Savannah Guthrie Still Missing on ‘Today Show’ in Pre-Planned Vacation Because It’s Late August, so Calm Down

By Alex Zalben @azalben
Published Aug. 30, 2022, 7:26 a.m. ET

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Despite rumory reports of behind the scenes feuds between Today Show hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb, there’s nothing nefarious about Savannah Guthrie’s absence from the daily show this week. Rather than another over-sleeping incident, or storming off in a huff, Guthrie is out today, Tuesday August 30, on a pre-planned family vacation. A vacation? In late August??? Who does that?

Instead, the 7am hour of The Today Show was anchored by Guad Venegas, Dylan Dreyer and Hallie Jackson.

The supposed drama behind-the-scenes of The Today Show has been giving Apple TV+’s The Morning Show a run for its money — and surely will help power plotlines on that series for years to come. Tensions seemingly started to bubble to a hard boil on August 11, when Guthrie overslept and missed the beginning of The Today Show. This was, of note, on a day when Kotb was off, so could have been a complete disaster. Instead, the host joked about it on-air once she arrived, and other than blowback from the annoyed audience, things seemed fine.

However, the gossip rags have been going nuts with reports that there was more to the absence than an alarm not going off properly; ranging from backstage spats between Kotb and Guthrie, to seething tensions on-air. The two hosts seemed to put that all to rest, though, when Kotb shared a photo on Instagram of herself and Guthrie captioned, “Just because– and thank you!!! It was absolutely perfect !! Xoxoox.” The two were embracing in the picture, and while not explicitly addressing the rumors, looked to be shutting them down, or at least obliquely touching on them.

Meanwhile, Guthrie has been off at a water-park with her family (or at least, that’s where she was last week), as well as heading to a county fair:

Will Kotb and Guthrie address the gossip when Guthrie is back on the desk, presumably next week? And by gossip, we mean Guthrie’s sweet hat she wore to the Dutchess County Fair? We’ll have to tune in to find out.