Nancy Guthrie Update: The real reason Savannah returns to ‘Today’ show on April 6

Her colleague Hoda Kotb shared the update with co-host Craig Melvin on the March 26 show, saying, “We can’t wait to welcome her back to Studio 1A with open arms.”

The news follows a deeply personal and emotional second installment from Savannah. Interview with Kotb broadcast.

“It’s hard to imagine doing that because it’s such a joyful and relaxing place and I can’t come back and try to be someone I’m not,” she said.

But she also explained why she felt she had to come back, saying: “But I couldn’t not come back because this is my family. I think it’s part of my purpose now.”

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“I want to smile. When I smile, it will be real. My joy will be my protest. My joy will be my answer. Be happy there. If not, I will say so. I am so grateful to have this family. I think this is my family, my greater family, and when times are hard, you want to be with your family. I want to be with my family,” she added.

In the first part of her interview with Kotb, Savannah has given viewers a sense of just how devastating the past few months have been.

“We’re in pain. We’re in pain. It’s unbearable. Thinking about what she’s been through. I wake up in the middle of the night every night, every night,” she said.

“In the dark, I imagine her fear, which is unimaginable, but these thoughts need to be thought about. I won’t hide my face. But she needs to go home now,” she added.

In the early morning of February 1, footage from the doorbell camera showed a masked man wearing gloves and carrying a backpack, playing with her camera. Soon after, her pacemaker app stopped working.

The family has offered a $1 million reward for her safe return and the investigation is ongoing, but no suspects have been identified and Nancy remains missing.