FOX News star Kat Timpf has revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer hours before giving birth to her first son.
Timpf, 36, said her new baby âmightâve saved her lifeâ in a surprising announcement on Tuesday in which she revealed both the birth of her son and her diagnosis.
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Kat Timpf in an appearance on Foxâs Gutfeld!Credit: Fox
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Kat Timpf and her husband, Cameron FrisciaCredit: Instagram/kattimpf
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Timpf, who gave birth last weekCredit: Instagram/kattimpf
Timpf said 15 hours before she gave birth to her first child with her husband, Cameron Friscia, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
âNow, before you worry, my doctor says itâs Stage 0 and is confident that it almost certainly hasnât spread,â she wrote on Instagram.
âOr, as Iâve explained to the few people Iâve managed to tell about it so far: donât freak out.
âItâs just, like, a little bit of cancer.â
She said she was more than a week past due when she gave birth and recalled the chaotic day as ânot chill.â
In the comedianâs typical fashion, Timpf included jokes about her hectic day in the news of her health scare.
âI asked all the questions I could, including if I could get a copy of my tumor ultrasound to put on the fridge next to the ultrasound of my baby,â she said.
Timpf revealed she went into labor in the middle of the night before rushing to the hospital to meet her baby boy.
She also said doctors recommended she get a double mastectomy as soon as possible.
âThese next three months of maternity leave are going to look a lot different than Iâd anticipated, and Iâm still getting used to my new reality,â the Gutfeld! co-host wrote.
Fox News personality Kat Timpf announces sheâs pregnant with husband 10 years after tragic event & reveals biggest shock
âIâm lucky that we found the cancer so early; Iâm lucky to be my sonâs mom.
âI mean, I know Iâm biased, but the little dude absolutely rules â and not just because he might have saved my life.â
She concluded her message with a toast to âfinding humor and hope on the toughest days.â
Timpf, a political analyst and comedian on Fox News and co-host of Gutfeld!, shared on Instagram on February 11 that she was past her due date.
âYes, Iâm still pregnant. Yes, Iâm past my due date,â she said.
She joked that it was the âlongest pregnancy of all time.â
I asked all the questions I could, including if I could get a copy of my tumor ultrasound to put on the fridge next to the ultrasound of my baby.â
Kat Timpf
The Fox News contributor worked through the final days of her pregnancy â which led some online trolls to ask intrusive questions and make gross comments about her pregnancy bump.
âHi everyone! I am under the close care of a doctor, and I promise that both of us know and care far more about my health and the health of my own baby than any random online stranger does from just seeing me on TV,â Timpf fired back on X on February 17.
âAlthough Iâm sure much of it is well-intentioned, I donât need to be bombarded with comments about how my belly looking this way or that way CLEARLY means I will be needing this or that procedure,â she said.
âOr how I shouldnât be at work, or concerns about my âamniotic fluidâ or any other wildly personal medical thing.â
Timpf announced her pregnancy last July in an emotional opinion story for Fox News.
She said she was surprised by the pregnancy because of her age.
âI never expected to find myself in this situation,â Timpf wrote at the time.
âActually, Iâd prepared myself for every outcome but this one: First, I expected that I wouldnât get pregnant, especially not naturally.
âOnce I did, I expected that Iâd probably miscarry. I mean, I am 35, which makes mine a geriatric pregnancy, medically speaking.â
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Kat Timpf and her husband, Cameron Friscia, who just had their first child togetherCredit: kattimpf/Instagram
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Cameron Friscia, Kat Timpf, and their beloved petsCredit: kattimpf/Instagram
In October, Timpf opened up about the online hate she received throughout her pregnancy in an exclusive conversation with The U.S. Sun.
âYou know whatâs crazy? I really thought that being pregnant would make people be nicer to me but people are meaner to me now,â Timpf said.
She said a number of trolls said they were annoyed with hearing about her pregnancy.
âI get a lot of people telling me to stop talking about it and theyâre sick of hearing about it,â Timpf said.
âIâm like, âIâm so sorry that my pregnancy has been hard for you.â
âItâs nine months of my life and then Iâm not gonna talk about it anymore and itâs not gonna be happening.â
She added, âI talk about whatâs going on in my life.â