Savannah Guthrie made a rare comment about her marriage to her first husband, Mark Orchard, on the Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky podcast During the July 1 episode, the Today co-host called that , Savannah Guthrie has opened up about her devastating divorce from former BBC journalist Mark Orchard more than a decade ago., For Savannah Guthrie, it's her divorce from her first husband Mark Orchard. But, after 16 years, she finally broke her silence on the matter while appearing on the Reclaiming With Monica Lewinsky , Savannah Guthrie stood her ground about what personal matters she wanted to write about in her book — and her divorce was off the table. “I don’t want to talk about getting divorced,” the , Savannah Guthrie admits in a new interview that the demise of her first marriage “broke” her heart. “It was horrible and sad and it broke my heart,” the “Today” show co-anchor, 53 , Savannah Guthrie looked back on her 'sad' divorce from her first husband, Mark Orchard, and admitted the experience 'broke' her heart..