Savannah Guthrieis breaking her silence.
The"Today" anchorhas provided an update on her health, and revealed when she'll return to work, after several weeks of being sidelined from the NBC morning program.
Guthrie, 54, joined her "Today" showcolleagues remotely in a segmenton Tuesday, Jan. 20, just over a month afterannouncing she would be taking a hiatusto undergo surgery.
"I am still on vocal rest, but I'm allowed to talk for about five to 10 minutes every hour," Guthrie explained. "This is my new voice — or my old voice!"
Why has Savannah Guthrie been gone from the 'Today' show?
On Dec. 19, Guthrie announced on "Today" that she would undergo vocal surgery, which would force her to be absent from the show for a few weeks, at the start of 2026.
"Some of you have noticed that my voice has been very scratchy and started to crack a little bit," Guthrie said last month. "Well, I have found out what it is. I have vocal nodules, and now I also have a polyp. It's not a big, big deal, but I am going to have to have a surgery real early in the new year and be off for a couple of weeks, so it's my last day for a little while."
Vocal cord lesions are growths that form on the vocal cords, typically due to a person overusing or misusing their voice, according to theCleveland Clinic.
Savannah Guthrieshares update after undergoing vocal cord surgery
Guthrie also explained that she would "have to be silent for a couple of weeks, totally silent," during her recovery. On Jan. 5,she took to Instagramto share an update after her surgery. She posted a photo of herself holding up a whiteboard, which her colleague Sheinelle Jones gave her so she could use it to communicate during her vocal rest.
"All good! Thanks for prayers and love!" she wrote on the whiteboard.
During her second week of recovery, Guthriemade an appearanceon the "Today" show on Jan. 12 and did not speak, but answered questions by writing on her whiteboard. She noted that she was "good" but that her recovery has been "boring."
"The kids said, 'Mom, even when you're quiet, you're still loud,'" she also wrote.
Why Savannah Guthrieis taking a break from the 'Today' show next year
Savannah Guthrie shares update after surgery
On Jan. 20, Guthrie shared the "good news" with viewers that her surgery "worked," and her colleagues noted she was sounding good as she spoke.
"It's kind of slow recovery," she said. "You're allowed to talk, and then if you talk too much, which is a real risk for me, you feel it. So you just have to really take it easy."
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When is Savannah Guthrie returning to the 'Today' show?
During her Jan. 20 segment, Guthrie also revealed she will be back on the air in a matter of days.
Guthrie said her first official day back on "Today" will be this coming Monday, Jan. 26, though before that, she will come in to do "a little story about what this whole thing has been like, and the surgery," on Friday, Jan. 23.
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