Jersey Shore star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi has announced on Friday that she has been diagnosed with Stage 1 cervical cancer.
In a TikTok video, Polizzi shared: “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!”
Prior to her diagnosis, Polizzi revealed she had been “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,” she said. “I’m 38 years old … and now look at me.” She added the cancer was caught early, stating it is “only stage 1 and it’s curable.”
Polizzi emphasized cervical cancer’s prevalence among women: “Cervical cancer is very common in women. 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 mother of three expressed gratitude for support: “I like that we have a platform here to talk about it with each other,” she said. “Everything’s going to be fine. I’m going to tackle this and get it done.”
Polizzi first disclosed on TikTok in January that her doctor found cancerous cells on the top of her cervix during a colposcopy and biopsy. She explained: “The reason why my doctor’s on my a all the time is because I waited. I waited on my appointments because I knew I might not get great results, but also because I didn’t want to feel the pain.”
