Savannah Guthrie

2023 - 2 - 28

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Savannah Guthrie leaves 'Today' live broadcast early as Hoda Kotb ... (Page Six)

"Today" anchor Savannah Guthrie unexpectedly left the show mid-broadcast Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19 amid Hoda Kotb's unexplained absence.

She wasn’t feeling great, so she took a COVID test, [and] it came back positive,” Jones, 44, explained alongside Al Roker and Carson Daly. It was business as usual for Guthrie, 51, when she began hosting the NBC morning show at 7 a.m. “It has been an interesting morning for us. [Willie Geist from “Sunday Today,” Tom Llamas of “World News Tonight” and “3rd Hour of Today” co-host Craig Melvin have all stepped up and filled in for her alongside Guthrie for the early show and Jenna Bush Hager for the fourth hour.](https://pagesix.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/02/NYPICHPDPICT000007344813.jpg) Kotb, 58, has been off the air from both “Today” and “Today with Hoda and Jenna” for more than a week. Savannah Guthrie fled from the “Today” show mid-broadcast Tuesday amid her co-anchor

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Savannah Guthrie leaves 'Today' in the middle of the show after ... (USA TODAY)

Savannah Guthrie abruptly left the set of the "Today" show Tuesday morning after falling ill and testing positive for COVID-19.

It's an incredible feat of science, and I love that and we're so lucky to get to be the beneficiaries of that." "I feel so grateful," Guthrie said during the newscast. Walgreens pharmacists administered the shots in socially-distanced fashion outside the morning show's studio. "I feel fine, just slight cold so far. "So this happened – again! She wasn't feeling great, so she took a COVID test.

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Savannah Guthrie Tests Positive for COVID-19 During Live TODAY ... (Today.com)

TODAY show anchor Savannah Guthrie tested positive for COVID-19 on Feb. 28, prompting her to leave the show during the morning broadcast.

She called into TODAY from home at the time, saying she "just had a little cold." That was her second positive COVID test of the year. "By the way, it has been an interesting morning for us.

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Savannah Guthrie Tests Positive For Covid During Tuesday 'Today ... (Variety)

Guthrie left the NBC News program sometime before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, NBC News disclosed during the broadcast. “By the way, it has been an interesting morning ...

As we said, Savannah left early, she wasn’t feeling great, so she took a COVID test,” said Sheinelle Jones, filling in for Guthrie and her co-host Hoda Kotb, who has been off the show for the past several days for an undisclosed reason. “Luckily, Sheinelle was sitting between me and Savannah,” he told the audience. “By the way, it has been an interesting morning for us.

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Savannah Guthrie gets COVID-19, abruptly exits 'Today' show (Los Angeles Times)

Sheinelle Jones explained that her 'Today' colleague Savannah Guthrie 'left early' because she 'wasn't feeling great.' Turns out she had COVID-19.

[previously tested positive](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-01-06/covid-19-omicron-hoda-kotb-today-show) for the virus in January 2022, and again in May 2022. “It has been an interesting morning for us,” Jones said around 9 a.m. The veteran newscaster did not return to the show Tuesday after 7:30 a.m. Representatives for “Today” did not immediately respond Tuesday to The Times’ requests for comment. [mysterious “Today” hiatus](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-02-28/hoda-kotb-today-absence-jenna-bush-hager-savannah-guthrie) has gone unexplained, sparking a wave of confusion and concern among viewers. “Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie abruptly exited the morning program mid-broadcast on Tuesday and tested positive for COVID-19.

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Savannah Guthrie Exits This Morning's 'Today' Early After Covid Test (Deadline)

Savannah Guthrie abruptly left her spot on this morning's Today show after testing positive for Covid around 7:30 a.m. ET. Sheinelle Jones, co-host of ...

Today’s third-hour co-host Craig Melvin and World News Tonight anchor Tom Llamas initially subbed for Kotb next to Guthrie on the main show. In her absence, other Today personalities have been filling in for Kotb. 17 – has not been explained by the show or NBC. hour, saying, “It has been an interesting morning for us. Sheinelle Jones, co-host of Today‘s third hour, provided an on-air update at the end of the show’s 8 a.m. So of course as soon as we found out, she rushed home to rest up.

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Savannah Guthrie gets sent home in the middle of <em>Today</em ... (EW.com)

Savannah Guthrie left the 'Today' show early on Tuesday morning after testing positive for COVID-19 mid-broadcast. See Al Roker's hilarious response to the ...

