TV insiders suspect Savannah Guthrie's 'Today' tardiness is due to reported feud with Hoda Kotb
wonderwall.comPage Six, adding that there's little chance Savannah was actually catching a few too many zzzz's."This would never happen. She is literally the $40 million dollar woman.
She is showing them who is the boss and that they can't do the show without her," the source said. "When Savannah doesn't show up for work the entire force of NBC News is dispatched to find out where she is.""Savannah simply isn't allowed to 'go off the grid', what if there is breaking news?," the insider noted, adding that she's picked up promptly at 4 a.m.
every day. "Producers, assistants, executives, security, hair and makeup people are all waiting for her to arrive. If she's one minute late, everyone would notice.
If she's 10 minutes late, it's CODE RED."Savannah is the most consequential part of the show, the source said, and she knows it. "There is always a morning meeting ahead of the show, and if she isn't there at that point, we're talking about staff in hysterics and someone being called to break down her door," the source said.
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