Overview
- The disclosure came on the Dec. 23 prerecorded Jenna & Friends episode during the Girl Code advice segment.
- Guthrie declined to identify the colleague, clarified he was a man, and described the incident as an air-spanking with no contact.
- Her anecdote surfaced as she and Jenna Bush Hager answered a viewer’s question about handling an over-served coworker at office parties.
- Bush Hager noted Guthrie once playfully spanked her, and Guthrie said that reflected the closeness of their friendship.
- Guthrie said she will undergo surgery for vocal nodules and a polyp in early 2026 and will be off for several weeks, as the show moves to a new permanent co-host in Sheinelle Jones in the new year.