Editing Fran Drescher (section)

==Personal life==
Fran Drescher met [[Peter Marc Jacobson]] when she was 15.<ref>{{cite AV media| date=March 6, 2012| title=Happily Divorced: Season 1| medium=DVD| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdBF8uyi0Hw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/PdBF8uyi0Hw| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live| access-date=April 5, 2021| quote=YouTube title:Extended Interview with Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The two were high school sweethearts and married at 21.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fran-drescher-says-gay-exhusband-and-a-friend-with-benefits-keep-her-happy-im-not-dating-214602149.html |title=Fran Drescher Says Gay Ex-Husband and 'Friend with Benefits' Keep Her Happy: 'I'm Not Dating' |last=Shewfelt |first=Raechal |date=January 23, 2020 |website=Yahoo!Life |access-date=September 2, 2021 |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416182854/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fran-drescher-says-gay-exhusband-and-a-friend-with-benefits-keep-her-happy-im-not-dating-214602149.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 1985, two armed men broke into Drescher and Jacobson's Los Angeles apartment. While one ransacked their home, Drescher and a female friend were raped by the other robber at gunpoint. Jacobson was also physically attacked, tied up, and forced to witness the entire ordeal. It took Drescher many years to recover, and it took her even longer to tell her story to the press. She was paraphrased as saying in an interview with [[Larry King]] that although it was a traumatic experience, she found ways to turn it into something positive. In her book ''Cancer Schmancer'', the actress writes: "My whole life has been about changing negatives into positives." According to Drescher, her rapist, who was on parole at the time of the crime, was returned to prison and given two life sentences.<ref name=FranCNN>{{cite news|title= LARRY KING LIVE Interview with Fran Drescher|url= http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0205/06/lkl.00.html|date= May 6, 2002|publisher= CNN|access-date= July 23, 2009|archive-date= October 15, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181015115851/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0205/06/lkl.00.html|url-status= live}}</ref>

After separating in 1996, Drescher and Jacobson divorced in 1999. They had no children. Drescher has worked to support LGBT rights issues after [[Peter Marc Jacobson#Personal life|her former husband came out]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fran-dreschers-ex-husband-peter-marc-jacobson-is-gay-shows-support/ |title=Fran Drescher's Ex-Husband Peter Marc Jacobson Is Gay, Shows Support |last=Thomas |first=Devon |date=June 3, 2010 |website=CBSNews Entertainment |access-date=September 2, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605070342/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20006739-10391698.html |archive-date=June 5, 2010}}</ref> Drescher has stated that the primary reason for the divorce was her need to change directions in life. Drescher and Jacobson remain friends and business partners. She has stated that "we choose to be in each other's lives in any capacity. Our love is unique, rare, and unconditional, unless he's being annoying."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guyspy.com/modern-family-peter-marc-jacobson-success-sexuality-and-being-love-fran-drescher |title=Modern Family: Peter Marc Jacobson on Success, Sexuality, and Being in Love with Fran Drescher |last=Toussaint |first=David |date=June 1, 2011 |website=GuySpy |access-date=September 2, 2021 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507140646/https://www.guyspy.com/modern-family-peter-marc-jacobson-success-sexuality-and-being-love-fran-drescher/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/fran-drescher-dating-divorce/story?id=14021905&page=2 |title=Fran Drescher on Dating After Divorce |last=Fitzharris |first=Dustin |date=July 7, 2011 |website=ABC News |access-date=September 2, 2021 |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422122000/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/fran-drescher-dating-divorce/story?id=14021905&page=2 |url-status=live }}</ref> On September 7, 2014, Drescher and [[Shiva Ayyadurai]] participated in a ceremony at Drescher's beach house. Both tweeted that they had married and the event was widely reported as such.<ref name=LATimesMarriage>{{cite news|last1=Saad|first1=Nardine|title=Fran Drescher of 'The Nanny' marries Shiva Ayyadurai|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-fran-drescher-married-wedding-shiva-ayyadurai-20140908-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 8, 2014|access-date=February 19, 2016|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307190244/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-fran-drescher-married-wedding-shiva-ayyadurai-20140908-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.people.com/article/fran-drescher-marries-shiva-ayyadura|title = Fran Drescher Marries Shiva Ayyadurai|last = Gabrielle|first = Olya|date = September 9, 2014|work = People|access-date = February 19, 2016|archive-date = June 15, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160615051911/http://www.people.com/article/fran-drescher-marries-shiva-ayyadura|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Fran Drescher Marries Boyfriend Shiva Ayyadurai, aka the Inventor of Email?!|url = http://www.eonline.com/news/576704/fran-drescher-marries-boyfriend-shiva-ayyadurai-aka-the-inventor-of-email|access-date = July 8, 2015|date = September 7, 2014|publisher = E!|last = Vulpo|first = Mike|archive-date = May 29, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200529192834/https://www.eonline.com/news/576704/fran-drescher-marries-boyfriend-shiva-ayyadurai-aka-the-inventor-of-email|url-status = live}}</ref> Ayyadurai later said it was not "a formal wedding or marriage," but a celebration of their "friendship in a spiritual ceremony with close friends and her family."<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview with Dr. V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, The Inventor of Email and Systems Scientist |url=http://tamilnadu.com/entertainment/personalities/interview-with-dr-v-a-shiva-ayyadurai-the-inventor-of-email-and-systems-scientist.html |website=Tamil Nadu |date=November 25, 2014 |last=Kumar |first=Vipin}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = About Dr. V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai – V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, Inventor of Email|url = http://vashiva.com/about-va-shiva-ayyadurai/|access-date = July 9, 2015|website = VA Shiva|publisher = V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai|archive-date = June 17, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200617165837/https://vashiva.com/about-va-shiva-ayyadurai/|url-status = live}}</ref> The couple separated two years later.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://komonews.com/news/entertainment/actress-fran-drescher-splits-from-husband|title=Actress Fran Drescher splits from husband|date=September 4, 2016|work=[[KOMO-TV|Komonews.com]]|agency=World Entertainment News Network|access-date=October 5, 2016|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802133540/http://komonews.com/error|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ6hrMPh81L/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BJ6hrMPh81L |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Instagram photo by Fran Drescher • Sep 4, 2016 at 12:49&nbsp;am UTC|last=Drescher|first=Fran|date=September 4, 2016|website=Instagram|access-date=October 1, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In March 2024, Drescher's father died at the age of 94.<ref name=somefamily>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/fran-drescher-mourns-death-of-father-morty-8623615|title=Fran Drescher Says Her 'Tears Come Often' as She Continues to Mourn Death of Her Father Morty|first=Julia|last=Moore|publisher=People|date=April 2, 2024|accessdate=May 23, 2024}}</ref>

