Savannah Guthrie Breaks Down in Emotional First Interview Since Her Mother’s Disappearance: ‘I Will Not Hide My Face’

Hoda Kotb talking about an interview with Savannah Guthrie on “Today.” Courtesy of “Today.”

On the March 25 episode of “Today,” Hoda Kotb told viewers she had just finished a long, difficult interview with Savannah Guthrie, one that left everyone in the studio rattled.

“Craig, Al, and Carson, as you can imagine, it was a really emotional conversation,” Kotb said before airing a clip from the sit‑down. She explained that the full interview would run over two days, but there was one moment she felt viewers needed to see immediately — Savannah’s direct plea to anyone who might know something about her mother’s disappearance.

In the clip, Guthrie’s voice cracked as she spoke through tears: “Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony. We are in agony. It is unbearable.” She went on, her grief spilling out in real time: “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.”

There was no anchor polish in her voice. No practiced cadence. Just a daughter who hasn’t slept in weeks.

Kotb: “There Is a Desperation and a Steeliness About Savannah”

According to People, Carson Daly asked Kotb how she was holding up after conducting the interview.

“I’m ok,” she said, though her voice betrayed the weight of the conversation. “There is a desperation and also a steeliness about Savannah. I mean, she’s hoping that somebody, whoever this person is, will see something and say something.”

Kotb added that Guthrie opened up about everything — the investigation, her faith, and the strange, suspended reality of trying to function while living inside a nightmare. Kotb said she “marveled” that Savannah could even sit upright, let alone speak with clarity about the days ahead.

Daly, visibly emotional, wiped away tears on air.

A Family’s Plea: “We Miss Our Mom With Every Breath”

“Vanished Without a Trace: Where is Nancy Guthrie?” Courtesy of News 4 Tucson KVOA-TV

Just days before the interview, on March 21, Guthrie and her siblings released a new statement during KVOA News 4 Tucson’s special “Bring Her Home: The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.” It was a message directed straight to the people of Tucson — the community where Nancy was last seen.

“We are deeply grateful for the outpouring from neighbors, friends and the people of Tucson. We are all family now,” the statement began. “Someone knows something.”

The family urged residents to revisit anything that might help — camera footage, journal entries, text messages, even offhand conversations that might take on new meaning now.

“No detail is too small,” they wrote. “It may be the key.”

The statement ended with a line that feels almost too heavy to read: “We miss our mom with every breath and we cannot be in peace until she is home. We cannot grieve; we can only ache and wonder.”

It was signed by the entire Guthrie family — Camron and Kristine, Annie and Tommaso, and Savannah and Michael — united in their desperation, united in their hope.

“I Will Not Hide My Face” — A Daughter Refusing to Go Quietly

What makes this interview different from the usual missing‑person coverage is that Savannah Guthrie isn’t just a public figure asking for help. She’s a daughter who refuses to let her mother’s story fade into the background noise of the news cycle.

She’s not hiding her fear. She’s not hiding her anger. She’s not hiding her face. And she’s asking — begging — for someone to come forward. Because somewhere, someone knows something. And Savannah is not giving up until her mother comes home.

Anyone with information about Nancy’s disappearance is asked to please contact 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or the Pima County Sheriff’s Department 520-351-4900.