“Today” anchors reveal new details of Savannah Guthrie's visit: She said 'the most perfect words'

Savannah Guthrie'sTodayshow colleagues have shared more details about the anchor's first studio visit since her mother's disappearance.

Guthrie stopped by Studio 1A to reunite with herTodayfamily on Thursday. She thanked them for their continued support during the ongoing search for her mother Nancy Guthrie, who was abducted from her Tuscon, Ariz., home on Feb. 1.

Todayanchors Dylan Dreyer, Carson Daly, Laura Jarrett, Craig Melvin, and Al Roker discussed Guthrie's impromptu return to 30 Rock. Photos from the emotional reunion played during the segment, showing a tearful Guthrie hugging her longtime friend andcurrent fill-in Hoda Kotbas well as her addressing theTodaystaff.

During herheartfelt speech, Guthrie shared her unwavering faith with the crew, saying that her mother would say, "Where else would I go?" Dreyer then led the staff in a prayer for the Guthrie family, asking for a "miracle" in Nancy's return.

Daly said that the visit "wasn't planned" but occurred in the space behind the anchor desk from which they were broadcasting. He said around 100 people were in the room when Guthrie spoke.

"She hugged everyone," he said. " She came into the middle, no speech, spoke from the heart, said the most perfect words you could ever imagine and looked every one of this family in the eyes."

TheTodayhosts remarked on Guthrie's strength throughout this ordeal. Daly said that her composure was "second to none under pressure," even in a high stress situation like this.

"Watching her through the sorrow, through the nightmare, through something that is unspeakable and unthinkable, she is still Savannah," Jarrett added. "She's still funny. She was cracking jokes. She was still sarcastic and she said, 'I'm here. I'm still standing.'"

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Guthrie has shared her intentions toreturn toToday, although a date has not been set. Her studio visit was also discussed by fourth hour hosts Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones onToday With Jenna and Sheinelle.The two were emotional when recalling Guthrie's words.

"Even though it feels like the hardest thing to do, it's also her home and where she feels so loved," Hager said. "And she is beyond loved here. And so, we're happy that she is home. I don't know when she's actually returning to the show, but she was here, and that felt so good to get to hug her."

The search for Nancy Guthrie continues over a month after her kidnapping. The Pima County Sheriff's Office recently shared that they were "definitely closer" to finding the 84-year-old mother.

"We've got a lot of intel, a lot of leads, but now it's time to just go to work," said Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos on Tuesday.

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The Guthrie family recentlyincreased the rewardfor their matriarch's return to $1 million, although they acknowledged that their mother "may be lost" already.

"We also know that she may be lost," she said in an Instagram Reel on Feb. 24. "She may already be gone. She may have already gone home to the Lord that she loves and is dancing in heaven with her mom and her dad and with her beloved brother Pierce and with our daddy. If this is what is to be, then we will accept it, but we need to know where she is. We need her to come home."

Check out theTodaydiscussion about Savannah Guthrie's return above.

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Hunter King Marries Chris Copier at Medieval Times on Valentine's Day

Hunter King and Chris Copier have tied the knot!

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• King announced on March 6 that they exchanged their "I do's" on Valentine's Day at the Medieval Times in Los Angeles

• The couple, who got engaged in October 2024, first met on the set of the 2022 film Give Me Your Eyes

Hunter Kingis married!

The Young and the Restlessstar and Emmy winner, 32, wed filmmaker Chris Copier at Medieval Times in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day.

On Friday, March 6, the actress posted an Instagram carousel announcing that she and Copier tied the knot at the medieval-themed venue. "Long ago, (on Valentine's Day) we said I do in front of the realm (our families). We celebrated (at Medieval Times) well into the night (9pm). The end⚔️🏰 ," she captioned thepost.

For the event, King and Copier wore medieval-inspired looks, with King in a light blue lace dress with a V-neckline trimmed in white lace. Her long blonde hair was styled half-up, half-down. She opted for flowers in her hair rather than a traditional veil. Meanwhile, Copier donned an oversized, distressed brown leather coat, layered atop a brown tunic and a gray-brown kilt. He also had a head accessory, and wrapped a brown scarf around his head, leaving his long hair flowing underneath.

King's family was in attendance, including her sisters Kelli and Joey, and Joey's husband, Steven Piet. Both King and Copier's families dressed in keeping with the theme, with everyone donning their best medieval garb. King posted several snaps of the families enjoying the festivities, including a sweet snap of her sisters taking a photo of her as she prepares to walk down the aisle of their intimate ceremony venue.

King's post also included a photo of Copier posing on what appeared to be a party bus, as well as photos of the newlyweds smiling in front of the tournament space. The carousel also included a photo of their wedding program, which read: "Lady Hunter & Lord Chris Upon Celebrating Their Wedding."

In December 2024,King exclusively told PEOPLEthat she and Copier were hoping to tie the knot "somewhere far away and tiny."

The couple got engaged in October 2024. In anInstagramreel shared by King, Copier popped the question in a picturesque beach setting. Copier got down on one knee, and King jumped up and down with excitement. The pair kissed before Copier put the engagement ring on King's finger.

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"Best day of my life 🤍," King captioned her post. "@chriscope88I can't wait to marry your a-- 💍."

"He took me to Santa Barbara, and we rented bikes with our two puppies, rode up and down the coast and then we went to the beach and he said, 'Let's take some photos,'"King recalled of the proposalduring an appearance onToday with Hoda & Jennain November 2024.

