Fox News Personality Kat Timpf Announces Pregnancy

Fox News personality Kat Timpf is expecting her second child, more than a year after undergoing a double mastectomy following a breast cancer diagnosis.

The 37-year-old “Gutfeld!” panelist revealed the pregnancy during a recent stand-up comedy show, surprising the audience when she opened her jacket to show her baby bump. “Are you guys surprised?” Timpf asked the crowd. “So was I.”

She quickly turned the announcement into a joke about her husband, Cameron Friscia, who previously served in the 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 joked. “What he said would be a quick little excursion is looking more like an 18-year commitment.”

Timpf also joked that she already knows what she wants for her upcoming birthday. “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.’”

She later confirmed the pregnancy on Instagram and thanked fans who attended her comedy shows for keeping the news private. “Huge thanks to the 1,500ish besties at my shows this wknd for keeping my secret, 🤰” she wrote. “So awesome to be the portal for a new little soul. 😎🥰”

The announcement comes after a difficult period in Timpf’s life that began around the birth of her first child. She previously said she noticed a small bump on her nipple during pregnancy but initially did not think it was serious.

“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,” Timpf told PEOPLE. After mentioning it to her doctor, she was sent for additional testing, including an ultrasound and biopsy.

“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,” she recalled. Doctors diagnosed Timpf with stage zero breast cancer, also known as ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS.

The timing made the diagnosis especially overwhelming. Timpf said she learned she had cancer just hours before going into labor with her son in February 2025. “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 said.

Timpf and Friscia welcomed their son about 15 hours later. Because the cancer was detected early, doctors gave her more than one treatment option, including a lumpectomy followed by additional treatment or a double mastectomy.

Timpf ultimately chose the double mastectomy. “It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do — but it was an easy decision,” she said.

She underwent surgery roughly one month after giving birth. “I got the mastectomy roughly a month after I gave birth,” Timpf said. “So that meant the first six weeks of my son’s life, I wasn’t sure exactly what my prognosis was.”

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Kat Timpf (@kattimpf)

She has since spoken openly about how difficult it was to recover from major surgery while adjusting to motherhood. “It’s scary, but it’s empowering,” Timpf said. “Losing your breasts forever is devastating, especially when you just gave birth and everyone asks you about breastfeeding. It’s heartbreaking.”

She added that she continues to remind herself why she made the decision. “But I keep reminding myself that I chose this over the alternative. Because the alternative would’ve been much worse for me.”

Timpf recently returned to Fox News alongside her sister, Julia, who plans to run the New York City Marathon while raising money for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. During that appearance, Timpf acknowledged that her second pregnancy has brought mixed emotions because of what she went through medically.

“It’s very exciting, but obviously a very, very difficult thing for our family,” she said. “It is very difficult to be going through this second pregnancy without my breasts.”

Timpf said her sister’s fundraising effort has helped transform part of the experience into something meaningful. “This is why this is so great that Julia’s doing this,” she said. “If we’re able to raise money because this happened, then it’s not just a negative thing anymore. It’s a positive thing, giving us the opportunity to help other women and other families.” Timpf ended the discussion with another joke: “Also, I don’t have to do any running,” she said.