Teddi Mellencamp is speaking out after her father John Mellencamp sparked concern with a blunt update about her ongoing cancer battle.
The 74-year-old rocker alarmed fans when he appeared on the January 14 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast and described his daughter as being ‘really sick.’
‘It’s not f****** fun,’ he said, revealing that the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum has cancer in her brain and is ‘suffering right now.’
The remarks quickly raised fears that Teddi’s condition had taken a sudden turn.
But addressing the comments on the latest episode of her Two T’s in a Pod podcast with co-host Tamra Judge, the 44-year-old clarified that her father was not referring to a new medical setback.
‘You know, I think when he said the words “suffering,” he meant like, how I’m mentally doing versus how I’m physically doing,’ Teddi said.
Teddi Mellencamp is speaking out after her father John Mellencamp sparked concern with a blunt update about her ongoing cancer battle; (pictured April 2025)
The 74-year-old rocker alarmed fans when he appeared on the January 14 episode of The Joe RoganExperience podcast and described his daughter as being ‘really sick’ (John and Teddi in 2022)
Judhe replied, ‘Instantly people thought, “Oh my God, cancer’s back.”‘
But Teddi was quick to shut down those fears, stressing that her condition has not worsened.
‘No, there’s still no trace of cancer. But I’m still considered stage four and I’m still in immunotherapy, so essentially nothing’s changed,’ she explained. ‘I would hope that I would be feeling better by now, but I really don’t.’
Teddi went on to admit that the emotional weight of the past year is only now catching up with 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, to, you know, not being able to see my kids when I was recovering,’ she said, adding that therapy has helped her confront the toll it’s taken.
