FOX News star Kat Timpf has returned to Gutfeld! with a huge health update after giving birth and being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Timpf, 36, revealed that she's cancer-free after undergoing a double mastectomy.
Timpf returned to the Gutfeld! panel on Monday night after being on maternity leave from the show for three months.
She had taken extra time off to undergo treatment after she was diagnosed with stage zero breast cancer hours before giving birth.
“I didn't get stretch marks, I did cut my tits off,” Timpf said on the show.
“I am boob free. I am cancer-free as well,” she said, prompting applause.
Timpf said she still has upcoming reconstructive surgeries, but that her cancerous tumor is removed.
The political pundit spoke about why she underwent a double mastectomy.
“I didn't want to risk my life for some 32As,” she joked.
Greg Gutfeld introduced Timpf's return by praising her resiliency as a new mom and cancer survivor.
He showed a video of Timpf before she had her double mastectomy, which showed her in a hospital bed saying, “Let's f**king go.”
“I love being a mom and the whole thing, the way it happened really was truly insane,” Timpf said.
Kat Timpf stuns in first TV appearance since giving birth & gives health update as Greg Gutfeld teases baby name
She said doctors were unsure if she got cancer because she was pregnant.
“Even if I did, it's still so worth it because I love him so much,” Timpf said.
Timpf appeared on the show alongside David Angelo, Kennedy Montgomery, and Tyrus, who gifted her a toy for her son, whose name has not been revealed.
Back in February, Timpf announced the birth of her first son with her husband Cameron Friscia.
Kat Timpf's full statement
An Unconventional Birth Announcement
Last week, I welcomed my first child into the world. About fifteen hours before I went into labor, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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.
Still, it was not a chill day. I mean, to say the least! I woke up more-than-a-week-past-due pregnant, completely consumed by doing everything I could to get the baby out. By the middle of the afternoon, I was waddling around from appointment to appointment, talking about how to get my cancer out. I sat and listened as they told me that the best course of action would likely be a double mastectomy as soon as possible. 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. Finally, by the middle of the night, I was crawling around on the floor of my apartment in spontaneous labor, before heading to the hospital to meet my baby, whom I’d learn at the time of birth was a son.
The good news? People who work at hospitals make excellent audiences for dark humor — and, as someone whose first book was about the power of jokes to get through traumatic situations, there was really no better place for me to be. Just minutes after my boy was born, I was talking with the nurses about what a birth announcement in my situation might look like.
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?
Anyway! These next three months of maternity leave are going to look a lot different than I’d anticipated, and I’m still getting used to my new reality. Still, as I navigate new motherhood (and new cancer) I’m 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. I mean, I know I’m biased, but the little dude absolutely rules — and not just because he might have saved my life.
Thank you all for your support, laughter, and love as I embrace this wildly unexpected chapter. Here’s to resilience, to miracles in the midst of chaos, and to finding humor and hope even on the toughest days.
Kat
The Fox News contributor comedian posted on Instagram at the time, “Last week, I welcomed my first child into the world.
“About fifteen hours before I went into labor, I was diagnosed with breast cancer,” she continued.
She said, “I’m lucky that we found the cancer so early; I’m lucky to be my son’s mom.”
Timpf went on to thank her newborn for “possibly saving” her life.
After undergoing her double mastectomy, she continued to post candid updates from her hospital bed.
Before returning to Gutfeld!, Timpf also appeared on Fox Nation's reality show What Did I Miss?, which premiered on May 12.
