Savannah Guthrie‘s interview about her mother Nancy Guthrie‘s disappearance resonated far beyond “Today.” In a new podcast appearance, Nancy Grace said the anchor’s grief pulled her back to her own violent loss. The reaction added another emotional layer to the case before Savannah’s April 6 return. Grace says, “There’s no script” to tackle this kind of problem. She recalled her fiancé’s 1979 murder and also defended the Guthrie siblings against second-guessing over the crisis.
Nancy Grace was taken back to the time when her then-fiancé was murdered
As per Us Weekly‘s report, Savannah Guthrie’s first TV interview with Hoda Kotb since Nancy Guthrie vanished aired earlier this month. On Fox News Media’s “Hang Out With Sean Hannity” podcast, Nancy Grace said one moment hit hardest.
“When Savannah was talking — just her face — and she started talking to her mother, when she felt like it was her fault,” Grace noted. Then came the line that stayed with her: “Oh, Mommy, Mommy, I’m sorry. I am sorry.” She said that scene took her back to “those horrible moments” when grief left her wordless in the dark.
Grace then explained why the interview landed so personally. In 1979, her then-fiancé, Keith Griffin, was murdered in Georgia by a former coworker. He was 23. Grace told Sean Hannity, “When my fiancé was murdered, I didn’t even want to say words.”
Instead, she felt like “going out in the dark, in the woods, and just howling like an animal.” That loss later pushed the former prosecutor and TV host toward criminal justice. It also shaped the way she viewed families facing violent uncertainty and public scrutiny.
Nancy Guthrie’s case remains unresolved as Savannah prepares to return to “Today” on April 6. A $1 million reward is still on the table for information tied to Nancy’s recovery. Meanwhile, Grace pushed back on online criticism, saying, “There’s no script for what you’re supposed to do.”
She added that Savannah and her siblings “did everything they were physically able to do at that moment.” Grace also said the case seemed unusual from the start because the ransom was not demanded immediately. In her view, that timing suggested something was off long before strangers allegedly began blaming the family.
Originally reported by Santanu Das on Reality Tea.
