20 Minutes ago, SAVANNAH GUTHRIE and DAVID MUIR was confirmed as…
20 Minutes ago, SAVANNAH GUTHRIE and DAVID MUIR was confirmed as…
During the World News Tonight with David Muir broadcast, David Muir shared a touching story about Savannah Guthrie, revealing that the Today presenter plans to return to television following the disappearance of her mother.
During that night's broadcast, Muir told viewers that Guthrie had recently visited the set of Today for the first time since her mother was abducted on February 1.
The visit to Studio 1A in Rockefeller Center came more than a month after the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie.
According to Muir, Guthrie became emotional during the visit as she reunited with coworkers and friends including Hoda Kotb, Jenna Bush Hager, and Al Roker.
Muir told viewers that Guthrie "says she will return to the Today show, but it is to be determined when." It comes after a criminal attorney revealed the 6 huge red flags in Nancy's case that "don't add up."
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He also shared a message Guthrie gave her colleagues during the visit.
"I wanted you to know that I'm still standing, and I still have hope, and I'm still me. And I don't know what version of me that will be, but it will be," she said.
Guthrie visited Studio 1A to personally thank the Today staff and crew for the support shown to her family since her mother's disappearance.
During the visit, she expressed gratitude for the messages, prayers, and encouragement she has received.
The co-anchor thanked the team for all of the love and support and for "caring about my mom as much as I do."
"I'm holding onto my faith," she continued. "I still believe. And as my mom would say, 'Where else would I go?'" Guthrie also confirmed that she plans to return to the show at some point, though she did not provide a specific timeline.
"I have every intention of coming back," she told her colleagues. "I don't know how to come back, but I don't know how not to. You're my family. And I would like to try."
Savannah Guthrie visited the Today show -Credit:ABC
During the visit, Dylan Dreyer led a group prayer for Guthrie's mother and her family.
"We're here holding hands as a family, in a place where we don't understand why this is happening. It is not too bold to ask God for the biggest miracles every day," Dreyer said.
Guthrie then embraced colleagues throughout the studio. Later on the fourth hour of TODAY, Sheinelle Jones and Jenna Bush Hager shared that they had spent time with Guthrie earlier that day.
"Savannah has come back to her home here at 30 Rock and Studio 1A," Jenna said.
"We got to see her this morning, and in her perfect way she talked to all of us, hugged every single person in this room, the crew.
"She said that she has the intention to return to the show. Even though it feels like the hardest thing to do, it's also her home and where she feels so loved.
And she is beyond loved here. And so, we're happy that she is home. I don't know when she is actually returning to the show, but she was here and that felt so good to get to hug her."
Sheinelle also spoke about Guthrie's strength.
"I'm proud of Savannah, and I'm rooting for Savannah, and I know the strength that it would've taken to even just come in here and to be amongst all of us," she said.
"I think her coming here just being able to be with us and for us to be able to hug her, I think it's a step," she added. "I don't know what's ahead of us, but all I know is it's a step."
Savannah was tearful as she visited the show -Credit:ABC
Guthrie last appeared on Today on January 30, two days before her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing to police by family members.
After the disappearance, Guthrie traveled to Arizona to be with her siblings, Annie and Camron, and their families.
The show's team publicly supported Guthrie during the search. On February 18, co-hosts wore yellow ribbons and the Studio 1A set was decorated with bouquets of yellow roses as a symbol of hope.
Members of the community in Catalina Foothills outside Tucson also placed yellow flowers near Nancy Guthrie's home.
"She said the yellow flowers and the pins, all of the prayers, she feels them, she depends on them," Jenna said on the show.
Law enforcement believe Nancy Guthrie was taken from her home overnight on January 30.
Investigators have been searching for a masked and armed man seen on a doorbell camera outside the home the night she disappeared.
While in Arizona, Savannah Guthrie shared updates about the search on Instagram.
On February 4, she posted a video with her siblings addressing reports of a ransom letter circulating in the media.
Three days later, the siblings appeared in another video addressing anyone who may have their mother and saying they would pay for her return.
She has continued to use social media as means to search for her mom.
