Even the most famous journalists can get stumped with a surprise question.
While celebrating the launch of Hoda Kotb‘s Joy 101 app in New York City last month, Savannah Guthrie faced an unexpected inquiry from a Parade reporter curious to know if the Today show coanchor has veneers.
“What is that, like, braces?” Guthrie, 53, replied. “I did Invisalign. What are veneers?”
Veneers are described as coverings that fit over the front surfaces of your teeth. They can help make one’s teeth look bigger, straighter, brighter or remove any space in between teeth.
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When the reporter suggested that Guthrie would know if she had them, the NBC journalist agreed and clarified that she didn’t have a set of her own.
“OK, I guess no. No, I don’t have veneers,” she joked. “I probably need them. Whatever they are. I gotta go, getting veneers.”
These days, Guthrie has other priorities in her life besides those of the dental variety, including bringing the news to millions of Americans via Today and striving to be a good mom to daughter Vale, 10, and son Charley, 8.
“I try really hard to be not just a calm mom, but a joyful mom and a fun mom,” she exclusively told Us Weekly in May at Kotb’s launch party. “But I’m also a real mom, so that means at about 8 on a Sunday night, I’m like, ‘Let’s go.’”
If Guthrie comes close to reaching a breaking point while parenting, she tries to use it as a reminder for her kids that everyone has different emotions at different times.
“They need to see that we’re human too,” she explained of moms. “I don’t think that we’re supposed to present to them a stoic figure that’s not real life. I don’t think that’s sending them the lesson. I think they need to know that mom and dad, we’re human too. We’re doing our best, but let’s cooperate and get along. I try to strike that balance.”
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One thing that made Guthrie smile recently was having the opportunity to reunite with her friend in the morning.
Last month, Kotb, 60, returned to the Today show to hang out with her TV family and give fans an update on her post-morning show life.
“She’s our family. This is home for her,” Guthrie gushed to Us. “It always will be home for her. It was just wonderful to have her there. But it’s just exciting for our friends on the plaza to get to see her and everybody wants to know, how are you doing? All the things I’ve asked her over the last few months. We talk. We’ve had breakfast. We call. … Our viewers wanted to know that too.”
