Savannah Guthrie hints at ‘Today’ show departure after Hoda Kotb announces exit
Savannah Guthrie seemingly hinted her time on the “Today” show may be winding down after Hoda Kotb announced her exit from the morning show.
“We’re dear friends and we have a lot of similarities,” she told Us Weekly Thursday at Project Healthy Minds 2nd Annual World Mental Health Day Gala in New York City while speaking about her co-anchor’s departure.
“We’re basically in the same phase of life,” she added, seemingly alluding to a possible exit for herself.
Page Six reached out to Guthrie’s rep for clarification on her comment.
Savannah Guthrie seemingly hinted that she may not be on the “Today” show much longer after Hoda Kotb announced her exit in September. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
“We’re basically in the same phase of life,” Guthrie told Us Weekly on Thursday while discussing her co-anchor’s big news. GC Images
Guthrie, 52, has been with NBC since 2007 when she became a legal correspondent and appeared on “Today” and “NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams.”
From there, she became a White House correspondent for NBC and hosted the “Daily Rundown” from 2010 to 2011.
She joined the “Today” crew in 2012 as a co-host of the show’s third hour.
Guthrie has been with NBC since 2007 and joined “Today” in 2012. Udo Salters/INSTARimages
Page Six learned there was “chatter that Savannah was planning her own exit” in 2025 before Kotb made her announcement. Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock
Her potential foreshadowing about her future with the morning news broadcast came after a show insider told Page Six that “nobody at NBC wants Savannah to leave.”
“I think if the bosses had their way she would be here for life,” our source added. “She is the beating heart of ‘Today’ — there is so much support for her.”
The TV insider also noted that “there was chatter that Savannah was planning her own exit” for 2025, but Kotb’s announcement “has made that all but impossible.”
While speaking about Kotb’s exit with Page Six at Thursday’s World Mental Health Day Gala, Guthrie said she felt mixed emotions when she heard the big news.
Our insider said that “nobody at NBC wants Savannah to leave.” Getty Images
On Thursday, Guthrie told Page Six she had mixed emotions about Kotb’s impending departure from “Today.” Mike Marsland/Getty Images for Omega
“It’s complicated because it’s, like, I’m so happy for her and I’m so proud of her as her friend because she’s following her heart and it’s a big bode of confidence in herself and her future not because she knows what it will be but because she believes in herself and she trusts her gut,” she explained.
“As her friend, I love that. As her partner in the morning, I’ll miss her,” she added.
“I’ll really, really miss her. We all will, you know? To me, she’s irreplaceable.”
However, Guthrie seemed thankful that Kotb will still be with NBC once she leaves “Today.”
“To me, she’s irreplaceable,” she sweetly told us. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Kotb will remain with NBC after her last “Today” broadcast, but her next role has not been publicly announced. Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images
“We’re family and she’s not going too far. She’s going to stay with NBC. We’ll get to see her,” she said.
It’s unclear what Kotb’s next professional move will entail.
An insider told Page Six ahead of Kotb’s announcement that she wants to spend more time with her daughters, Haley, 7, and Hope, 4.
“It’s heartbreaking for everyone, but Hoda wants to be able to walk her kids to school,” they detailed.
