Savannah Guthrie And Hoda Kotb Missing From ‘Today Show’: They’re On Vacation

A tense nation hangs on tenterhooks as we enter Day 3 of Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb’s absence from The Today Show. Are the duo missing because of a rumored ongoing feud? Perhaps they both overslept? Or perhaps something more nefarious is happening, like Kotb is hunting Guthrie for sport, a crazy thing to even suggest? However, in new developments, a nationwide manhunt that never actually happened but I would like to think did has concluded that they’re both on vacation, since it’s the last week of August and lots of people go away on vacation.

“Guthrie and Kotb are away on vacation,” said Tommy Lee Jones’ character from The Fugitive and US Marshals, in a speech I imagine would have happened if Jones’ character were a real person and anyone would have wasted the time to confirm something abundantly obvious. “The search is over.”

Fans of the daily talker have been buzzing with rumors of a behind-the-scenes feud between Guthrie and Kotb, something the hosts have seemingly take time to squash. However, in an actual quote that I did not make up, today’s Today Show co-hosts addressed the absence right at the top of the 7am hour once Guthrie and Kotb’s names flashed on screen, noting that “like a lot of people” they’re taking time off here at the end of the summer.

So there you go: mystery solved. In fact, to delve even further into this mystery, Guthrie seems to be home watching the US Open, based on her Instagram posts:

More than likely, the duo will be back on air next week after Labor Day, and we can stop wasting non-existent government resources looking for them. Because when it comes down to it, as Tommy Lee Jones’ character actually says famously in The Fugitive: “I don’t care.”