SAVANNAH Guthrie is reportedly looking to quit The Today Show for good as she fears her fame made her mother a vulnerable target.
It comes just months after she filmed a segment for the show with her mother Nancy, 84, who has now been missing for two weeks.
Sources have said that the co-host is considering a permanent exit from the hit show after her mother was abducted from her home in Tucson, Arizona, at around 2am on February 1.
“This absolutely came out of the blue, and I think she’s really concerned that it was because of her job,” NewsNation’s Paula Froelich reported, citing sources.
She added that Savannah, who is said to be a “mess” as the search for her mother enters its third week, fears her fame made her mother more of a target “with bad characters”.
Just months before she was taken, The Today Show filmed a segment with Savannah near Nancy’s $1 million home, which is now a major crime scene.
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In the NBC clip from November 2025, the mother-and-daughter duo paired up for a piece called “Savannah’s Arizona Homecoming” which also featured her sister Annie.
What we know about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance
It documented the television star going back to her roots including her alma mater and El Charro, the oldest family-owned Mexican restaurant in America where she shared a meal with her family for the show.
“I have to come here every time I come home to Tucson,” Savannah said.
Her mother has featured in several segments for the show over the years since Savannah joined in 2012.
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Despite admitting they are ‘exhausted’ by the search for Nancy, who is in poor health and in need of daily medication, cops have vowed they will find her and those responsible for her disappearance.
Investigators have now reportedly turned to high-tech scanners that can detect Bluetooth signals in an attempt to connect to Nancy’s pacemaker as they run out of leads and have no suspects.
A series of ransom notes sent to the family, law enforcement, and several news outlets are further muddying the waters, with a number of them turning out to be fake.
Fox News Digital reported that the Bluetooth devices have been attached to the bottom of police helicopters that are flying in low and slow, in grid-like patterns to try to locate her heart monitor device.
But, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has said the search for Nancy could now go on for years as hopes seemingly begin to fade.
Earlier this week, investigators were seen combing through the grounds of her property, and searching inside a septic tank.
On Friday night, a number of people were reportedly detained in a SWAT raid at a nearby home after mystery DNA was recovered in the case, but cops later confirmed no arrests were made.
Meanwhile, investigators are still searching for the masked man captured in chilling doorbell footage taken from Nancy’s home on the night she vanished.
Federal agents have released new details about the suspect as they hope to cut down the number of public tips that have been called in with over 13,000 reported since February 1.
Officials are looking for a man who is around five-foot-nine-inches to five-foot-ten-inches with an average build.
He was seen in the footage wearing a black, 25-liter Ozark Hiker Pack backpack.
The reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case has been increased from $50,000 to $100,000.
Timeline of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance
Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, disappeared from her home on February 1, 2026.
Timeline:
- January 31: Nancy is last seen by her family
- 5:32pm: Nancy travels to her daughter’s home for dinner, about 11 minutes from her own house.
- 9:48pm: Family members drop off Nancy Guthrie at her home in Tucson. Her garage door closes two minutes later.
- February 1: Nancy is reported missing and a search begins
- 1:47am: Nancy’s doorbell camera disconnects
- 2:12am: Camera software detects a person moving in range of the camera. There is no video, and Nancy does not have a storage description.
- 2:28am: Nancy’s pacemaker app disconnects from her phone, which is later found still at her house.
- Around 11am: A parishioner at Nancy’s church calls the mom’s children and says she failed to show up for service.
- 11:56am: Family members arrive at Nancy’s house to check on her.
- 12:03pm: The family calls 911 to report Nancy missing.
- 8:55pm: The Pima County Sheriff’s Office gives its first press conference and reveals some clues found at Nancy’s home caused “grave concern.” Sheriff Chris Nanos says helicopters, drones, and infrared cameras are all being utilized in the search.
- February 2: Search crews pull back. Nancy’s home is considered a crime scene. Savannah releases a statement thanking supporters for their prayers, which her co-hosts read on Today.
- February 3: A trail of blood is pictured outside Nancy’s home, where there were reportedly signs of forced entry. Nanos admits they have no suspects, no leads, and no videos that could lead to Nancy’s recovery. He and the FBI beg for more tips and accounts.
- February 4, 8pm: Savannah and her siblings release a heartbreaking video directed at their mother’s abductors asking for proof she is alive and saying they’re willing to work with them to get her back.
- February 5: FBI offers $50,000 reward for information on the case.
- 5pm: First ransom demand deadline for millions in Bitcoin passes. Guthrie family releases demand to speak “directly” to the kidnappers, saying, “We want to talk to you and we are waiting for contact.”
- February 9, 5pm: Second ransom demand deadline, reportedly with “much more serious” conditions.