{{short description|American television personality (born 1988)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Kat Timpf | image = Kat Timpf (51250642134) (cropped).jpg | image_upright = | caption = Timpf in 2021 | birth_name = Katherine Clare Timpf | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|10|29|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], U.S. | political_party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] / [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |title=Fox News' Kat Timpf on Trump, Harris and how binary thinking ruins politics |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/09/08/fox-news-kat-timpf-trump-harris-binary-thinking-politics/74921458007/ |work=USA Today |date=September 8, 2024 |access-date=January 29, 2025}}</ref> | alma_mater = [[Hillsdale College]] ([[B.A.|BA]]) | occupation = Television personality | known_for = ''[[Gutfeld!]]'', ''[[Fox News Specialists]]'' | children = 1 | parents = | website = {{URL|https://www.therealkattimpf.com/|therealkattimpf.com}} | spouse = {{marriage|Cameron Friscia|2021}} }}
'''Katherine Clare Timpf''' ({{IPAc-en|t|ɪ|m|f}}; born October 29, 1988)<ref>Timpf, Kat (July 1, 2021). "[https://mobile.twitter.com/KatTimpf?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Kat Timpf Twitter]." [[Twitter]]. Retrieved on July 1, 2021.</ref><ref>Timpf, Kat (June 30, 2021). "[https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dems-republicans-defund-the-police-problem-kat-timpf Kat Timpf: Dems blaming Republicans for 'defund the police' is sure sign of bigger problem]." [[Fox News]]. Retrieved on July 1, 2021.</ref> is an American [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] columnist, television personality, reporter, and comedian. She is a regular panelist on [[Fox News|Fox News Channel]]'s ''[[Gutfeld!]]'' and appears as a contributor on various other Fox News shows. In 2017, Timpf co-hosted ''[[Fox News Specialists]]'' alongside [[Eric Bolling]] and [[Eboni K. Williams]]. Beginning in 2019, she has hosted the [[Fox Nation]] show ''Sincerely, Kat''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wwnc.iheart.com/content/2025-02-26-fox-news-anchor-reveals-surprising-cancer-diagnosis/|title=FOX News Anchor Reveals Surprising Cancer Diagnosis|website=News Radio 570 WWNC|date=February 26, 2025}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Timpf is from [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]. She graduated ''[[Latin honors#Types|magna cum laude]]'' in 2010 from [[Hillsdale College]] with a B.A. in English. While at Hillsdale she was a member of [[Chi Omega]] sorority.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tfas.org/NovakFellowships/past-fellowship-winners|title=America's Future Foundation {{!}} Great Opportunity for Journalists: Novak Fellowship|website=americasfuture.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015454/http://www.tfas.org/NovakFellowships/past-fellowship-winners|archive-date=November 17, 2015|access-date=October 24, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Collegian" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Kat Timpf biography |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6152279/bio/ |website=IMDb |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kollege |first1=Joe |title=Katherine Timpf in Hillsdale College Chi Omega Sorority video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsd9N6jYz5I |website=Youtube |access-date=13 August 2025 |date=23 October 2015}}</ref>
==Career== Timpf worked for the [[Leadership Institute]]'s CampusReform.org in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington, Virginia]]. She has worked as a digital editor for ''[[The Washington Times]]'', as the news anchor for [[NASA]]'s Third Rock Radio, and as a producer and reporter for Total Traffic Network in [[Santa Ana, California]].<ref name=":4" />{{better source needed|date=March 2025}} Timpf was a 2012 [[Robert Novak]] Journalism Fellowship Program grant award recipient through [[The Fund for American Studies]], and completed a project titled, "As California Goes, So Goes the Nation: The Consequences of Following Golden State Policy."<ref name=":4" />
Timpf has appeared on television and radio programs, including ''[[America Live with Megyn Kelly]],'' ''[[Your World with Neil Cavuto]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|title = This Fox News Reporter Called Millennial Women "F**king Morons"|url = http://mic.com/articles/119018/this-fox-news-reporter-called-millennial-women-f-king-morons#.ZZLQNJBVF|website= Mic| date=May 22, 2015 |access-date = November 9, 2015}}</ref> ''[[Fox & Friends|Fox and Friends]]'', ''[[Red Eye (talk show)|Red Eye]]'',<ref>{{Citation|title = Red Eye : FOXNEWSW : June 11, 2014 12:00am-1:01am PDT: Free Streaming|date = June 11, 2014|url = https://archive.org/details/FOXNEWSW_20140611_070000_Red_Eye?q=red+eye#start/900/end/960|access-date = November 13, 2015}}</ref> ''[[Stossel (TV series)|Stossel]]'', ''[[Gutfeld!]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|title = How did millennials watch the second GOP debate?|url = http://video.foxnews.com/v/4497792062001/how-did-millennials-watch-the-second-gop-debate/?#sp=show-clips|website=[[Fox News]]|date = September 20, 2015|access-date = November 12, 2015}}</ref> ''[[The Five (talk show)|The Five]]'', ''[[Outnumbered (American TV program)|Outnumbered]]'', ''[[The Big Weekend Show]]'' and ''[[The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore]]''.<ref>{{Citation|title = The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore : COM : April 9, 2015 9:53am-10:24am PDT: Free Streaming|date = April 9, 2015|url = https://archive.org/details/COM_20150409_165300_The_Nightly_Show_With_Larry_Wilmore?q=timpf#start/1380/end/1440|access-date = November 13, 2015}}</ref> Timpf has been a contributor to ''[[Orange County Register]]'', ''[[Investor's Business Daily]]'', ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'', ''[[International Business Times]]'', and ''[[The Washington Times]]'', and a comedian on the morning drive radio show on [[Baltimore metropolitan area|Baltimore]]'s [[WIYY|98 Rock]].<ref name=":4" />