===Cancer===
[[File:Fran Drescher, dancer against cancer press conference 2010 (2).jpg|250px|thumb|Drescher at a press conference for the Austrian charity Dancer Against Cancer, 2010]]
After two years of symptoms and misdiagnoses by eight doctors, Drescher was admitted to Los Angeles's [[Cedars Sinai Hospital]] on June 21, 2000, after doctors diagnosed her with [[uterine cancer]]. She had to undergo an immediate radical [[hysterectomy]] to treat the disease. Drescher was declared cancer-free and no post-operative treatment was ordered. Drescher wrote about her experiences in her second book, ''Cancer Schmancer''.<ref name=FranCNN/> Her purpose for this book was to raise consciousness for people "to become more aware of the early warning signs of cancer, and to empower themselves". Drescher says, "I was going to learn what I needed to learn, ask questions, become partners with my doctor instead of having some kind of parent/child relationship."

===Cancer Schmancer Movement===
On June 21, 2007, the seventh anniversary of her operation, Drescher launched the Cancer Schmancer Movement, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that all women's cancers be diagnosed while in Stage 1, the most curable stage. She celebrated her tenth year of wellness on June 21, 2010. Drescher says:
{{cquote|We need to take control of our bodies, become greater partners with our physicians and galvanize as one to let our legislators know that the collective female vote is louder and more powerful than that of the richest corporate lobbyists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cancerschmancer.org/ |title=Welcome |publisher=Cancer Schmancer |access-date=2016-11-07 |archive-date=February 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215224856/http://www.cancerschmancer.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

She says her goal is to live in a time when women's mortality rates drop as their healthcare improves and early [[Cancer screening|cancer detection]] increases. Her efforts as an outspoken healthcare advocate in [[Washington, D.C.]], helped get unanimous passage for {{USBill|109|hr|1245}} (also known as [[Johanna's Law]]) and she is acknowledged in the [[Congressional Record]].

