Fox News' Kat Timpf received breast cancer diagnosis, had her first baby hours later

04-03-2025

Fox News' Kat Timpf received breast cancer diagnosis, had her first baby hours later
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Here's what we know now about new guidance issued on breast cancer screenings
Women of average risk for breast cancer are being encouraged to start getting mammograms at age 40 and every other year after to reduce their risk.
Fox News personality Kat Timpf learned of her breast cancer diagnosis hours before she gave birth to her first child.
The "Gutfeld!" panelist and host of Fox Nation's "Sincerely, Kat" took to X in a lengthy post Tuesday to announce the birth of her son while assuring followers that her cancer is in its early stages.
"Last week, I welcomed my first child into the world. About fifteen hours before I went into labor, I was diagnosed with breast cancer," Timpf, 36, wrote on the platform. "Now, before you worry, my doctor says it's Stage 0 and is confident that it almost certainly hasn't spread. Or, as I've explained to the few people I've managed to tell about it so far: Don't freak out. It's just, like, a LITTLE bit of cancer."
Carcinoma in situ, also known as stage 0 cancer, is a non-invasive type of cancer where abnormal cells are found in a specific area – for breast cancer, in the lining of the breast milk ducts – but have not spread, according to the National Cancer Institute and the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Timpf has been married to Cameron Friscia since 2021 and announced the couple was expecting a child in July.
During a visit a week after her due date, she received her diagnosis in the afternoon, just to return as she was going into labor by the middle of the night. The comedian and author said the hospital staff made an "excellent" audience for her dark jokes, given her circumstances, as she pitched how she would announce the birth.
"Should I go with 'Mom and baby are doing well, except maybe for mom's cancer, and then maybe the baby after breastfeeding is stunted by her double mastectomy,' and then shut off my phone for a week?" she wrote.
Timpf said that doctors had suggested a double mastectomy – a surgery where both breasts are removed – "as soon as possible" and that the "next three months of maternity leave" would look different than she initially thought. Still, she's "learning to celebrate everything I can."
"I'm lucky that we found the cancer so early; I'm lucky to be my son's mom," she said. "I mean, I know I'm biased, but the little dude absolutely rules -- and not just because he might have saved my life."
She added: "Here's to resilience, to miracles in the midst of chaos, and to finding humor and hope even on the toughest days."
This story has been updated to correct a typo.

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