"I slept 13 hours the first night, 12 the next, and 11," Guthrie said. "I just had a little cold, so I was really lucky with it." Her disappearance was later addressed by her co-anchors — Sheinelle Jones, [Al Roker](https://ew.com/person/al-roker/), and [Carson Daly](https://ew.com/person/carson-daly/) — toward the end of the 8 a.m. "I feel great. Where are you headed?" Daly then remarked, "Al, where you going?

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Savannah Guthrie Leaves TODAY Show Broadcast After Positive ... (Forbes)

Guthrie's TODAY show co-host Hoda Kotb has been missing from TODAY since Monday, although it's not clear whether this has been due to Covid-19.

As you can see, while Jones spoke, Roker progressively moved to the left of the screen. It’s not clear why Kotb has been been off of TODAY for two days and whether this has anything to do with Covid-19. However, before the rest of TODAY yesterday, she tested positive for Covid-19 and thus had to leave TODAY so that after 7:30 am ET, she no longer appeared on TODAY yesterday, meaning February 28. This also means that the next day—meaning today—she will not be on TODAY, since she’ll be isolating herself from everyone else by significantly longer than a day due to her having Covid-19. And again. Yesterday, meaning Tuesday, co-host Savannah Guthrie was on TODAY, meaning the TODAY Show on NBC.

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Why Did Savannah Guthrie Leave 'Today Show'? Does She Have ... (StyleCaster)

Here's why Savannah Guthrie secretly left "Today Show" mid-commercial break amid her co-host Hoda Kotb's mysterious absence.

Hoda Kotb grew up in two cultures—one where summers meant playing at the foot of the ancient pyramids and another where she had to meet her junior prom date at the local 7-Eleven to spare them both the wrath of her conservative Egyptian parents. That was the beginning.” [Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee by Hoda Kotb](https://www.amazon.com/Hoda-Survived-Zones-Cancer-Kathie/dp/1439189498/ref=sr_1_1?tag=stylecaster0d-20&asc_source=web&asc_campaign=web&asc_refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fstylecaster.com%2Fwhy-savannah-guthrie-leave-today-show%2F) And if that’s not scary enough, she then began cohosting the fourth hour of Today with Kathie Lee Gifford.” I wasn’t one of those people who thought, ‘I’m going to be at the network by the time I’m 30.’ I just lived where I lived, took the next step, and moved on,” she said. Please note that if you purchase something by clicking on a link within this story, we may receive a small commission from the sale. Why is Hoda Kotb not on the Today Show this week? “I started off just wanting to do it because I liked the live element. Wishing you a speedy recovery.” It comes as her co-host, Hoda Kotb, hasn’t been seen live on-air since February 17, 2023, with her final episode—a pre-recording for the Presidents Day holiday—aired on February 20, 2023. She was announced as the co-host of Today’s third hour alongside Natalie Morales and Al Roker, then succeeded Matt Lauer as host alongside Kotb in November 2017 after Lauer was accused of sexual misconduct. Guthrie left Today at around 7.30 am on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, and co-host Sheinelle Jones gave viewers an update at the start of the show’s 8 am hour. “I’ve discovered not just Wordle, but also Quordle,” which she described as “four Wordles at once.” It comes as Ktob has been missing in action for more than a week.

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Where Is Savannah Guthrie? 'Today' Host Exits Show Amid Hoda ... (Newsweek)

Guthrie suddenly stepped away from Tuesday's live NBC broadcast, as questions continue regarding Kotb's mystery absence.

[NBC](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/nbc)'s Today banner have been filling in on her behalf. Last week, Kotb's [account posted a message](https://www.instagram.com/p/Co_MK2tLoxr/?hl=en) that read, "Here's to blue skies," with an illustration showing dark clouds moving on. We miss you!" Seriously...what is going on with you?" [Hoda Kotb remains off the show](https://www.newsweek.com/where-hoda-kotb-cryptic-instagram-message-amid-today-absence-1784269) for reasons that have yet to be disclosed. "Ok. During their respective third and fourth hours of Today, neither Guthrie nor Bush Hagar said why Kotb has been absent from her role. Meanwhile, the fourth hour has seen Geist and Jones host alongside [Jenna Bush Hager](https://www.newsweek.com/jenna-bush-hagar-moment-king-charles-learned-queen-elizabeth-ill-health-1742458). While she hasn't been seen on TV, Kotb also hasn't been heard on her Today channel podcast Making Space; new episodes are usually released at 4 a.m. However, that holiday episode was shot on February 17—the same day as her last live appearance. "So Savannah, we love you, wishing you a speedy recovery." "It has been an interesting morning for us.

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