Savannah Guthrie Shares Vocal Recovery Update on Today Show

Savannah Guthrie, the co-anchor of NBC's Today Show, provided a positive update on her recovery from vocal cord surgery during a virtual appearance on the program's January 20 broadcast, debuting her post-operative voice and announcing her return to the studio next week.

The 54-year-old journalist joined co-hosts Craig Melvin, Jenna Bush Hager, Carson Daly, Al Roker, and Sheinelle Jones from home, initially holding up a whiteboard that read "Love you." She then decided to speak directly to the camera, explaining, "I am still on vocal rest, but I'm allowed to talk for five to 10 minutes every hour." Describing her tone as "my new voice, or my old voice but my new voice," Guthrie noted that the procedure had addressed long-standing issues with her vocal cords.

Guthrie first revealed her condition on December 19, when she informed viewers that her voice had become increasingly scratchy and prone to cracking, likening it to a scene from The Brady Bunch. Doctors diagnosed vocal nodules and a polyp, which had persisted for years and affected her on-air performance. "This has been going on for years, honestly, so to have a solution," she said at the time. She underwent surgery shortly...