Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi, best known for starring in MTV's 'Jersey Shore', has revealed she has been diagnosed with stage 1 cervical cancer. The 38-year-old shared the news in a TikTok video, urging her followers to attend regular smear tests.
Polizzi said her cone biopsy results showed adenocarcinoma, a form of cervical cancer. '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.
The reality star disclosed she had been dealing with abnormal pap smears for three to four years. Earlier this year, she had shared that cancerous cells were found on her cervix following a colposcopy and biopsy.
Polizzi stressed the importance of regular screenings, saying: '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. 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.'
She noted that she will likely require a hysterectomy and possible removal of her lymph nodes. '2026 is not panning out how I wanted it to, but also [it] could be worse,' she added.
