In her Fox News headquarters office, Kat Timpf’s husband was holding their baby. “I have a little drool on me, but it wasn’t here when I arrived, I swear,” Ms. Timpf quipped, settling into her chair. Her husband, Cameron Friscia—a consultant and combat veteran whom she met on Raya—had stopped by with their 5-month-old son. After navigating the stroller past a stack of congratulatory and sympathetic gifts on the floor, he took the baby home, and Ms. Timpf resumed her work.
“I’ve endured a lot, and in many ways, I’m still processing it,” Ms. Timpf shared. “The simplest way to put it is, ‘I still don’t have nipples.'”
As a co-host of “Gutfeld!”, Fox News’s take on late-night comedy, Ms. Timpf is part of a show that frequently outpaces its rivals—Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and Stephen Colbert—in viewership, despite its earlier 10 p.m. slot. This success has positioned her as the most-watched woman in late-night, at a time when the genre has become a surprisingly heated political battleground.
Her prominence has also made her a magnet for audience fascination, concern, judgment, and even occasional outrage. The past year has brought unprecedented scrutiny as Ms. Timpf, at 36, navigated pregnancy, a breast cancer diagnosis, childbirth, a double mastectomy, reconstructive surgery, and openly discussed it all on “Gutfeld!”—the show named for its host, Greg Gutfeld.
Mr. Gutfeld’s comedic approach blends anti-liberal jabs with constant jokes about women’s bodies—their age, weight, and perceived attractiveness. Night after night, Ms. Timpf sits to his right, offering playful counterpoints and carving out her own unique brand of physical humor that draws from her personal experience as a woman.
