SNL Alum: 'I Have 34.8 Months to Live'

Victoria Jackson says she has an inoperable cancerous tumor
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 17, 2024 9:15 AM CDT
SNL Alum: 'I Have 34.8 Months to Live'
Actress Victoria Jackson takes part in a rally before a Republican presidential debate Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, in Tampa, Fla.   (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Victoria Jackson, the Saturday Night Live alum who starred in movies including UHF, says she has an inoperable cancerous tumor in her windpipe, USA Today reports. "I have 34.8 months to live if I don't get hit by a meteor, shot by a MAGA hater, get Covid again or WWIII breaks out," the comedian captioned an Instagram video Wednesday. In the video, she further explained, "They cannot operate and cut out the marble in my chest that is laying on my windpipe, and eventually would suffocate me to death." She said she has been prescribed a drug that could shrink the tumor, and hopes to live to see her grandson born in October and possibly one day see her second daughter have a child.

Jackson, who starred on SNL from 1986 to 1992, previously battled breast cancer, with which she was diagnosed in 2016. The "MAGA" mention in her caption is a reference to her well-known conservative stances and support of Donald Trump. She has expressed anti-gay views, once claimed Muslims were taking over the US, linked the Sandy Hook elementary school shooter to women who have abortions, and unsuccessfully ran for office in Tennessee in 2014. (More Victoria Jackson stories.)

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