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Just call her Savannah All Me.
On Thursday, the “Today” anchor detailed on the show how she had overslept, arriving at the studio just 20 minutes before she was supposed to go live at 7 a.m.
But multiple TV insiders think Savannah Guthrie, 50, deliberately overslept to show NBC News “who is the real boss.”
The move comes amid reports of a feud between Guthrie and her co-anchor, Hoda Kotb, 58, who is on vacation this week.
One “Today” insider said, “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,” said the insider. “When Savannah doesn’t show up for work the entire force of NBC News is dispatched to find out where she is.”
The source detailed how “all top NBC talent and execs are like doctors on call” with “more devices tracking them than the space shuttle.”
“Savannah simply isn’t allowed to ‘go off the grid’, what if there is breaking news?,” the insider noted, adding that despite living so close to the studio in New York, she is promptly picked up 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.”
According to the source, her driver keeps constant communication with the studio, which means they know when she gets in the car and what their estimated time of arrival is.
The source added, “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.”
Guthrie — who signed a five year deal to stay on “Today” worth a whopping $40 million in 2020 — documented on social media her frantic dash to work after she overslept.
She took to Instagram to document her rush from her home to Studio 1-A, where the NBC morning show is filmed.
“Overslept big time,” wrote Guthrie. “It’s 6:34 am and I’m still in the car.”
Insiders say she was at her upstate home, which is a two-hour drive from the studio, and got into the car at 5 a.m. instead of the expected 3 a.m.
A second source speculated that Guthrie’s impromptu lie-in may have been prompted by recent stories about her alleged feud with Kotb.
Guthrie sees herself as the leading news anchor on the show, having served as NBC’s White House correspondent, yet Kotb is more popular with the viewers, Page Six is told.
The second source said, “Savannah and Hoda are very tense around each other. Savannah was furious when Hoda was brought into the first hour of the show, she wants to be the queen bee, and flipped out on producers.”
The source noted that there is “an underlying competitiveness” between the two women, which makes it hard to “pretend to be best friends.”
“When they come outside into the square, everyone is chanting Hoda’s name, Hoda is the bigger star. Savannah believes she is the real news anchor, she’s a creature of Washington, she loves politics, she has the reporting and interviewing chops,” the source added.
“Even some of the stars who appear on the show all to be interviewed by Hoda because she is so much friendlier.”
And a third source described Guthrie’s oversleep as “bizarre,” adding “she is a total pro and would never want to look like she isn’t the full professional.
“These things can happen. And Craig Melvin [her co-anchor on Thursday] could have easily handled things until Savannah got to work,” they noted.
A rep for “Today” and Savannah and Hoda didn’t comment.
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