Kat Timpf Returns to Gutfeld! After Father Dies at 69

kat timpf said she is coming back to work today after her father died unexpectedly at 69. In an Instagram post, she said the past couple of weeks have been the hardest time of her life and that she is ready to return to Gutfeld! to see whether the distraction helps.

Kat Timpf on returning today

“I’m letting you guys know that I’m coming back today to work,” she wrote, then added, “This has been the hardest time of my life. It’s not close. It’s horrible.” That return turns a private loss into an immediate work decision, with her schedule tied to the same public-facing job she stepped away from while grieving.

She also said, “So I’m gonna come back” and “I’m gonna see if, you know, the distraction helps. Maybe it helps.” That is the practical part of the update: she is not describing recovery as complete, only choosing to get back in front of the cameras and test whether routine helps her keep moving.

Father, 69, died unexpectedly

Her father died very unexpectedly, and she said he had seemed “seemingly strong” and “healthy” before his death. Timpf said, “My dad didn’t deserve this” and “His grandson didn’t deserve this. I’m very upset.”

She also said, “You know, also, my dad sacrificed a lot for all of his kids,” and, “I’m only where I am because of my dad. He believed in me when no one else could or would.” The harder edge is that this is not just grief over a parent; she said she has lost both of her parents, and at 37 she described the loss as incomprehensible.

Making Gutfeld! the next step

“This is not my first rodeo losing a parent. Sadly, I have none left. Just 37 years old,” she wrote. She added, “But losing my dad suddenly, completely suddenly, out of nowhere, he’s healthy, active, regularly going to the doctor. It’s just incomprehensible.”

Her return gives her a defined next step instead of an open-ended pause. She said, “And I have no choice but to spend the rest of my life trying to make him proud. Both in my career and as a mother,” then closed by thanking people “who has taken the time to be kind to me throughout this.”

“I’m probably never gonna get over it, honestly,” she said, and that is the plain read on this moment: she is going back to work, but not pretending the loss is behind her. The job becomes the structure, while the grief remains the story underneath it.