Why Today Host Savannah Guthrie Left NBC Morning Show Early

Savannah Guthrie made an abrupt exit from In the present day — however for a enjoyable purpose.

After showing on the primary hour of In the present day, Guthrie, 52, noticeably stepped out of the NBC morning present a couple of minutes into the second hour on Friday, April 26. Her cohost Hoda Kotb revealed the rationale behind her exit, telling viewers, “Savannah left slightly early at present to get her weekend began.”

Guthrie’s absence comes days after she loved a protracted weekend by skipping the Monday, April 22, episode of In the present day. Third hour cohost Sheinelle Jones, who was additionally lacking from Friday’s episode, stepped in for the TV persona, who Kotb, 59, stated was “taking a while off at present.”

Monday’s episode additionally marked the return of Craig Melvin, who took the earlier week off. Third hour cohost Dylan Dreyer additionally didn’t seem on the episode however returned the next day with Guthrie.

Guthrie didn’t handle the rationale for the break on the time, although she did tease the rationale for her absence by way of Instagram by sharing images of her husband, Michael Feldman, and their 7-year-old son, Charley, having fun with a Philadelphia 76ers NBA playoff recreation in opposition to the New York Knicks. (Guthrie and Feldman, 55, additionally share daughter Vale, 9.)

“Greatest lives lived – thanks @nba!! go @sixers!” Guthrie captioned footage of the sports activities outing on April 20.

Forward of Friday’s present, Guthrie loved spending time with a number of lovable children on In the present day. Throughout the present’s Wednesday, April 24, episode, she was noticed holding the kid of In the present day producer Carter McKay.

“Me + Oliver ❤️,” Guthrie captioned Instagram snaps of herself and her coworker’s youngster all through the day’s episode. “Thanks for letting me maintain/steal your lovable child @cartermckay and Brian.”

The next day, a number of of her fellow In the present day hosts introduced their youngsters to New York Metropolis’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza for Take Your Youngsters to Work Day. “We’ve acquired so many nice children, children of our crew, our producers, on-air correspondents,” Guthrie said on Thursday, April 25, whereas greeting the group of children.

Whereas Guthrie’s youngsters didn’t take part on the festivities, Kotb introduced alongside her daughters, Haley, 7, and Hope, 4, whereas Melvin, 44, was all smiles on the Plaza along with his 10-year-old son, Delano. Dreyer, 42, additionally loved the day together with her eldest son, Calvin, 7. (Melvin and his spouse, Lindsay Czarniak, additionally share daughter Sybil, 7, whereas Dreyer and her husband, Brian Fichera, are additionally dad and mom to sons Oliver, 4, and Rusty, 2.)

Guthrie and her son joined her In the present day colleagues and their youngsters earlier this month to look at the overall photo voltaic eclipse at NYC’s American Museum of Pure Historical past. “Whole eclipse of my coronary heart ❤️,” Guthrie captioned a candy Instagram photograph of Charley sporting a pair of eclipse viewing glasses on April 8.