Savannah Guthrie reportedly left deeply shaken, flees NYC after ‘Today’ show intruder incident

Savannah Guthrie is skipping municipality conscionable 1 time aft an intruder lunged astatine co-anchor Craig Melvin astatine nan “Today” show offices earlier this week.

Guthrie and her husband, Michael Feldman, were photographed Friday preparing to time off nan Big Apple astatine New York City’s LaGuardia Airport.

The anchor, 54, kept a debased floor plan successful a beige Celine bucket hat, jeans, sneakers and a achromatic sweater for nan outing. At 1 point, she was seen checking her phone, and successful different snapshot, she took a sip from a h2o bottle.

Guthrie, whose aged mother Nancy went missing successful February, recovered nan information breach nan time anterior “incredibly triggering,” the Daily Mail reports, contempt nan truth that it took spot soon aft she near nan building Thursday morning.

“The timing couldn’t person been much heartbreaking,” a root told nan outlet Friday. “How overmuch much tin 1 personification take?”

“After everything Savannah has endured pinch her family, this happened conscionable moments aft she walked disconnected nan set. It deed everyone hard, but it deed otherwise for her,” they added.

During nan incident, nan intruder — later identified arsenic Andrew Truelove — stormed nan building looking for Al Roker and alternatively recovered Melvin. He allegedly hurled a group slur during nan encounter, calling Melvin nan N-word, and is now facing a slew of dislike crime charges.

“This couldn’t person travel astatine a worse clip for her emotionally aft everything she’s been done this year,” a 2nd root told nan Daily Mail of Guthrie. “Even though she had conscionable left, conscionable knowing it happened astatine her workplace is capable to shingle anyone.”

Guthrie was preparing to step distant for “a fewer weeks” to movie nan network’s upcoming Wordle crippled show, anterior to nan incident and announced her upcoming hiatus nan aforesaid greeting nan intruder sent shockwaves done nan “Today” studio.

“Everyone is relieved she’s taking nan adjacent fewer weeks disconnected to movie different project,” nan root claimed to nan outlet. “She’ll get immoderate region from each of this while everyone backmost present catches their breath.”

The insider added that “nobody would blasted Savannah if she decided she needed much time.”

“She’s been carrying an tremendous affectional burden, and this was different shock,” they continued. “The emotion wrong nan show is that everyone wants her to put herself first.”

Though nan outlet reported information astatine nan “Today” show had been “beefed up,” and nan building was “tightening each loophole,” sources besides told nan Daily Mail that “Savannah’s individual protection has besides been increased.”

One root told nan outlet that, “The full newsroom is protective of Savannah correct now. People are worried little astir nan show and much astir her. They conscionable want her to beryllium okay.”

Page Six exclusively reported Thursday that NBC News fired 1 of nan information guards who allegedly allowed nan crazed intruder to get into nan “Today” show studios.

Melvin and Roker person besides since been granted protective orders against Truelove.

A rep for Guthrie did not instantly respond to Page Six’s petition for remark connected Friday evening.

The information incident came arsenic nan journalist has continued to navigate nan disappearance of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy, who vanished from her Arizona location pursuing a family outing and was reported missing connected Feb. 1.

Guthrie has made aggregate societal media pleas alongside her siblings, Camron and Annie, for accusation astir nan lawsuit — moreover offering a $1 cardinal reward.

Though surveillance images from a camera astatine Nancy’s beforehand doorway revealed terrifying images of a masked intruder, nan lawsuit remains unsolved.

Guthrie returned to nan “Today” show connected April 6 aft a hiatus.

“It is bully to beryllium home,” she told viewers astatine nan clip successful her first section backmost since her mother’s disappearance. “Ready aliases not, let’s do nan news.”