"And went down on one knee I just started jumping up and down," she continued. "I blacked out and I think I said, 'Are you sure, are you sure, are you sure?' And he's like, 'You need to say yes so I can give you your ring.' "

King and Copier first met on the set ofGive Me Your Eyesin 2022, in which King starred as Jael Jones and Copier was the assistant director. The first sign of their romantic connection came in video clips in King's end-of-the-year Instagram post in 2023.

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On Copier's birthday, King shared a sweet post in his honor. "Happy birthday to the guy who does it all❤️ The guy who makes matzo ball soup from scratch for me when I'm sick. Who hates tofu but learned how to perfect it anyway because he knows I love it," she wrote in the caption. "Who re watches all the shows I haven't seen and pauses them every 20 seconds to answer all my questions. Thank you for loving me the way you do. Here's to many more birthdays together 🍻Love you."

The couple worked on another movie together —Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story— with King starring as the lead character, Alana, and Copier serving as the film's assistant director. The film premiered on Nov. 30 as part of Hallmark Channel's 15th annual Countdown to Christmas.

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BBC boss explains why N-word aired during BAFTA Awards broadcast: 'It was a genuine mistake'

Almost two weeks after the BBC aired a racial slur that wasshouted during the broadcast of this year's BAFTA Film Awards, its outgoing director-general Tim Davie is officially sharing the corporation's version of events that led to the awards ceremony debacle.

In aletter sent to Dame Caroline Dinenage DBE MP, the chair of the U.K. government's Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Davie said that the BBC "profoundly regrets" airing the incident in which Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson yelled the N-word whileSinnersstarsMichael B. JordanandDelroy Lindowere presenting an award during the first half of the2026 BAFTA Awards. The disturbance made headlines when, instead of being edited out along with other instances of Davidson's involuntary outbursts,the moment aired within the broadcast after a two-hour delay, and remained on BBC iPlayer for 15 hours after the ceremony concluded.

"We understand the hurt and shock that the mistake caused," Davie wrote in the letter. "I'd like to make clear: although the racial slur was symptomatic of a disability and an involuntary tic, it should never have been broadcast. It was a genuine mistake, and we take full responsibility for our error."

Although Davie acknowledged that the question of how the slur hadn't been edited out prior to the Feb. 22 ceremony being broadcast is "the subject of ongoing review," he claimed that "initial evidence gathering" concluded that "no-one in the on-site broadcast truck heard this when they were watching the live feed."

"The second occasion the slur was shouted was during the second award of the evening, whenWunmi Mosakuaccepted her Best Supporting Actress award. In that instance, the edit team did hear the racial slur on the feed and removed it immediately from the version of the ceremony that would be broadcast later that evening," the executive detailed. "These two incidents happened within ten minutes of each other. It appears that soon after the second incident, the edit team in the truck started receiving reports, including from BAFTA, that a racial slur had been shouted during the ceremony."

Davie claims that the "understanding" of the BBC is that the editing team "mistakenly believed" that they had handled the incident being referenced "on the basis that they had heard and edited out the slur shouted out during the Best Supporting Actress award."

He continued, "Therefore, when they were told a racial slur had been shouted, they believed they had removed it."

When addressing why the show remained on iPlayer that night — despitemultiple outletsreporting thatWarner Bros. raised immediate concernsand requested that the moment be removed from the BBC broadcast within minutes, bringing light to the first instance of the racial slur —Davie claimed that because "the on-site team did not believe that the slur was audible on the broadcast," the footage remained unedited until the morning when the issue "was escalated to the Chief Content Officer, who authorized the removal."

"We are now looking in more detail why the team did not ascertain sooner that there had been two instances of the use of the racial slur, and why post broadcast further action was not taken to edit or remove the programme from iPlayer sooner," he added.

The BBC's Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) is examining the issue more deeply and will report back soon.

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In the meantime, Davie wrote that "lessons had been learned."

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The backlash surrounding the BAFTAs incident has now entered its second week.

The ceremony's host,Alan Cumming, initiallyapologized on stageafter Davidson could be heard shouting slurs and other curses from the audience.

"Tourette's syndrome is a disability, and the tics you've heard tonight are involuntary, which means the person who has Tourette's syndrome has no control over their language," he explained at the time. "We apologize if you are offended tonight."

Later that evening, Lindoclaimed that nobody from the British Academy of Film and Televisionapproached him or Jordan to offer an apology or acknowledge the incident after it occurred. While speaking toVanity Fairat a Warner Bros.' after-party, Lindo said he and Jordan "did what we had to do" while they were on stage, but he added that he wished "someone from BAFTA spoke to us afterwards."

Davidsonaddressed the incident the day after the ceremony, sharing a statementwhich reiterated that his verbal tics and uncontrollable swearing are symptoms of Tourette's and involuntary. He stated that he was "deeply mortified if anyone considers my involuntary tics to be intentional or to carry any meaning. I have spent my life trying to support and empower the Tourette's community and to teach empathy, kindness, and understanding from others, and I will continue to do so."

BAFTA alsoreleased a detailed apology to all involved, saying it wanted to "acknowledge the harm this has caused, address what happened, and apologise to all."

The incident has become a hot topic of discussion, being referenced atthe 2026 NAACP Image Awards, as well as inspiring a recent sketch onSaturday Night Live. The March 1 sketch featured the host,Heated Rivalry's Connor Storrie, and other cast membersdepicting a slew of canceled celebrities blaming their respective controversies on Tourette's, and arguing that they should be let off the hook because their actions were out of their control. The sketch, which was cut for time and didn't make the Saturday night broadcast, was posted on social media the following day andswiftly condemned by several viewers.

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