In November 2015, Timpf said that she received death threats after making satirical remarks about the ''[[Star Wars]]'' fandom.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Towers |first=Andrea |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/25/fox-news-star-wars |title=Fox News contributor gets death threats for mocking 'Star Wars' fans |publisher=EW.com |date=November 25, 2015 |access-date=March 18, 2016}}</ref>
In 2016 and 2017, she contributed to the [[Barstool Sports]] website.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Portnoy|first1=Dave|title=Oh No...That's Kat Timpf's Music!|url=http://www.barstoolsports.com/boston/oh-no-thats-kat-timpfs-music/|website=Barstool Sports}}</ref> She hosted a weekly podcast called ''The Kat Timpf Show'', in which she talks to a guest about random subjects, including her personal life.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Kat Timpf Show|url=http://www.podcastone.com/the-kat-timpf-show|website=podcastone}}</ref>
On May 1, 2017, Timpf became a co-host for Fox News Channel's afternoon show called ''[[Fox News Specialists]]'' with co-hosts [[Eric Bolling]] and [[Eboni K. Williams]].<ref name="variety">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/fox-news-specialists-eric-bolling-1202402701/|title= Fox News Launches New 'Specialists' Show at 5 P.M.|date=April 28, 2017|website=variety.com|access-date=May 5, 2017}}</ref> ''Fox News Specialists'' was canceled on September 8, 2017, after Bolling was fired by the network for alleged sexual misconduct.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/business/media/fox-news-ousts-eric-bolling-after-probe-into-lewd-text-messages.html|title=Fox News Ousts Eric Bolling After Probe Into Lewd Text Messages|last=Steel|first=Emily|date=September 8, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 8, 2017}}</ref>
Timpf co-hosted the weekly [[Fox News Radio]] podcast ''Tyrus and Timpf'' with professional wrestler [[Brodus Clay|Tyrus]] from 2018 through 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radio.foxnews.com/podcast/tyrus-and-timpf/|title=Tyrus and Timpf|website=FOX News Radio|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> [[File:Kat Timpf (51326618258).jpg|thumb|Timpf speaking at the 2021 [[Student Action Summit]] hosted by Turning Point USA]] On February 8, 2023, Timpf announced on ''[[Gutfeld!]]'' that she had written a book titled ''You Can't Joke About That''. The book was released on April 18, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@KatTimpf |date=February 9, 2023 |title=I wrote a book. It is gonna break the internet and if u don't pre order a copy u will feel so left out when everyone is talking about it so pre order here |url=https://x.com/KatTimpf/status/1623546107434356736 |access-date=November 3, 2025 |website=[[Twitter]]}}</ref> It became a ''New York Times'' Bestseller,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2023/05/07/hardcover-nonfiction/|title=Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - May 7, 2023 - The New York Times|work=The New York Times |via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> as did Timpf's second book, ''I Used to Like You Until…'', which came out September 10, 2024.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dvyEAAAQBAJ|title=I Used to Like You Until...: (How Binary Thinking Divides Us)|first=Kat|last=Timpf|date=September 10, 2024|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-6680-6729-1 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
Timpf served as a regular host of the weekend comedy show ''[[Fox News Saturday Night]]'' June 2023 through December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-20 |title=Kat Timpf: This seems too terrible to be true {{!}} Fox News Video |url=https://www.foxnews.com/video/6334724977112 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2023, Timpf was selected for the New Power New York List by ''Variety''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-28 |title=The New Power of New York List 2023 |url=https://variety.com/lists/new-power-new-york-list-2023/ |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2024, Timpf partnered with the charity Tunnels to Towers to sell shirts to benefit families of veterans killed in the line of duty.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title=Kat Timpf teams up with Tunnel to Towers to help families of fallen heroes {{!}} Fox News Video |url=https://www.foxnews.com/video/6353088444112 |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> In the same year, Timpf went on her "I Used to Like You" comedy tour, which included a stop at the Scherr Forum Theatre in Thousand Oaks, California.