2025 was a tough year for Fox News contributor Kat Timpf. She’s taking some time to reset to begin 2026.
Timpf gave birth to a son in early 2025, but was simultaneously diagnosed with breast cancer in the process.
After undergoing a double mastectomy, Timpf returned to the network in June, sharing that she was cancer-free.
On Friday’s edition of Gutfeld!, though, she revealed that she’ll be stepping away to complete her maternity leave.
“Everything’s fine, but this is gonna be my last show for a while,” Timpf began. “What happened is I was on maternity leave, and then halfway through it, it very unexpectedly switched to cancer leave. So I have six weeks left in maternity leave that I never took.”
Kat Timpf added that she has had “the hardest time” deciding if she wanted to take the leave allotted to her. “I’ve worried about stepping away. People are going to forget about me. Am I not going to sell tickets? I think just a lot of things that we as women can worry about when we become moms about protecting the careers that we built. Honestly, my maternity leave sucked.”
She shared that she’ll be gone for six weeks and when she returns she’s going to “be so back.”
“I’m gonna be on TV, I’m gonna be going all around the country doing stand-up, and I hope I get to meet a lot of you guys,” she told the audience. “This has been such a hard year, and one of the main ways I’ve gotten through it is the support from so many of the people who’ve watched the show and have been so kind towards me. I really appreciate it.”
Timpf has been at Fox News for several years in a variety of roles. After hosting shows on FOX Nation and a Fox News Radio podcasts, she makes regular appearances on the network’s late-night show Gutfeld!.
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