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YouTube Star Grace Helbig Turns Illness into Inspiring Live Show

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  • Comedian Grace Helbig diagnosed with breast cancer in July 2023
  • Helbig's new live show "Let Me Get This Off My Chest" shares her cancer journey
  • Helbig's husband and friend Mamrie Hart supported her through treatment
YouTube Star Grace Helbig Turns Illness into Inspiring Live Show

In October 2025, comedian and YouTube star Grace Helbig is back on the platform after nearly a year away, with a new perspective and more life experience. Over two years ago, in July 2023, Helbig announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Following months of treatment, including chemotherapy, a lumpectomy, radiation, and hormone therapy, she is now in remission.

Helbig has channeled her experience into a new one-woman live show, "Let Me Get This Off My Chest," which she recently performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show provides a raw and vulnerable look at Helbig's journey, from the boom of her comedy career on YouTube to the period of burnout she experienced more recently. Helbig's husband, Elliott Morgan, and longtime collaborator Mamrie Hart have been by her side throughout the process.

Helbig's decision to share her diagnosis publicly was partially inspired by her friend Hank Green, who revealed his own cancer diagnosis earlier in 2023. The response from Helbig's fans has been overwhelmingly positive, with many expressing gratitude for her openness about her experience. Helbig hopes that her show will provide audiences with "the permission to look at very serious things in a silly way."

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Grace Helbig's new live show, "Let Me Get This Off My Chest," is about her journey with breast cancer, which she was diagnosed with in July 2023.
Helbig's husband, Elliott Morgan, became her "incredible caretaker" after her diagnosis, while her longtime collaborator and friend Mamrie Hart offered support and feedback on the material for Helbig's live show.
Helbig was initially hesitant to share her diagnosis, but was inspired by her friend Hank Green's decision to reveal his own cancer diagnosis online. Helbig found that it was "so much more work to keep it offline than to just tell people what was going on."

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