John Mellencamp shocked listeners during an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. He said that his daughter, Teddi Mellencamp was “really sick” with “cancer in the brain.” The doting father also lamented about her suffering.
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills fans believed that cancer had returned for the alum star. In October 2025, Teddi revealed that her body was cancer free. John’s recent statements were confusing at the very least. So the Two T’s in a Pod podcast co-host clarified the situation in a recent episode.
Teddi Mellencamp insists her cancer has not returned
Teddi clarified, “You know, I think when he said the words ‘suffering,’ he meant like, how I’m mentally doing versus how I’m physically doing.”
“Instantly people thought, ‘Oh my God, cancer’s back,’” her co-host Tamra Judge said.
Thankfully, according to Teddi, “there’s still no trace of cancer.” She added, “But I’m still considered stage four and I’m still in immunotherapy, so essentially nothing’s changed other than I still — I don’t feel great … I would hope that I would be feeling better by now, but I really don’t.”
Perhaps there is an emotional aspect to her healing journey. Teddi theorized that the extreme emotions of the past year are still affecting her.
“I also didn’t properly process all of the things that happened when I had surgery, like from my divorce [from Edwin Arroyave] to all of a sudden being in emergency surgery. Then, you know, not being able to see my kids when I was recovering. I think all of those things are starting to finally hit me now. I started doing therapy, and so it’s taken its toll on me,” she explained.
The RHOBH alum has been battling cancer since a stage 2 melanoma diagnosis in 2022. Doctors gave Teddi a 50/50 chance of survival after the cancer metastasized to her brain and lungs. The immunotherapy treatments themselves take a major toll.
“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. Like I want to be back to the way I used to be,” Teddi shared.
She continued, “I was really fighting for my life … now that the storm has calmed a little, now I’m starting to develop fear where I didn’t have fear before. Like I have fear to do a lot of things.”
Above all, the former Bravolebrity is terrified “that cancer is going to come back.” However, Teddi tries to treat “every day” as a “new day.”
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