Savannah Guthrie broke down in tears as she gave her first interview since her mom Nancy’s abduction, saying she has been in ‘agony’ for months.
The Today Show star sat down with her co-star Hoda Kotb for the interview, and she grew emotional as she said she is haunted by thoughts of her mother’s ‘terror’ every night.
Nancy, 84, disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona home on February 1, sparking a huge search that has so far resulted in no arrests and no sign of the grandmother.
Savannah said she and her family are still holding onto hope that the case may be solved, saying: ‘Someone needs to do the right thing.’
‘We are in agony. It is unbearable. And to think of what she went through,’ she said.
‘I wake up every night in the middle of the night, every night. And in the darkness, I imagine her terror. And it is unthinkable, but those thoughts demand to be thought. And I will not hide my face. But she needs to come home now.’
Savannah said she is ‘holding onto faith’ that her mother will be found, and said despite no sign of her in over eight weeks, said she ‘still believes.’
The star’s colleagues wept on the air following the interview as they shared an excerpt of the conversation, as host Carson Daly said it was ‘gut-wrenching’ to see Savannah suffering ‘while we are no closer to solving this, its been so long.’
Savannah was last on the air two days before her mother’s disappearance, and has primarily stayed in Arizona to assist the search and be with her family.
She made a return to the Today Show studio earlier this month, and she told Kotb this week that she wanted to return to show that ‘I’m still me.’
‘I wanted you to know that I’m still standing, and I still have hope,’ she said. ‘And I don’t know what version of me that will be, but it will be.’
An excerpt of the interview was shared Tuesday, and Today said the full interview will air in two parts on Thursday and Friday.
