“Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi announced on Friday that she has been diagnosed with Stage 1 cervical cancer.
Snooki revealed her diagnosis during a TikTok video.
“Obviously not the news that I was hoping for, but also not the worst news just because they caught it so early. Thank freaking God!” she said in the video, according to CBS News.
Snooki is sharing that she’s been diagnosed with stage 1 cervical cancer. 🙏 https://t.co/BqpI3aghNT pic.twitter.com/5AmWvp1d7n
— TMZ (@TMZ) February 20, 2026
CBS News explained further:
Prior to her diagnosis, Polizzi said she was “struggling with abnormal pap smears for three or four years now.”
“That’s why I’m literally telling you guys to get your pap smears done. I’m 38 years old … and now look at me,” she said. “And instead of just putting it off because I didn’t want to go and it hurt and I was scared, no, I just went and did it. And it was there, cancer is in there. But it’s only stage 1 and it’s curable.”
Watch the announcement below:
Snooki reveals she’s been diagnosed with stage 1 cervical cancer. pic.twitter.com/qkIrHNlLHT
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Polizzi then explained that cervical cancer is “very common” in women and encouraged others who are going through similar experiences to connect with her on social media.
“A lot of women go through it silently without anyone to talk to and they’re scared by themselves. And that was me until I decided to upload the video about what was happening with me,” the mom of three said.
“I like that we have a platform here to talk about it with each other,” Polizzi continued. “I appreciate all of the love. Everything’s going to be fine. I’m going to tackle this and get it done.”
“I gotta keep attacking this and everything’s gonna be great,” she ended.
The A Shore Thing author first opened up about needing a colposcopy and biopsy in a TikTok shared on Jan. 23.
“Results come back. Doctor calls me and he’s like, ‘Not looking great.’ He found cancerous cells on the top of my cervix,” she said in the video, before explaining she was waiting on results from an additional biopsy.
“The reason why my doctor’s on my a** all the time is because I waited. I waited on my d*** appointments because I knew I might not get great results, but also because I didn’t want to feel the pain. I didn’t want to deal with the stress of having to deal with all of this,” she explained.
