Inside Fox News host Kat Timpf's rollercoaster journey... from abusive relationship to cancer diagnosis
But the TV star, 36, has not had an easy journey, in fact, she's endured a series of heartbreaking setbacks over the years including an abusive relationship, a battle with depression, and most recently, a shocking cancer diagnosis.
She revealed back in February that she found out that she was battling the disease just before she gave birth to her son: a heartbreaking revelation on what should have been the happiest day of her life.
In addition to the numerous devastating blows to her personal life, Kat has also been subjected to a slew of cruel criticism over her decision to work for Fox News over the years.
She has revealed that she's faced 'harassment' from strangers in public and terrifying 'death threats' over her involvement with the conservative network - despite the fact that she is not a Republican - and she was once the victim of a horrific attack that saw a man drench her with water at an event.
But it hasn't stopped Kat, and her story is certainly an impressive one of resilience, determination, and bravery.
In what may be the first happy update after years of devastation, Kat revealed this week that she was now cancer free.
As she shares the exciting news, FEMAIL has recapped her rollercoaster ride journey from start to finish... from how she overcame a slew of tragedies and years of online abuse to become a massive star to her road to motherhood and devastating health battle.
Kat's rollercoaster rise to fame: How she overcame an abusive relationship and a battle with depression to become a massive TV star
Kat has had to overcome a slew of setbacks - including an abusive relationship and a battle with depression - to become a massive TV star.
She grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and graduated magna cum laude in 2010 from Hillsdale College with a degree in English.
In the early years of her career, she worked on a series of TV and radio shows including America Live with Megyn Kelly, Fox and Friends, The Big Weekend Show, and The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.
In 2015, she was transformed into a massive sensation when she became a regular panelist on Gutfeld!, and she has continued to star on the show since then.
Over the years, she also served as an anchor on Fox News Specialists in 2017, co-hosted the weekly Fox News Radio podcast Tyrus and Timpf from 2018 until 2023, hosted the Fox Nation show Sincerely, Kat in 2019, and appeared on the weekend comedy show Fox News Saturday Night throughout 2023.
But Kat has revealed that she had endured a horrific 'abusive relationship' early on in her career that left her battling depression.
'I had a relationship that was abusive... it got really ugly and it really warped my brain to the point where I thought everything was my fault,' she shared during an appearance on the Stage Steele Show last year.
'It took years of therapy to get that out of my head. I was in my mid-20s and then I was single for a while and I also dated a lot of losers, guys without jobs or ambitions.'
Kat went on to meet her now-husband Cameron Friscia in 2020 after they connected on the dating app Raya.
She and the investment banker wed in May 2021 and welcomed a baby boy in February 2025.
Her political views: Kat is a libertarian and independent voter, but has been subjected to a slew of 'harassment' over her decision to work for a conservative network
Despite working for well-known conservative network Fox News, Kat is not a Republican - she's actually a libertarian and independent voter.
'It's really interesting because, you know, I'm not a Republican,' she told USA Today in 2023.
'I've never voted for a Republican. I've also never voted for a Democrat. I always vote Libertarian.
'I write my cat's name in whenever there's not a Libertarian because I'm just not either one of those things.'
Ahead of the 2024 election, Kat clapped back at accusations that she's a 'fence sitter' for not backing Donald Trump or Kamala Harris.
'People will say that you're a "fence sitter" because you don't firmly sit on one side or the other because you have different independent views,' she told LA Times.
'I'm not sitting on a fence, I'm actually very firm in my own views. It actually would be a lot easier for me to go all in on one side or the other because then I'd have this whole team of people backing me up, no matter what I said or did. It's easier to have a team of allies.'
Over the years, however, Kat has been outspoken about the fact that she's faced unfair judgement because of her job at Fox News.
In 2018, she claimed that she was forced to leave a bar in Brooklyn after a stranger became outraged after finding out that she worked at the conservative network.
'This girl started going nuts on me, screaming at me to get out of the bar. I found her very threatening,' she said to National Review at the time.
'It was super uncomfortable and I didn't want things to get physical.'
She added that it wasn't the first time something like that had happened, revealing someone once dumped water on her head at an event and that she was 'harassed' at a restaurant months prior.
'This is the third time this has happened to me, so I'm just over it,' she continued.
'There have been times where I'm hesitant to go out with my glasses because it makes me more recognizable. But I have to live my life, I can't let this ruin it.'
