FOX News star Kat Timpf has opened up about stepping back into the studio after welcoming her first baby and battling breast cancer.
The 36-year-old author and comedian quipped that, despite missing some essential parts after her double mastectomy, she still isn’t slowing down anytime soon.
Fox News star Kat Timpf has opened up about her recovery after giving birth and being diagnosed with breast cancer[/caption]
In an interview with The New York Times, Timpf spoke about the realities of being a mom after losing her breasts and getting implants.
“Something about breast cancer is – I don’t want to say embarrassing,” she said.
“People are like, ‘Are you breastfeeding?’ And you have to be like, ‘I just cut my tits off.’
“It’s a weird thing, which is part of the reason why I’ve decided to be so open about it.”
Gutfeld! fans know that Timpf isn’t one to shy away from her health struggles when she’s going back and forth with host and fellow comedian Greg Gutfeld.
During one show, the panel discussed Sydney Sweeney’s controversial American Eagle jeans ad, which showcased the actress’s curvy figure.
Timpf said, “I was watching it on the couch.
“And I thought, ‘Should I have gone bigger?’”
Despite returning to silver screens and performing at sold-out comedy shows, the Fox News star admitted that it’s been a rocky comeback.
“I’ve been through a lot, but I’m also still kind of going through it,” she said.
“Like, ‘I still don’t have nipples’ is probably the best way to describe it.”
Timpf got her first cancer red flag when her sister noticed a lump on her nipple as she was trying to induce labor.
The host got her diagnosis 15 hours before labor began.
Timpf shared her son with husband Cameron Friscia[/caption]
ROAD TO RECOVERY
The new mom said that she only had one month to recover from childbirth before she had to undergo the double mastectomy.
She remembers having open wounds from the surgery and still bleeding from childbirth as her newborn son cried out for his mom.
Timpf said that she couldn’t hold her child at some points in the recovery and had to call someone else to help.
Timpf hopes that her honesty both on Gutfeld! and in her personal projects will help women suffering from breast cancer to be honest about their struggles.
One lesson that she learned is that breast reconstruction is a journey that takes place through a series of surgeries.
She said her nipples will be reconstructed throughout the next year.
“I don’t think that those are small things,” said the host.
“I think that those are big things.”
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
