John Mellencamp wants daughter Teddi Mellencamp “back home” amid her cancer battle.
The singer told “Today” show viewers Friday about “try[ing] to talk her into” relocating from Los Angeles to Indiana.
However, the Bravolebrity, 44, “won’t do it.”
Instead, John, 74, is planning a trip to “go out to [California] and see” Teddi soon.
The songwriter went on to issue a worrying update on Teddi’s health while chatting with Al Roker, Dylan Dreyer and Craig Melvin.
“You cant say you’re cancer-free with the type of cancer she’s got for three years,” the Grammy winner told the co-hosts.
Despite the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum having “good days” on occasion, John said, “She feels good until she takes that [immunotherapy] and then she feels like hell for about four days, and then she feels normal.”
Two days prior, John opened up on “The Joe Rogan Experience” about Teddi’s “suffering.”
He called the former reality star “really sick” on Wednesday’s podcast episode, saying, “It’s not f–king fun.”
Teddi subsequently confirmed on her own podcast, “Two T’s in a Pod,” that she is indeed “struggling with massive PTSD.”
On Thursday, the accountability coach explained, “I didn’t really realize it. … I’ve been doing a lot of therapy, a lot of rest, a lot of hanging with the family, a lot of trying to get myself together.”
Teddi was diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma in 2022 and underwent more than 15 surgeries battling the disease.
She went under the knife again in February 2025 when tumors were discovered in her brain.
Teddi was given a 50 percent chance of survival, revealing in April 2025 that her father was already planning her burial.
The duo had a “lighthearted” conversation about laying her to rest, “laughing the whole time.”
By that October, Teddi’s stage 4 cancer, which had also spread to her lungs, was “gone.”
She clarified to podcast listeners at the time that while there was “no detectable cancer” in her body, she was “still fighting” with immunotherapy.
“I’m not considered in remission or anything like that,” Teddi explained. “The way the [doctors] said it works, it’s like one year, then two years, then at three years you’re allowed to be considered … in remission.”
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