The Relatable Teenage Woe Hoda Kotb & Savannah Guthrie Share

The surprising declaration wasn’t the first for the longtime NBC hosts. During a 2020 episode, when Al Roker inquired about prom memories, the women confessed that it wasn’t a tradition they partook in. Savannah Guthrie added, “No one asked me.” Comically enough, two other “Today Show” anchors, Roker and Carson Daly, chimed in that they didn’t go to their proms either. However, aside from the milestone dance, there have only been a few other occasions in which Guthrie or Hoda Kotb shared what high school was like for them. 

The former posted a throwback picture to Instagram in 2017, showing her with long dark hair and some very ’80s curly bangs. The classic picture was taken when she attended Amphitheater High School in Tucson, Arizona. It was also around that time that Guthrie had her first high school job. On a 2023 episode of the “Today Show,” Guthrie wasn’t afraid to tell fans that her first job was when she was just 14 years old, “I got $1 an hour . . . I bussed tables.” After her time in the restaurant, she moved to another food-related field — a cookie store. Guthrie joked that she quickly gained weight before landing her teenage dream job at a skateboard business.

The former attorney held down a few more gigs before she graduated, explaining that her parents weren’t about to simply hand over cash or give her an allowance for chores she was expected to do as part of the family.