The COVID-19 pandemic is opening our eyes to many things. One of them is working from home and being close to family. Granted, one can hardly work from home if there are small children around, but Savannah Guthrie’s decision to return to work from home - after self-quarantining herself after a coronavirus scare - is a testament to how working from home will become our new normal as the governors of this country band together to figure out our “new normal,” a term embraced by Rhode Island’s Governor, Gina Raimondo during today’s group teal-briefing with New York’s Governor Cuomo as he introduced the 6-governor task force to reopen the country. Oops! I mean region.
This an opportunity for all makeup artists, all stylists, all hair experts. You need to help her! Just kidding. She has her peeps of course, employed by the Today Show, to fix her up But this is the type of opportunity that experts in the beauty field can get creative in. What can you tell her for beauty tips? To make herself on-air ready if her hair and makeup crew isn’t going to come into her home?
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Read The Highlights At People.com
Tin Shingle’s beat reporter for the Today Show, Teslie Andrade, loved this article at People.com. There are a few highlights she wants you to read:
“After briefly returning to the studio last week, the newscaster anchored Monday’s broadcast of Today from home, explaining to her co-host Hoda Kotb that she wanted to be close to her family amid the coronavirus pandemic. Guthrie shares 3-year-old son Charley and 5-year-old daughter Vale with husband Michael Feldman.
“‘I’m home. You know, the reason, Hoda — my family is upstate, and so I’m sticking close to the family and coming to the city less and less,” said Guthrie, 48. “So I’m trying to work from home. And also, frankly, that’s what these officials are telling us to do, so that’s exactly what I’m going to do.’”
Savannah sets the scene at 30 Rock right now in the People article:
“Several other Today show stars are also working remotely, and in a new interview with Page Six, Kotb opened up about the strange experience of coming into the deserted office.
“‘The Today show is normally teeming with people. Even when I arrive, there are people outside 30 Rock waiting for the show to start — they’ve made trips to come see us. But [now] there’s literally not a soul outside,” she said. “I go into the studio and you can hear your footsteps echoing [because] there’s no one there.’”
Hoda Kotb shares what her in-studio experience is like:
“With no stylists or makeup artists, Kotb has been doing her own hair and makeup.
’“I do my hair with, like, a curling iron from the ’80s and really don’t lay eyes on anyone until Savannah pops up on the monitor,” she said.’”
So great. So honest. More of it!