Earlier than Savannah Guthrie discovered love with Michael Feldman, she was married to Mark Orchard for a short time frame.
The twosome reportedly met someday in 2005 whereas protecting the Michael Jackson sexual abuse trial — Guthrie on project as a CourtTV correspondent and Orchard for the BBC.
Guthrie and Orchard tied the knot in December 2005, however ended up submitting for divorce in 2009.
Whereas she hasn’t opened up about her marriage to Orchard all through the years, Guthrie did make a brief touch upon the breakup in July 2025.
“I don’t need to discuss getting divorced,” she mentioned on an episode of Monica Lewinsky’s “Reclaiming” podcast. “It was horrible and unhappy and it broke my coronary heart. It took me years to recuperate. I’m not blaming anybody however I don’t actually need to get into it.”
Following Guthrie’s 2009 divorce, she discovered love as soon as once more and married Feldman in 2014. The pair welcomed daughter Vale that very same yr and son Charley in 2016.
Maintain scrolling to study extra about Guthrie and Orchard’s earlier relationship:
2005
The previous couple crossed paths whereas protecting Jackson’s sexual abuse trial for various retailers.
December 2005
Guthrie and Orchard received married.
2009
After lower than 4 years of marriage, the twosome filed for divorce.
February 2024
Over twenty years since her divorce from Orchard, Guthrie revealed a sequence of non-public essays referred to as Principally What God Does. The guide included a disclaimer to readers to allow them to know that Guthrie wasn’t going to the touch on some private issues as a result of they have been “too private and too embarrassing.”
“I’m down right here and my toes are burning on the pavement — I simply don’t need to inform you why the pavement was so sizzling or what number of blisters I had on my toes,” the disclaimer learn. “I don’t need to provide the gory particulars. However I do need to share with you and I perceive that you’ll have these questions and possibly this gained’t be sufficient for you.”
February 2025
In an interview with Us Weekly, Guthrie mentioned she was 36 when she received divorced and “wasn’t married lengthy,” which was a “big disappointment” to her.
“I used to be fairly positive that I had misplaced my alternative [to have kids] and roughly ruined my life,” she defined. “All I ever actually needed was to fall in love, be a mother and have a household. I don’t know if it’s acceptable to confess today, however that’s form of how I used to be. I needed to do one thing vital and significant, however I actually needed a household.”
July 2025
On an episode of Lewinsky’s “Reclaiming” podcast, Guthrie mentioned she didn’t “need to discuss getting divorced as a result of “it was horrible” and “unhappy” and took her “years to recuperate.”
“I’m not blaming anybody, however I actually don’t need to get into it,” she famous.
