It’s her dad’s integrity, though, that had the biggest impact on Guthrie.
Up until that time, her mother Nancy had been a stay-at-home mom.
Explaining, “I wasn’t much of a go-getter in my younger years.
In high school, I was kind of a slacker.
I remember how we clung to each other for dear life in the years that followed.
Your strength and selflessness in the face of that shock amazes me to this day.”
But a burgeoning career in broadcast news wasn’t enough at the time.
She told the graduating class, “It wasn’t my dream.
What I really wanted was to go back to my roots in journalism.
The book isn’t your average fairy tale, and it sends a powerful message of empowerment.
Guthrie got the idea for the book after seeing Kate Middleton donning pants.
“I said, ‘Princesses wear pants,'” Guthrie toldToday.
“That’s when I said, ‘That’s a book.'”
Guthrie and Oppenheim created a character named Penelope Pineapple who is the epitome of a storybook princess.
She loves to get all glammed up, “but she also wears pants while getting things done.”
As Guthrie toldXfinity TV, though,Princess Wear Pantsis “not anti-princess.”
There seemed to be genuine affection on both sides.
Guthrie was stunned the following year when Lauer was fired following allegations of sexual misconduct.
The aftermath left Guthrie reeling.
“She’s not herself,” a source toldEntertainment Tonightafter Lauer was fired.
“She’s visibly shaken.”
She explained onTodaythat “Charley threw a toy train right at my eye and it tore my retina.”
Things were touch and go for a while, and Guthrie even temporarily lost her eyesight in that eye.
The TV personality had to undergo five laser procedures following the injury, which caused her retina to detach.
I did it!'”
she toldTodayafter the injury occurred.
Guthrie’s symptoms were mild, and she was back in the studio two weeks later.
“We’re practicing our social distancing,” Guthrie saidon the show.
One of their biggest challenges was explaining the pandemic to their kids.
“It’s a lifelong struggle for me,” Guthrie confessed toHealthin 2020.
“I’ve never once felt good about how I looked on the outside.”
This is what Guthrie has spent so long striving for.
Guthrie wants her own daughter to grow up confident and loving her own reflection.
“We should be happy and proud of our bodies,” she said.
“You’re the president,” she said atthe town hall.
“You’re not like someone’s crazy uncle who can retweet whatever.”
After the event, Guthrie admitted to being “shocked at myself” toThe New York Times.
“That just came out.”