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lerman |first=Ali |date=2024-09-12 |title=Kat Timpf on battling trolls, embracing pregnancy and writing a book about being written off for her views |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-09-12/kat-timpf-new-book-i-used-to-like-you-until-scherr-forum |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Ideology== Timpf is a [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] and believes in [[limited government]], no involvement in [[economic policy]], and allowing [[Social issue#Social issues of the United States|social decisions]] to be made by the individual. According to Timpf, "there is something about me for everyone to hate, but there is also something about me for everyone to agree on."<ref name="Collegian">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hillsdalecollegian.com/2015/10/katherine-timpf-qa-palapala-palington/ |title=At Homecoming with Fox News' Katherine Timpf |work=The Hillsdale Collegian |date=October 29, 2015 |access-date=December 30, 2015}}</ref> Timpf has said she voted third-party, and opposes deporting people who are peaceful and gainfully employed.<ref name="x247">{{cite web |last=Hess |first=Amanda |date=2025-09-28 |title=A Fox News Host Had a Baby and a Double Mastectomy. Viewers Had Opinions. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/style/fox-news-kat-timpf-greg-gutfeld.html |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>
==Personal life== Timpf lives in Manhattan. She was raised as a Roman Catholic and remained a devout Catholic until the age of 17, when she moved away from the faith.<ref>{{Cite web |website=Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/KatTimpf/status/1299185857061163009 |title=Katherine Timpf on her faith as a teenager. |date=August 28, 2020 |access-date=March 29, 2023}}</ref>
In 2024, Timpf revealed that she has been romantically involved with women as well as men.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/fox-news-kat-timpf-book-i-used-to-like-you-until-1236133025/|title=Fox News Pundit Kat Timpf Embraces the Hate, Slams Binary Thinking and Talks Being Sexually Fluid|website=variety.com|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|date=September 6, 2024}}</ref> Timpf announced her engagement to Cameron Friscia in August 2020,<ref name="Twitter">{{Cite web |website=Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/ajwimsatt/status/1289753066955091968/ |title=Fox News' Katherine Timpf Engaged. |date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref> and they were married on May 1, 2021. They met on the dating app [[Raya (app)|Raya]].<ref>Jackson, Dory (May 3, 2021). "[https://people.com/tv/fox-news-kat-timpf-marries-cameron-friscia-photos/ Fox News' Kat Timpf Marries Cameron Friscia: 'It's the Best Feeling in the World']." People. Retrieved on May 4, 2021.</ref> On July 31, 2024, Timpf announced that she and Friscia were expecting their first child.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Andrew |date=2024-12-08 |title=Pregnant Fox News Personality Suffers Broken Hip |url=https://popculture.com/celebrity-parents/news/fox-news-personality-kat-timpf-suffers-broken-hip-amid-pregnancy/ |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=PopCulture.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Siegel |first=Tatiana |date=2024-09-06 |title=Fox News Pundit Kat Timpf Embraces the Hate, Slams Binary Thinking and Talks Being Sexually Fluid |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/fox-news-kat-timpf-book-i-used-to-like-you-until-1236133025/ |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Timpf |first=Kat |date=2024-07-29 |title=My mom died 10 years ago this Election Day and I'm pregnant with my first child |url=https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/my-mom-died-10-years-ago-election-day-im-pregnant-my-first-child |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> Timpf announced the birth of their first child, a boy, on February 25, 2025. She also shared that 15 hours before she gave birth, she was diagnosed with Stage 0 breast cancer. Timpf announced that she intended to undergo a [[double mastectomy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/02/26/fox-news-kat-timpf-breast-cancer-first-baby/80450613007/|title=Fox News' Kat Timpf received breast cancer diagnosis, had her first baby hours later|first=Taijuan|last=Moorman|website=USA TODAY|date=February 26, 2025}}</ref> In June 2025, she shared on ''[[Gutfeld!]]'' that the surgery had successfully removed all of her cancer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-17 |title=Kat Timpf shares major health update as she makes triumphant Gutfeld! return |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/kat-timpf-shares-major-health-145536854.html |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref>
Timpf has credited her husband for supporting her career by actively co-parenting with her. She believes that those who want women to consider motherhood should put more focus on encouraging men to become supportive partners.<ref name="x247" />
==Books== *''You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We're All in This Together'' (2023), Broadside Books *''I Used to Like You Until...: (How Binary Thinking Divides Us)'' (2024), Threshold Editions
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * {{Official website}} * {{IMDb name|6152279}} *[https://x.com/KatTimpf Kat Timpf] on [[Twitter|X]]
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