Katherine Clare Timpf (; born October 29, 1988) is an American libertarian columnist, television personality, reporter, and comedian. She is a regular panelist on

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's ''

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'' 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''.

Early life and education

Timpf is from

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. She graduated ''

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'' in 2010 from

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with a B.A. in English.

Career

Timpf worked for the Leadership Institute's CampusReform.org in

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. She has worked as a digital editor for ''

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'', as the news anchor for

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's Third Rock Radio, and as a producer and reporter for Total Traffic Network in

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. Timpf was a 2012 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Program grant award recipient through

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, and completed a project titled, “As California Goes, So Goes the Nation: The Consequences of Following Golden State Policy.” Timpf has appeared on television and radio programs, including ''

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,'' '' Your World with Neil Cavuto'', '' Fox and Friends'', '' Red Eye'', '' Stossel'', ''

'', '' The Five'', '' Outnumbered'', '' The Big Weekend Show'' and '' The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore''. Timpf has been a contributor to ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

'', and a comedian on the morning drive radio show on

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's 98 Rock. In November 2015, Timpf said that she received death threats after making satirical remarks about the ''

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'' fandom. In 2016 and 2017, she contributed to the

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website. She hosted a weekly podcast called ''The Kat Timpf Show'', in which she talks to a guest about random subjects, including her personal life. 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. ''Fox News Specialists'' was canceled on September 8, 2017, after Bolling was fired by the network for alleged sexual misconduct. Timpf co-hosted the weekly

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podcast ''Tyrus and Timpf'' with professional wrestler Tyrus from 2018 through 2023. On February 8, 2023, Timpf announced on ''

'' that she had written a book titled ''You Can't Joke About That''. The book was released on April 18, 2023. It became a ''New York Times'' Bestseller, as did Timpf’s second book, ''I Used to Like You Until…'', which came out September 10, 2024. Timpf served as a regular host of the weekend comedy show '' Fox News Saturday Night'' June 2023 through December 2023. In 2023, Timpf was selected for the New Power New York List by ''Variety''. In 2024, Timpf partnered with the charity Tunnels to Towers to sell shirts to benefit families of veterans killed in the line of duty. 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.

Ideology

Timpf is a

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and believes in

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, no involvement in

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, and allowing 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.”

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. In 2024, Timpf revealed that she has been romantically involved with women as well as men. Timpf announced her engagement to Cameron Friscia in August 2020, and they were married on May 1, 2021. They met on the dating app Raya. On July 31, 2024, Timpf announced that she and Friscia were expecting their first child. 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 has stated that she is planning to undergo a double mastectomy.

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

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