that her mother was the reason she kept going. “I won’t let sadness win. For her,” she said. In September, she referred to her mother in the past tense on air for the first time.

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Eboni Boykin-PattersonEntertainment Reporter

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