The Bride Locked the Groom’s Daughter in the Bathroom — But One Cry Made the Wedding Stop
The luxurious wedding was only minutes away from beginning.
The guests had already filled the grand hall, the bride stood beautifully in her white gown, and Lucas was ready to walk down the aisle.
But at that exact moment, he heard a weak knock from the end of the hallway…
“Daddy… I’m scared…”
Lucas rushed over and found his little daughter locked inside the bathroom. When the door opened, the trembling girl ran into his arms and pointed toward the bride.
Her next words left the entire wedding frozen:
“She said… after today, I wouldn’t be family anymore.”
And when the secret hidden inside the wedding dress was finally revealed, both families understood the real reason the bride wanted the child out of the ceremony…
👉 Continue the full story in the comments to find out what Lucas did after he took off the wedding ring"
Chapter 1: The Promise Lucas Made
Two years before the wedding, Lucas Bennett stood beside a hospital bed, holding his wife’s hand as rain tapped softly against the window.
Grace Bennett was only thirty-two, but illness had taken nearly all her strength. Still, when she looked at Lucas, her eyes were clear.
“Promise me,” she whispered.
Lucas leaned closer. “Anything.”
Grace turned her head toward the small sofa by the window, where Lily slept under a yellow blanket.
She was four then, with dark curls and one hand wrapped around a stuffed rabbit.
“Promise me Lily will never feel like a guest in her own home.”
Lucas swallowed hard. “She won’t.”
“Not even if you marry again.”
Lucas closed his eyes. “Grace…”
“One day, you may need someone,” Grace said softly. “I don’t want you to be alone forever.
But whoever comes into your life must love her too. Not tolerate her. Not push her aside. Love her.”
Lucas kissed her hand. “I promise.”
Grace smiled faintly. “There’s a letter. For the day you forget.”
“I won’t forget.”
“People forget when they’re lonely,” she said. “So I wrote it down.”
A week later, Grace was gone.
After the funeral, Lucas became two people.
In public, he was the strong CEO of Bennett Development, the man who signed contracts, shook hands, and built towers across the city.
At home, he was a father who learned how to braid hair badly, burn pancakes, check under the bed for monsters, and answer impossible questions about heaven.
Lily became his whole world.
For a long time, Lucas believed that was enough.
Then Vanessa Hart entered his life.
Vanessa appeared at a charity auction in New York wearing a navy dress and a smile that made every photographer turn.
She was graceful, educated, and calm. Her family owned Hartwell Events, a once-famous wedding and luxury planning company. She knew how to speak to donors, how to flatter old money, and how to make everyone feel seen.
When Lucas first met her, she was helping a waiter pick up broken glasses from the floor.
“You don’t have to do that,” Lucas said.
Vanessa laughed lightly. “Someone has to. People only notice beauty when the mess is gone.”
It was the kind of sentence that stayed with him.
Their relationship moved slowly at first. Lucas introduced her to Lily after three months. He watched carefully, ready to end everything at the first sign of discomfort.
Vanessa knelt in front of Lily and offered her a small box of watercolor pencils.
“I heard you like drawing,” Vanessa said.
Lily looked at Lucas for permission, then accepted the gift. “I draw houses.”
“Then maybe one day you’ll design one better than your dad’s.”
Lucas laughed.
That night, Lily told him, “She smells like flowers.”
“Is that good?”
Lily nodded. “I think so.”
Lucas allowed himself to hope.
Vanessa never rushed him. She never complained when Lily climbed into his lap during dinner or interrupted phone calls to show him drawings. She sent Lily little gifts: ribbons, books, a tiny pearl bracelet.
Everyone said the same thing.
“She’s wonderful with your daughter.”
Lucas wanted to believe it.
And for a while, he did.
The first sign was so small Lucas almost missed it.
They were having dinner at his house. Lily reached for the bread, and her sleeve knocked over a glass of water.
“I’m sorry!” Lily said quickly.
Lucas grabbed a napkin. “It’s okay, sweetheart.”
But Vanessa’s smile tightened.
“Lily,” she said gently, “big girls pay attention.”
Lily looked down. “I didn’t mean to.”
“I know,” Vanessa replied. “But at important dinners, accidents can embarrass your father.”
