‘Snooki’ from MTV’s Jersey Shore, reveals cervical cancer diagnosis
Feb 20, 2026, 5:02 PM
MTV’s Snooki Polizzi, 38, revealed she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. No…not my favorite meatball.
Snooki posted to social media her diagnosis and went on to stress the importance of women getting routine 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 just like 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. And it’s only stage 1 and it’s curable.”
Last month, she revealed doctors found “cancerous cells” on her cervix and was getting more tests done.
In Friday’s 7-minute long video, Polizzi said she would next be getting a PET scan to determine if the cancer had spread anywhere else in her body.
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.
Read more about Snooki and the risk of cervical cancer here
