Savannah Guthrie opens up about fears her mother Nancy may have been targeted because of her fame

In her first interview since her mother’s disappearance, the “TODAY” co-anchor, recounts her family’s panic and fears, and their hope for answers.

Savannah Guthrie is sharing the shattering fear and heartache she’s experienced over Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance and the possibility that her mother may have been targeted because of her fame as a “TODAY” co-anchor.

“I don’t know that it’s because she’s my mom and somebody thought, ‘Oh, that girl— that lady has money. We can … make a quick buck.’ I mean, that would make sense,” Savannah Guthrie told Hoda Kotb in her first interview since her mother went missing. “But we don’t know. Which is too much to bear, to think that I brought this to her bedside. That it’s because of me.”

Watch the rest of Savannah Guthrie’s interview Friday on “TODAY.”

It’s been more than seven weeks since Guthrie, 84, disappeared from her home near Tucson, Arizona. She was reported missing Feb. 1 after she failed to attend a virtual church service at a friend’s house, authorities said. She was last seen the night before, around 9:45 p.m., after eating dinner at her daughter Annie Guthrie’s home.

Shortly after they realized they didn’t know where their mother was, the Guthrie family knew something deeply troubling had unfolded. Savannah Guthrie said she feared her position as one of the most recognizable faces on broadcast TV could have played a role.