It sounds like Guthrie is very proud of her now former co-anchor for choosing to “go into the great unknown” and try something new in her life. At the same time, when Kotb did tell Guthrie, not long before she shocked fans on TV, she also had to voice her own sadness regarding the loss of getting to work with her everyday.

Savannah Guthrie’s life changed forever when she got the call that she would be coanchoring on Today in 2012. But the NBC personality is well aware that there was “controversy” surrounding the move after Ann Curry was ousted from the talk show.

Savannah Guthrie says she was 'the last to know' she was the one replacing Ann Curry on 'Today' in 2012: 'I was as terrified as I could possibly be.'