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John Mellencamp Says Daughter Teddi Mellencamp Is "Really Sick" Amid Stage 4 Cancer Battle
Teddi Mellencamp is clarifying the status of her cancer.
Nearly two weeks after her dad John Mellencamp said the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum was “really sick” and “suffering right now,” she assuaged people’s fears that her cancer had returned.
“When he said the words 'suffering,' he meant how I'm mentally doing,” Teddi said on the Jan. 26 episode of her and Tamra Judge’s Two Ts in a Pod podcast, “versus how I'm physically doing.”
Indeed, the 44-year-old—who announced in October that doctors found “no detectable cancer,” seven months after she underwent brain surgery to remove tumors—explained, “There's still no trace of cancer. But I'm still considered stage 4 and I'm still in immunotherapy, so essentially nothing's changed.”
And while Teddi shared she still doesn’t “feel great” physically, she said what’s taken the largest toll on her body over the last few months is emotionally processing the past year.
“I also didn't properly process all of the things that happened when I had surgery,” the Bravo star—who announced her divorce from Edwin Arroyave in November 2024—continued. “From my divorce, to all of a sudden being in emergency surgery, to not being able to see my kids when I was recovering.”
She added, “All of those things are starting to finally hit me now. I started doing therapy, and so it's taken its toll on me.”
Plus, Teddi—who shares kids Slate, 13, Cruz, 11, and Dove, 5 with Edwin—is learning to accept her physical limitations as a result of her brain surgery and immunotherapy, which she said make her “exhausted.”
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“It's hard for me to touch and move, and I can see that I'm slower than I was before, and that's really frustrating to me,” she explained. “I want to be back to the way I used to be.”
And now that “the storm has calmed a little bit” and her focus isn’t on “fighting for my life,” Teddi admitted that unexpected worries are starting to surface.
"I'm starting to develop fear where I didn't have fear before,” she said, noting she has yet to “take an Uber alone” since October. “I have fear to do a lot of things.”
But while Teddi’s biggest fear is “that cancer is going to come back,” she is trying to lean into her optimism. As she put it, "Every day is a new day."
Read on to look back at Teddi through the years, including her sweetest family photos.
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Red Carpet Outing
Teddi and Edwin take Slate, Dove and Cruz to the LOL Surprise! The Movie premiere in Los Angeles in 2021.
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Disney Days
The family of five enjoy a day of fun at Disneyland and California Adventure with friends in June 2024. "They say it’s a small world," Teddi wrote on Instagram, "but my feet say otherwise."
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Cruz Cuddles
"I needed this," Teddi captioned a pic with her youngest. "Thank you."
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Horsin' Around
"When you jump to a 90 at Junior Hunter Finals at 11-years-old… and WIN the Classic Stake!!" Teddi posted in July 2024 while celebrating her oldest child's major milestone. "So proud."
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Back to School 2024
"I cried because…?" Teddi wrote on Instagram in August 2024. "1. I’m going to miss them. 2. They’re getting older which means I am too. 3. I can actually work in peace throughout the day. 4. A combination of all the above."
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A Legend's Birthday
The family honors Teddi's dad, music legend John Mellencamp, in October 2024.
"Happy birthday, Dads," she wrote. "It was a gift to be able to spend time with you at the @capitalchallengehorseshow over the weekend. But the last slide is really the gift that keeps on giving. Love you, @johnmellencamp."
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Grandpa Time
Slate, Dove and Cruz enjoy a day with grandpa.
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Family Reunion
"Grandpa is 93 and he still will get picked before me for teams in our family football game," the Bravo alum shared on Instagram. "But I think the even bigger discourse in the fam is pumpkin or apple pie. Which do you prefer?"
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Happy Turkeys
Teddi celebrates Thanksgiving 2024 with her three kids.
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Christmas 2024
"The North Pole comes to SoCal!" Teddi shared with a festive photo.
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Happy New Year
"Raise your hand if you don’t realize you are celebrating the ball drop at 9PM PST," Teddi shared on New Year's Eve in 2024. "Who lets their kiddos stay up until midnight local time on NYE (and how do you do it)?"
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Dove Turns 5
"Happy birthday to my miracle baby," the Two T's in a Pod cohost wrote in February 2025. "Hard to believe it’s been 5 years since you made our lives better and brighter. But no matter how grown you get, you’ll always be My Baby Dovey."
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