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Savannah Guthriemade the best out of a bad situation.
Last week, theTODAYco-anchortested positive for COVID-19a second time. The diagnosis came just beforeMother’s Day, forcing her to miss out on the day’s celebrations with her husbandMichael Feldman,daughter Vale, 7, and son Charley, 5.
At the 70th Anniversary of NBC News’TODAYon Wednesday, Guthrie, 50, told PEOPLE exclusively she used her time in isolation as an opportunity to relax and reset.
She added, “Scalp oil, LED lighting masks. That was kind of scary. I looked like the Dark Lord Sith.”
But Guthrie’s colleaguesJenna Bush HagerandHoda Kotbgently ribbed her for her “spa retreat” quarantine.
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If Bush Hager could “choose Savannah’s path” to COVID quarantining, she “absolutely” would.
“She was like, this is a spa treatment where [for me], it didn’t feel like a spa retreat,” she joked. “I was cooking and taking care of two sick children and a sort of like, you know, man, sick husband, and myself.”
For her part, Kotb noted Guthrie “looked so well rested when she came back.”
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Guthrie — who is is both vaccinated and boosted — shared news of her secondbreakthrough coronavirus casein January. Shegot her initial dosewhile filming theTODAYshow in April 2021.
“I’m so grateful I had such a very life bout with it,” she also told PEOPLE Wednesday after recovering from her second case. “So, I ended up having five days to myself. I slept like 13 hours a night, I read books.”
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