“The View” co-host Sarah Haines addressed whether there are safety concerns as the search for fellow newscaster Savannah Guthrie’s mother continues for more than a month after she went missing.
Haynes spoke exclusively with Page Six on Wednesday at the Anne Klein Women Who Do Awards Luncheon at the Rainbow Room.
When asked if her ABC co-stars (Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farrah Griffin) were worried about their safety amid the ongoing investigation, Haynes said, “The concerns I have are not new.”
“That’s always a concern for anyone thinking about their place in the world,” she continued, adding, “In the case of Savannah Guthrie, I think we’re still too preoccupied with evaluating it.”
The two journalists were former colleagues. Haynes appeared on the “Today” show from 2009 to 2013, and Savannah joined NBC as a co-anchor in 2012.
“Since working with Savannah, I can’t even think about my life, myself (and) how it impacts the larger world, ignoring her role and her mother’s role,” Haynes said. “I’m just concentrating on watching this from afar, on my knees in pain.”
All Haynes wants is “peace” for Savannah, her husband Michael Feldman, their children, siblings and, of course, Nancy.
“I want it resolved and I want them to find something,” Haynes said. “My heart is breaking and I have no words for how painful it is to see this.”
Savannah has been absent from the Today show since her 84-year-old mother went missing last month.
Nancy was last seen alive on January 31st at her home in the Tucson area. Nancy was reported missing the next day after the Pima County Sheriff’s Department determined she had been taken from her home against her will.
Savannah, who received a ransom demand letter requesting that $6 million in Bitcoin be sent to a Bitcoin address in exchange for Nancy’s release, issued a statement saying she would pay the demand but needed proof of life.
Despite posting multiple desperate pleas for more information from Nancy’s alleged abductor, her family has yet to receive any evidence of her whereabouts.
Police later released horrifying security footage of an armed and masked figure outside Nancy’s home the night she disappeared. However, no suspects have been named in this case.
Savannah’s “Today” co-hosts gathered around her to give her a loving welcome when she visited Studio 1A last week.
Haynes, 48, hosted an intimate event honoring notable leaders including entrepreneur Atoya Burleson, Hauschka Skin Care CEO Dr. Martina Halloran, Norwell Health Breast Surgery Chair Dr. Karen Michelle Kostroff, French model Tina Kunakey and philanthropic strategist Caroline Kelly Rosen.
Former Anne Klein brand ambassador Joan Smalls and model Alba Chin were also in attendance.
