“TODAY” host Savannah Guthrie announced on Friday, December 19, that she will be undergoing surgery that will force her to step away from her hosting role for weeks.
Savannah Guthrie to Undergo Vocal Surgery
Guthrie, 53, opened up about a health battle she has been dealing with for years. During the Friday, December 19, episode of “TODAY,” the cohost revealed she will be undergoing a vocal surgery ahead of the holiday that will force her to take a break from work going into the new year.
“Some of you have noticed that my voice has been very scratchy and started to crack a little bit,” Guthrie told viewers on Friday. “Well, I have found out what it is. I have vocal nodules and I also have a polyp. It’s not a big, big deal, but I am going to have to have a surgery early in the new year and be off for a couple of weeks, so this is my last day for a little while.”
During her recovery, Guthrie will have to remain “totally silent” for a couple weeks, which she joked would be an “early” Christmas gift for her family.
Guthrie’s cohost and longtime friend, Sheinelle Jones, revealed she previously underwent the same surgery.
“The silver lining is you have permission to be still,” Jones shared. “The house gets quiet, the kids are gonna want to help you out.”
She then presented a useful gift to her costar before her departure: A whiteboard.
“A lot of the greats in the business have done it, maybe you’ll come out singing like, I don’t know, Celine Dion,” Jones joked.
According to Guthrie, she’s “really excited” about finally having the surgery and putting this issue in the past.
“This has been going on for years, honestly,” she told her cohosts.
Savannah Guthrie Previously Underwent Eye Surgery
This will not be the first time Guthrie has stepped away from her hosting job to recovery from surgery.
The mother of two was forced to take a break in 2019 to undergo eye surgery to reattach her right retina after her 3-year-old son accidentally hit her with a toy train.
“The retinal tear had deteriorated sharply, and I lost my vision,” she told People at the time. “And thatâs what happens if you donât fix this: You lose your sight.”
She added, “That was the first time I felt freaked out. I was hoping that they werenât going to get in there and see, âOh, itâs worse than we thought. We canât fix it.â That was probably the lowest I felt, because I was just really scared.”
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