Lucas glanced up.
Vanessa’s tone was soft. Too soft to criticize. Too polished to challenge.
Later, he found Lily sitting on the stairs.
“Did I embarrass you?” she asked.
Lucas felt something twist inside him.
“No,” he said firmly. “Never.”
“She said important dinners are different.”
Lucas sat beside her. “You are more important than any dinner.”
Lily leaned against him, comforted.
When Lucas mentioned it to Vanessa that night, she looked wounded.
“I was only trying to help her,” Vanessa said. “People will judge her because of who you are. I thought you wanted her prepared.”
Lucas apologized.
That became the pattern.
Vanessa would say something sharp, but wrap it in concern. Lucas would question it. Vanessa would look hurt. Then he would doubt himself.
Loneliness had made him tired.
Vanessa understood tired men.
She knew exactly how to make them feel guilty for noticing the truth
Six months after Lucas proposed, Vanessa suggested Whitmore Manor for the wedding.
It was a grand estate outside the city, famous for its gardens, marble hall, and long history of society weddings. Grace had once loved the place. She had visited it as a girl, before her family lost their old connections.
Lucas hesitated. “Grace liked Whitmore Manor.”
Vanessa placed a hand over his. “Then it can be a way to honor the past while beginning again.”
That sentence won him over.
The wedding became the event of the season. Vanessa planned every detail: the roses, the music, the guest list, the seating chart, the menu, even the color of Lily’s flower basket.
But as the day came closer, Lily grew quieter.
She stopped talking about the wedding.
She stopped practicing her flower-girl walk.
One evening, Lucas found her hiding in the library with her stuffed rabbit.
“What’s wrong?” he asked.
Lily pressed her face into the rabbit’s ears. “Do I have to go away after the wedding?”
Lucas’s heart jumped. “What? Who said that?”
Lily’s eyes widened, as if she had said too much.
“No one.”
“Lily.”
She shook her head. “I don’t remember.”
Lucas went to Vanessa.
Vanessa looked shocked. “Lucas, I would never say that.”
“She asked if she had to go away.”
“Maybe she’s afraid of change,” Vanessa said. “Children imagine things.”
Lucas wanted to believe her again.
But that night, when he tucked Lily into bed, she whispered, “Daddy, when people get a new family, can the old family still stay?”
Lucas sat beside her until she fell asleep.
Long after midnight, he remembered Grace’s words.
People forget when they’re lonely
Three days before the wedding, Lily wandered into the attic.
She was not supposed to be there. Lucas had told her the attic was dusty and full of old boxes. But Lily was looking for a ribbon her mother used to tie around her hair.
Grace’s things had been stored in a cedar chest beneath the slanted roof.
Lily opened it carefully.
Inside were scarves, letters, photographs, and a small white envelope with Lucas’s name on it.
She recognized her mother’s handwriting from birthday cards Lucas kept in a frame.
For Lucas, when the day comes that Lily needs you to remember.
Lily did not open it at first.
She hugged it.
Then she heard footsteps.
Vanessa climbed into the attic, lifting her dress slightly to avoid dust.
“What are you doing up here?” she asked.
Lily held the envelope behind her back. “Looking for Mommy’s ribbon.”
Vanessa’s eyes moved to Lily’s hands.
“What’s that?”
“Nothing.”
Vanessa stepped closer. “Give it to me.”
“It’s Daddy’s.”
Vanessa’s expression changed. The sweetness vanished so quickly Lily almost did not recognize her.
“I said give it to me.”
Lily began to cry. “No.”
Vanessa snatched the envelope from her hand.
The paper tore slightly.
Lily gasped.
Vanessa stared at the words on the front. For one moment, her face filled with fear.
Then she smiled again.
“I’ll keep this safe for your father.”
“But it’s Mommy’s letter.”
“And after Saturday,” Vanessa said, her voice low, “I will be the woman of this house. You need to learn what that means.”
Lily backed away.
Vanessa folded the envelope and slipped it into her purse.
“Don’t tell your father,” she said. “You don’t want to make him sad on his wedding week, do you?”
Lily shook her head through tears.
Vanessa touched her cheek with cold fingers.
“Good girl.”
