Kristen Tuff Scott, the star of CMT’s Redneck Island, is much more than an online personality. She is a cowgirl—the toughest and roughest ranch girl—and a social media influencer. Most importantly, she is a cancer survivor.
She has amassed thousands of followers on her social media platforms by sharing daily insights into her heroic life. Kristen Tuff comes from a farming family. She is a tough cowgirl who comes from a family of farmers who believe in hard work.
Kristen’s path from medical school to the ranch
Kristen graduated from Arizona State University in 2014 with a double major in Biochemistry, which she considers her most significant accomplishment given her dyslexia as a child. She dropped it and moved out of it in about 15 days while her further education in medical school awaited.
“I started putting my stuff in a vehicle and I just left and moved off and I’ve been on the road ever since,” Kristen told Intellifluence on May 20, 2019.
She then relocated to Missouri and began professionally training horses. Her social media followers skyrocketed following her hilarious phone call videos. She decided to make her social media accounts public to share her work with others. Kristen Tuff got the flu one of those days and had to cancel her horse-breaking appointments. She recorded the calls in which she informed her clients about her medical condition. She told them they “wouldn’t be charged” because she wouldn’t be riding their horses.
But it wasn’t until she shared the videos on social media that they went viral. Her sense of humor was admired by many. She never looked back after going viral. As an influencer, she began to gain followers on social media. Kristen finally made it to the television.
For the wrangler, the days were bright and shiny. In 2016, she was featured in Season 5 of CMT’s Redneck Island, catapulting her popularity to new heights. She had breast removal surgery due to cancer.
Her glorious days came to an end when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. People began to notice her new appearance by the end of 2017, even though her breasts had been removed entirely. People began to mistake her for a transgender woman. Kristen clarified the rumors in a video posted two months after her mastectomy surgery.
“My… tried to kill me, so I severed their connection.
That was how it went, “She stated this in her video on December 6, 2017.
She went on to say that she had no sex with anyone.
Her moles were eaten by fish, so she had them removed. Kristen had two additional surgeries to remove her moles. She removed a mole from her chin and a mole from her back. She used an anecdote to explain the mole surgeries. “Little fish started biting it when I was swimming in water or floating back home in the river,” Kristen explained in her 2020 “Update on my surgery” video.
Kristen appears to be happy and healthy now. Kristen is currently living a healthy lifestyle and frequently updates her Instagram feeds with images of her life as a social media influencer and cowgirl living on a ranch that trains horses. Her daring choices, such as diesel trucks, musical abilities, fishing interests, and, most importantly, her love for her pet dogs, cows, and horses, are reflected on her Instagram page.
Kristen’s work mantra is “honesty.”
Her celebrity has enticed many people, including brands, to look into her life. Many businesses approach her to try out their products and provide feedback. Kristen, on the other hand, claims to have figured out how to work with them. Her entire involvement revolves around the concept of being “open and honest.”
If the products are of poor quality, Kristen emphasizes that she declines the job offer and is concerned enough to explain why to her clients.
She tells people “the truth or the truth” so they don’t waste money on the wrong products.
“I mean, I think that’s – I’ve seen people do it, and I mean, if it’s straight-up acid, I’m probably going to send the product back to the person and just send their money back because I rather do that than lie to my fans because, like, the deal is, they come to hear the truth or my truth,” she says in an interview with Intellifluence.
Kristen elaborates, “I’m not going to have them spend money on something that’s not going to work for them, you know, when they work for it,” because she recognizes and respects her clients’ hard work.
She enjoys singing and comedy. This horse trainer not only sings, but also plays the guitar. She attended college for music after high school.
“I was a bit of an idiot in high school, and I know you might find that hard to believe, but I was, and then at graduation, they started calling out all these awards for scholarships, and I was like, ‘I was like that.'” Because, you know, I’ve been on the roadsides quite heavy so I was like me and it was for music so I was like alright I’ll give college a shot,” Kristen said in a 2019 interview with Andrew Evans.
Kristen pursued her musical and comedic dreams after discovering her passion for music. She began by sharing her talents on social media and eventually portrayed them through tours and comic events.
Fascinating facts
- Her most recent tour, “Tuff Comedy and Music,” will begin on April 8, 2021, at Zanies Nashville.
- She is a devout Republican who describes herself as “the only gay Republican she has ever met.”
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