John Mellencamp wants his daughter Teddi Mellencamp to come home as she battles cancer.
The singer told viewers of the “Today” show on Friday that he is “trying to convince” him to move from Los Angeles to Indiana.
But the 44-year-old Bravolebrity says, “I can’t do that.”
Instead, John, 74, is planning an upcoming trip to “go out[to California]and meet Teddy.”
The songwriter gave a worrying update about Teddy’s health while speaking with Al Roker, Dylan Dreyer and Craig Melvin.
“With the type of cancer she’s had for three years, you can’t say it’s cancer-free,” the Grammy winner told her co-hosts.
Despite the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum having occasional “good days,” John said, “She feels good until she gets it (immunotherapy), and then it feels like hell for about four days, and then she feels normal.”
Two days ago, John opened up about Teddy’s “suffering” on The Joe Rogan Experience.
He called the former reality star “really sick” and said she was “fucking unfunny” on Wednesday’s podcast episode.
Teddi later admitted on his podcast, Two T’s in a Pod, that he is, in fact, “battling severe PTSD.”
On Thursday, the accountability coach explained, “I didn’t really realize it. … I’ve been doing a lot of therapy, resting a lot, spending a lot of time with my family, and trying a lot to calm myself down.”
Teddy was diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma in 2022 and underwent more than 15 surgeries during his battle with the disease.
In February 2025, a tumor was discovered in her brain and she went under the knife again.
It has been revealed that Teddy’s chances of survival are 50 percent and his father has already made plans for his burial in April 2025.
The two had a “lighthearted” conversation about putting her to bed and “laughed the whole time.”
By October, Teddy’s stage 4 cancer, which had spread to his lungs, was “gone.”
She told podcast listeners at the time that although she had “no detectable cancer” in her body, she was “still battling” immunotherapy.
“I’m not considered to be in remission,” Teddy explained. “It’s like when[doctors]say it works, it’s considered remission after a year, two years, three years.”