===Politics===
[[File:AmeriDrescher.jpg|thumb|left|Drescher and [[Goli Ameri]] in 2008]]
In September 2008, Drescher, a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], was appointed as a U.S. diplomat by [[George W. Bush]] administration's [[Assistant Secretary of State]] [[Goli Ameri]]. Her official title was Public Diplomacy Envoy for Women's Health Issues. In traveling throughout the world, she supported U.S. public diplomacy efforts, including working with health organizations and women's groups to raise awareness of women's health issues, cancer awareness and detection, and patient empowerment and advocacy. Her first trip was in late September and included stops in [[Serbia]], [[Hungary]], as well as her ancestral Romania and Poland.<ref name="evz"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hungary.usembassy.gov/event_10092008.html|title=U.S. Public Diplomacy Envoy Fran Drescher Raises Awareness of Women's Cancer During Visit to Budapest|access-date=May 16, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016072313/http://hungary.usembassy.gov/event_10092008.html|archive-date=October 16, 2011}}</ref>

In 2008, Drescher supported Senator [[Hillary Clinton]] for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. She attended a Super Democrat rally for Clinton. Drescher said that she had been considering a run for the United States Senate in 2008 to succeed [[Hillary Clinton]], but ultimately decided against it.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/09/ap/national/main4658877.shtml |title='Nanny' state? Drescher eyes Clinton's Senate seat |access-date=January 7, 2009 |work=Yahoo News |date=December 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211000840/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/09/ap/national/main4658877.shtml |archive-date=December 11, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2008/12/09/fran-drescher-looks-to-graduate-from-nanny-to-us-senate/ |title=Fran Drescher looks to graduate from "Nanny" to U.S. Senate |author=Alex Dobuzinskis |access-date=January 7, 2009 |agency=Reuters Blogs |date=December 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725225333/http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2008/12/09/fran-drescher-looks-to-graduate-from-nanny-to-us-senate/ |archive-date=July 25, 2012 }}</ref> She endorsed [[Barack Obama]] for re-election in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/395745 |title=Fran Drescher on Working with Obama |publisher=Hulu.com |access-date=October 30, 2012 |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025205259/http://www.hulu.com/watch/395745 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, she said in an interview she was explicitly [[anti-capitalist]] and was happy to see the [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]] gaining some traction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vulture.com/2017/06/fran-drescher-how-to-be-more-fabulously-radical-in-2017.html |title=How to Be More Fabulously Radical in 2017, According to Fran Drescher |date=June 8, 2017 |access-date=June 8, 2017 |archive-date=June 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610073551/http://www.vulture.com/2017/06/fran-drescher-how-to-be-more-fabulously-radical-in-2017.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, Drescher attended a fundraiser gala for [[Friends of the Israel Defense Forces|Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces]] (FIDF), which raised $60 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sippell |first=Margeaux |date=2018-11-02 |title=Friends of the Israel Defense Forces Gala Raises Record $60 Million for Soldiers |url=https://variety.com/2018/scene/news/friends-of-the-israel-defense-forces-gala-pharrell-williams-1203018108/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> Drescher received the [[COVID-19 vaccine]] but opposes [[Vaccination policy|vaccine mandate]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maddaus |first=Gene |date=February 9, 2023 |title=SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher on Contract Talks, the Case Against Alec Baldwin and Her Views on COVID Vaccines |url=https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/fran-drescher-sag-aftra-contract-talks-alec-baldwin-vaccines-1235517073/ |access-date=June 16, 2023 |website=Variety |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514062122/https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/fran-drescher-sag-aftra-contract-talks-alec-baldwin-vaccines-1235517073/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Charity===
In April 2014, Drescher presented at [[Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS]] Easter Bonnet Competition with [[Bryan Cranston]], [[Idina Menzel]] and [[Denzel Washington]], after raising donations at her Broadway show [[Cinderella (2013 Broadway production)|''Cinderella'']].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.queerty.com/photos-james-franco-idina-menzel-and-fran-drescher-get-into-the-easter-bonnet-competition-20140428 |title=PHOTOS: James Franco, Idina Menzel, and Fran Drescher Get Into the Easter Bonnet Competition / Queerty |website=Queerty.com |date=April 28, 2014 |access-date=November 7, 2016 |archive-date=October 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021183416/http://www.queerty.com/photos-james-franco-idina-menzel-and-fran-drescher-get-into-the-easter-bonnet-competition-20140428 |url-status=live }}</ref> Drescher became an ordained minister with the [[Universal Life Church Monastery]] so that she could legally officiate LGBT wedding ceremonies.<ref>{{cite news |author=Linda Maxmarch |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/fashion/weddings/fran-drescher-strives-to-wed-gay-couples.html |title=Fran Drescher Strives to Wed Gay Couples |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 9, 2012 |access-date=November 7, 2016 |archive-date=July 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701032027/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/fashion/weddings/fran-drescher-strives-to-wed-gay-couples.html |url-status=live }}</ref>