Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi revealed on Friday that she has been diagnosed with cervical cancer.
The 38-year-old Jersey Shore star posted a TikTok video sharing a health update.
She said that she had a cone biopsy this year.
‘It came back stage 1 cervical cancer called adenocarcinoma,’ she said. ‘Obviously not the news I’ve been hoping for, but also not the worst news just because they caught it so early. Thank freaking God!’
And she urged fans to get pap smears.
‘I’m 38 years old and I’ve been struggling with abnormal pap smears for three or four years now, and now look at me,’ she said. ‘Instead of putting it off because I didn’t want to go, because I was hurt and scared, I just went and did it. And it was there, cancer is in there. But it’s stage 1 and it’s curable.’
‘So get your appointments done, b—-es! I’m telling you!’ she continued. ‘Once you go to stage 2, then you have to do chemo… nobody wants to do that! It’s scary. So get your appointments done.’
She is now seeing an oncologist.
‘After that, I’m gonna probably get the hysterectomy,’ she shared.
‘Obviously, I think the smart choice here is the hysterectomy. I’ll still keep my ovaries, which is a good sign. But yeah, gotta get the cervix and uterus out. It all depends on the PET scan.
‘So 2026 is not panning out how I wanted it to,’ she said. ‘But also, it could be worse.’
In January, Polizzi said she had an abnormal pap smear results and precancerous cells for the past four years.
‘I’ve had issues with getting abnormal results and precancerous cells on your cervix and everything. It’s very stressful you guys,’ Polizzi told viewers while heaving a huge sigh.
She also said that she recently underwent a colposcopy and biopsy at her doctor’s urging.
‘That hurt. It wasn’t a great experience,’ said the MTV star, who recently discovered the real reason for her adoption as she spoke to her birth mother for the first time.
She then shared the results of the colposcopy: ‘Doctor calls me and he’s like, “Not looking great.” He found cancerous cells on the top of my cervix.’
Polizzi added she was going to have a cone biopsy, which is often needed to further test or treat abnormal pap smears, and she’ll have it done while under anaesthesia.
‘I’m terrified,’ she admitted. ‘It’s scary, but we have to get it done because cervical cancer is nothing to joke about.’
Polizzi shared that she could possibly need to have a hysterectomy depending on how the results of the cone biopsy turn out, at which point she started to shed some tears.
‘See, I knew I was going to get emotional!’ she wailed.
‘Obviously I’m done having kids but, as a woman, the thought of getting a hysterectomy is just sad and scary,’ Polizzi said.
‘Getting the hysterectomy and then not being able to have kids, I think that’s what’s killing me. But whatever to keep me healthy and safe to be here for my kids that I have now,’ she insisted.
Polizzi shares sons Lorenzo, 13, and Angelo, six, and daughter Giovanna, 11, with husband Jionni LaValle, 38.
She admitted that in the past she ‘was not great’ with staying on top of doctor appointments and was making this video to raise awareness so others didn’t make the same mistake.
‘The reason why my doctor’s on my ass all the time is because I waited,’ Polizzi moaned.
‘I waited on my damn 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 urged her followers: ‘Make sure you’re fine and prevent all the bad things that could happen, like cervical cancer.’
‘It’s not easy being a woman and going through these uncomfortable appointments and situations,’ she said, but added that she’s ‘going to be fine’ and has her family and friends to lean on.
In the video’s caption, Polizzi wrote, ‘Ladies we are in this together.’
The mom-of-three got a ton of support from her former Jersey Shore clan.
‘I love you so much you got this,’ Jenni Farley encouraged her pal.
‘Love you! You got this,’ Sammi ‘Sweetheart’ Giancola wrote in the comments.
‘Love you, we’re all here for you,’ Deena Cortese added.
‘Nicole, wish I could hug you through the phone, thank you for sharing and I’m sending you much love and prayer,’ Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino’s wife, Lauren, assured her friend.
Last year, Polizzi squashed rumors that she and LaValle were on the brink of divorce by posting happy family photos around the holidays.