Kat told Reason.com in 2017 of the water incident, 'It was clearly a targeted assault. I was dripping wet.
'He was about a foot taller than me, but he whipped it directly into my face. My eyes were burning... and I was freaking out that it wasn't just water. But I think it was just all the eye makeup I had on or something.'
At the time, she also revealed that she gets 'death threats all the time' over her refusal to support Trump.
'If I say I had a problem with [Trump] people would be like, "All right, I'm coming to Fox and I'm going to rip your entrails out,"' she shared.
'It's like, whoa. I'm an emotional person and I still somehow never had quite the kind of emotional connection to anyone or anything the way that some of these people are emotionally connected to this president that they've never met. I really can't even understand it.
'[I've been told] I'm a libt**d, and I'm an idiot. [I've received] very detailed descriptions of sexual violence that people want to commit against me. I'm a disgrace to humanity, I'm a disgrace to my family.
'I've kinda been desensitized to it… I've been getting death threats for so long. I'm not really afraid.
'It seems like a lot of these people don't really leave their mother's basement a lot. I don't think they're really going to come get me.
'It doesn't really scare me, but it scares me for the future of humanity more so.'
She later joked to USA Today that she would rather tell people she 'works in porn' than at Fox News because it feels 'less controversial.'
'It's happened even when I try to book theaters for my [comedy] tour. Like, "We don't welcome a Fox person at this theater,"' she added to Variety of the scrutiny over her job.
'It really doesn't make sense to me. If you think I'm disgusting for who I am, then that's one thing.
'But if it's just because of where I work and whatever your preconceived notions are about where I work, which - what does that even mean? Fox is not an idea. It's a platform on which to share ideas.'
Clapping back: Kat faced horrific comments after she announced that she was pregnant - but she's not afraid to respond to her haters
Kat has had to deal with more than just backlash over her job. She also received a slew of 'mean' comments after she announced that she was pregnant last year.
She reflected on the hate with the LA Times, explaining, 'For years I was getting these hate comments like, "You don't understand anything about the world because you don't have any kids. Your eggs are scrambled and drying up, and you'll regret this soon. You're so selfish."
'Then I got pregnant, and you would have thought that this is what these people wanted, right?
'I mean, I didn't do it for them, but now people are saying, "Can you just shut up about being pregnant already?"
'Some of them are the same people! Some people are just gonna be haters no matter what.'
But she is not afraid to clap back at her haters, as she added, 'You have to be able to stand up for yourself when people are coming for you with bad intentions.
'If we could just all see each other as humans rather than this team or that team, we could find a lot more to agree on than we think.'
Earlier this year, Kat faced more scrutiny after she posted a photo of herself partying at Coachella two months after giving birth.
Trolls were quick to slam her for going to the music festival so soon after becoming a mom.
'One fun thing I've noticed about being a mom is if you ever post with your baby, or God forbid, having fun without your baby, people are like, "Oh my God, where's her baby? She's a mother. Should a mother be acting like this? Grow up"' she wrote in a social media post afterwards.
'As soon as you [have a baby], you are not allowed to act like a person without getting bullied for it.
'I've only been a mom for a couple of months, but I'm starting to think that the only way to be a parent and avoid backlash is to be a dad.'
Kat's terrifying health battle: The TV star found out she had breast cancer while she was pregnant, and has since undergone a double mastectomy
Kat previously revealed that she was diagnosed with ADHD at age five.
'I've long been at the point where I'm grateful to have ADHD. It's a major reason for things that I consider to be my greatest strengths, like my creativity, and I wouldn't have it any other way,' she wrote on X back in 2020.
'I was lucky to have been diagnosed by age five (if I hadn't been, I'd probably have spent years thinking I was just dumb).'
She also revealed during an appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast in 2024 that she had been taking amphetamines for her ADHD since she was a child, but had recently stopped because of her pregnancy.
'Doing the most simple task feels like I'm doing it through mud, it's really hard for me,' she admitted of stopping her medication.
Kat shared the shocking news in February after giving birth that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.
At the time, she revealed that she found out she was battling the disease just 15 hours before she had welcomed her son.
'Now, before you worry, my doctor says it's stage zero and is confident that it almost certainly hasn't spread,' she wrote in an Instagram post at the time.
'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.
'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 revealed in March that she had undergone a double mastectomy, and this week, she shared the exciting news on Gutfeld! that she was now 'cancer free.'
'I am boob-free. I am cancer-free as well,' she told the panel.
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