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Drag Race Star Kornbread ‘The Snack’ Jeté Shares Cancer Diagnosis
“Please get regular check-ups,” she said. “I’m glad I caught mine at this stage.”
RuPaul’s Drag Race Star Kornbread “The Snack” Jeté has opened up on social media about her intestinal cancer diagnosis along with a plea for everyone to get regular checkups.
“Recently I was diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma. A type of Cancer in the Smaller intestine,” she wrote across her social media pages. “I’m 100% fine and everything is in the early stages so [I’ll] be back to my normal self in no time. Absolutely curable!”
Her reason for sharing, she explained, was a hope that others would take her experience to heart and be proactive about taking care of their own health. “I say this to let everyone know that no matter how young you are PLEASE GET REGULAR check-ups. I’m glad I caught mine at this stage,” she wrote.
In true Kornbread style, she finished the post with a message of gratitude and with a look to the future. “A lot of health things will be changing for me and I’m grateful for all the support. Ready to get back to the stage again!”
The future is incredibly bright for the drag star. Kornbread was an early frontrunner and instant fan favorite when she competed on RuPaul’s Drag Race season 14. However, she was forced to leave the competition early due to an ankle injury.
When she left the show, she promised we hadn’t seen the last of her. “I want to do more TV and movie appearances ... I ain’t stopping here; I’m going to still act a fool on Twitter. I have nothing but time now!” she said in an Entertainment Weekly exit interview, and she was right, her next gig is an iconic one.
In March, it was announced that she, alongside Kahmora Hall and Ginger Minj, are set to appear in the upcoming Hocus Pocus sequel, playing drag versions of the Sanderson sisters. Kornbread reportedly appears as Mary.
We can’t wait to see it — but most importantly, of course, we can’t wait to hear that Kornbread is cancer-free and back to living her best life.
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Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
Rachel Shatto, Editor in Chief of PRIDE.com, is an SF Bay Area-based writer, podcaster, and former editor of Curve magazine, where she honed her passion for writing about social justice and sex (and their frequent intersection). Her work has appeared on Dread Central, Elite Daily, Tecca, and Joystiq. She's a GALECA member and she podcasts regularly about horror on the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network. She can’t live without cats, vintage style, video games, drag queens, or the Oxford comma.
