When asked by a viewer how she is coping with the diagnosis and what advice she would highlight, Peet responded optimistically: "I'm doing great." She also shared a message that is particularly important to her. "The best advice I would give is to enjoy ourselves while we're still here," she said. The host briefly concluded that this is something everyone should hold onto daily. The actress first spoke publicly about her illness in an essay published in The New Yorker on March 21, where she revealed she had been diagnosed with stage one breast cancer, hormone receptor-positive (HR+), HER2-negative. As she noted, it all started after a routine check-up before Labor Day, although she had been going for regular screenings for years due to "dense" breast tissue, which requires extra caution. During one examination, something on the ultrasound seemed suspicious to the doctor, leading to a biopsy. She recalled the moment she realized the situation was not trivial: "After the procedure, she told me she would personally take the sample to pathology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. That's when I knew." The very next day, she received information that the tumor was small, but further tests were needed to determine the full extent of the disease. Describing her emotions, she said she felt brief relief due to the early stage, but fear quickly returned. "I realized that a cancer diagnosis comes gradually, drop by drop," she emphasized. The weight of the entire situation was further intensified by family circumstances—both of her parents were in palliative care at the time, and her father soon passed away. As she noted, she didn't get a chance to say goodbye before his death. She did not tell her mother, who suffers from advanced Parkinson's, about her diagnosis or her father's death. She described their meeting as quiet and emotional, without many words, but with deep understanding. Peet has been married to David Benioff, one of the creators of the series "Game of Thrones," since 2006, with whom she has three children. In an earlier interview, she stated that her children took the news very bravely. "They were brilliant. I had to compose myself before telling them. The hardest part was accepting that there is no perfect moment for such news," she said.