From August 2004 until December 2005, Gotti was the star of "Growing Up Gotti", an American reality television series on the A&E Network, on which she starred with her three sons. In August 2005, days before the third season premiere of "Growing Up Gotti", Gotti stated that she had breast cancer. However, after being accused of faking her illness by various media outlets, she admitted soon after her initial announcement that she did have precancerous cells present in her breast, rather than an actual diagnosis.