One of Fox News’ most popular on-air personalities, Kat Timpf, recently revealed that she is expecting her second child over a year after she had a double mastectomy after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis. Timpf, 37, is a regular panelist on the “Gutfeld!” program. She announced the news of her pregnancy during a stand-up comedy set, opening up her jacket and revealing her baby bump, which surprised the crowd.
“Are you guys surprised?” Timpf asked the audience. “So was I.” True to form, Timpf then turned the announcement into a comedic bit concerning her husband, Cameron Friscia, a veteran in the U.S. military. “I shouldn’t have been, though, because I’m married to a veteran, and the Army always does seem to take a while to pull out of something,” she wisecracked.
“What he said would be a quick little excursion is looking more like an 18-year commitment,” she added. Timpf then said that for her upcoming birthday, she only had a single request: no more surprise pregnancies. And how would she receive such a gift? Well, it involves her husband sacrificing something of his that most men fear.
“My birthday is coming up next month, and I told him, I said, ‘Babe, you don’t even have to get me anything. Better yet, get yourself something. A vasectomy. I’ve had enough surgery. It’s someone else’s f—ing turn,'” the comedian said, according to a report from Trending Politics News. Timpf then announced the pregnancy to the rest of the world through a post on her Instagram account.
In the post, the Fox News panelist thanked the fans who attended her recent shows and kept the pregnancy a secret until she was ready to announce the news herself. “Huge thanks to the 1,500ish besties at my shows this wknd for keeping my secret,” she said in the caption for the clip. The good news comes after a long, difficult season for both Timpf and her family.
The comedian revealed that she first noticed that something was wrong just a few weeks before she gave birth to her first child, a boy, in February 2025. “I noticed a bump on my nipple and I didn’t really think that much of it because your boobs start to look crazy when you’re pregnant,” she said during an interview with PEOPLE.
She then spoke with her doctor and showed him the bump, who sent her to a specialist for further testing. “I showed my doctor, not expecting anything. She kind of jumped back and sent me to go get an ultrasound… and then they recommended I get a biopsy,” Timpf said. The breast cancer diagnosis arrived just a few hours before she went into labor.
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“I was completely in shock. I kind of blacked out because I wasn’t able to process what was happening. And then I went into labor that night,” she recounted. After 15 hours of labor, Timpf and her husband welcomed their son into the world. Thanks to catching the cancer early, Timpf was given a choice between a lumpectomy with additional treatment or a double mastectomy. She decided to go for the latter, a more aggressive option.
“It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do — but it was an easy decision,” Timpf admitted. She then had the procedure just a month after giving birth to her son. “I got the mastectomy roughly a month after I gave birth. So that meant the first six weeks of my son’s life, I wasn’t sure exactly what my prognosis was.” Timpf openly discussed the emotional toll of losing her breasts while adjusting to being a new mom.
“It’s scary, but it’s empowering,” she added. “Losing your breasts forever is devastating, especially when you just gave birth and everyone asks you about breastfeeding. It’s heartbreaking. But I keep reminding myself that I chose this over the alternative. Because the alternative would’ve been much worse for me.” Timpf just returned to Fox this month.
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