Teddi Mellencamp says famous father John Mellencamp planning her burial amid cancer battle
Teddi Mellencamp says famous father John Mellencamp planning her burial amid cancer battle
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Teddi Mellencamp says famous father John Mellencamp is planning her burial amid her stage 4 skin cancer battle.
The "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" alum opened up about her "Jack & Diane" singer's plans, after her melanoma metastisized, on Tuesday's episode of her "Two T's In A Pod" podcast with co-host Tamra Judge.
"Yesterday my dad calls 11 times in a row. Finally, I answer, I'm like, 'I'm in the bath. Let me live a little.' He goes, 'I just want to make sure you're going to be in our group family mausoleum,'" the reality TV star recalled, to which Judge replied, "John, no!"
During the episode, Mellencamp also shared that "the Cougs makes me talk to him more than he's ever made me talk to him," referring to her dad's former stage name John Cougar.
Teddi Mellencamp reveals stage 4 cancer spread with new tumors
The former "Celebrity Big Brother" houseguest told Judge she asked the music legend if there would be room in the family's mausoleum in Indiana for her three kids — 12-year-old Slate, 10-year-old Cruz and Dove, 5 — whom she shares with husband Edwin "Eddie" Arroyave. Mellencamp and the home security entrepreneur have hit pause on their pending divorce during her cancer treatment.
"He's like, 'Well, there's going to be the top five and then we're going to have little areas around it, and then that's where everyone's going to get buried,'" Mellencamp said, later revealing that her dad told her "you're doing your will right now, so you may as well put it in there."
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In her signature sarcasm, Mellencamp told Judge that the "Real Housewives of Orange County" star would have to travel to Indiana to visit her grave site, adding that "hot girls never die" would be on her tombstone.
Teddi Mellencamp stage 4 cancer metastasizes
Mellencamp's burial comments come after a significant update in her health journey shared last week. In an Us Weekly interview published April 2, Mellencamp announced that her stage 4 cancer metastasized, and doctors found four new tumors after the melanoma spread to her brain and lungs.
"There are some days (where) I think you're allowed to say, 'I don't feel confident right now, I feel very uncomfortable and I want to wear a wig.' And there are some days that I'm like, 'It is what it is.' Some days, I'm really sad and really scared, and some days, I'm like, 'I got this; I'm not worried,'" Mellencamp told the magazine.
Teddi Mellencamp has numerous brain tumors, will undergo emergency surgery
"I'm fighting for my life, but also for my family's life and all the people I love," Mellencamp added.
Earlier this year, Mellencamp revealed she underwent emergency surgery after several tumors were found on her brain. The podcaster has long been open about her health on her hit iHeartMedia podcast "Two Ts."
The former Real Housewife first revealed the news in a statement shared to Instagram on Feb. 12.
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