A Fox Business anchor broke down in tears live on the air as he recounted a family experience while he was growing up. Charles Payne recalled how his family took a major financial risk when they bought a farm in Alabama in 1951.
During a town hall titled “Maintaining Unstoppable Prosperity,” Payne encouraged viewers not to fear taking financial risks when investing in the market. Payne emphasized the importance of taking financial risks by sharing a personal story about his grandparents, who read the deed and described the sacrifices they made to acquire the 60 acres of land they purchased in the early 1950s.
Payne told the audience that a family member finally found the deed to his grandparents’ farm, adding that they were “a black family that saved up everything.”
“I got to share some of this with you because it is so powerful for anyone out there who thinks buying Amazon is a great risk. They gave everything they had for the property,” Payne said before reading the deed.
“It says, ‘we do hereby grant bargain and sell and convey unto the to the seller to describe the personal property and crops which are owned by us freely. One red horse mule named Red. One gray horse mule named Jack. One two-horse wagon, one hay mover, one hay press, nine head of mixed cattle, a cell hog, some wagons, mowers, presses,” the host added, as his voice began to shake.
“My grandparents gave everything. Everything they had. They worked their a** off for years, and they gave it all for 60 acres to have their own. That’s a risk, folks. That’s a risk. I’m so grateful,” he said.
Earlier this week, one of the adored co-hosts of Fox News’ successful show “Gutfeld!” returned to the show and opened up about her pregnancy health issues. Up until now, she has kept this information private.
In an episode of the 10 p.m. news show, Kat Timpf, who is well-known for her wry smirk and mastery of sarcasm, told the audience that she is feeling much better and is back to her former self following a grueling fight with breast cancer that she fought while she was pregnant with her first child.
Timpf, 36, said, “I am boob-free. I am cancer-free as well.” The comedian said the decision to get a mastectomy was not something she stressed about at all, wisecracking that she didn’t want to “risk my life for some 32As.”
After giving birth to a boy, Timpf claimed the fight was “so worth it,” despite her doctors’ warnings that she might never know for sure whether the pregnancy caused the cancer.
Back in February, Timpf revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer just hours before giving birth to her first child.
In a heartfelt social media post, Timpf described what she called an “unconventional birth announcement.”
“Last week, I welcomed my first child into the world. About fifteen hours before I went into labor, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, before you worry, my doctor says it’s Stage 0 and is confident that it almost certainly hasn’t spread. Or, as I’ve explained to the few people I’ve managed to tell about it so far: Don’t freak out. It’s just, like, a LITTLE bit of cancer,” Timpf began.
“Still, it was not a chill day. I mean, to say the least! I woke up more-than-a-week-past-due pregnant, completely consumed by doing everything I could to get the baby out. By the middle of the afternoon, I was waddling around from appointment to appointment, talking about how to get my cancer out. I sat and listened as they told me that the best course of action would likely be a double mastectomy as soon as possible. I asked all the questions I could, including if I could get a copy of my tumor ultrasound to put on the fridge next to the ultrasound of my baby. Finally, by the middle of the night, I was crawling around on the floor of my apartment in spontaneous labor, before heading to the hospital to meet my baby, whom I’d learn at the time of birth was a son,” Timpf added.
“The good news? People who work at hospitals make excellent audiences for dark humor — and, as someone whose first book was about the power of jokes to get through traumatic situations, there was really no better place for me to be. Just minutes after my boy was born, I was talking with the nurses about what a birth announcement in my situation might look like,” she declared.
“Should I go with ‘Mom and baby are doing well, except maybe for mom’s cancer, and then maybe the baby after breastfeeding is stunted by her double mastectomy,’ and then shut off my phone for a week?” she continued.
Timpf added, “Anyway! These next three months of maternity leave are going to look a lot different than I’d anticipated, and I’m still getting used to my new reality. Still, as I navigate new motherhood (and new cancer) I’m learning to celebrate everything I can. I’m lucky that we found the cancer so early; I’m lucky to be my son’s mom. I mean, I know I’m biased, but the little dude absolutely rules — and not just because he might have saved my life.”
“Thank you all for your support, laughter, and love as I embrace this wildly unexpected chapter. Here’s to resilience, to miracles in the midst of chaos, and to finding humor and hope even on the toughest days,” she concluded.
