Teddi Mellencamp turning to therapy to process ‘frustrating’ cancer battle
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Teddi Mellencamp is currently undergoing therapy to help navigate her ongoing battle with cancer.

The former “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star opened up about her journey on the latest episode of the “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast, co-hosted with Tamra Judge. Mellencamp revealed that she began therapy to cope with the emotional and physical strain following her 2022 melanoma diagnosis and subsequent discovery of brain tumors in 2025.

Mellencamp admitted that she hadn’t fully processed the whirlwind of challenges she faced, including an emergency surgery, extended periods away from her children, and the end of her 13-year marriage to Edwin Arroyave.

On top of these personal struggles, she is also dealing with the demanding effects of immunotherapy.

“I’ve noticed changes in myself,” she shared. “Simple tasks like touching or moving are difficult for me now. I can sense that I’m not as quick as I used to be, and it’s incredibly frustrating.”

Mellencamp, 44, divulged that she wants “to be back to the way I was” before the devastating diagnosis.

The reality TV star also addressed her father John Mellencamp’s recent assertion that she’s “suffering” — which touched off a fresh wave of concern among fans.

“You know, I think when he said the word ‘suffering,’ he meant like how I’m mentally doing versus how I’m
physically doing,” she told Judge, noting that while there’s “still no trace of cancer,” the mom of three is “still considered stage four” and still receiving immunotherapy.

The “Jack and Diane” singer, 74, appeared on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast earlier this month, and noted that his daughter — whom he shares with ex-wife Victoria Granucci — had been “really sick.”

“It’s not f–king fun,” the Grammy-winning hitmaker said. “She’s got cancer in the brain, and she’s suffering right now.”

Teddi subsequently took to her podcast to reveal that she was getting “a lot of rest, a lot of hanging with the family.”

“A lot of trying to get myself together because, apparently, I’m struggling with massive PTSD … from everything that happened,” she added. “And I didn’t really realize it.”

On an appearance on the “Today” show, John later confessed he was “try[ing] to talk her into” relocating from Los Angeles to Indiana so he could support her, but the Bravolebrity “won’t do it.”

And in an interview with People this month, he said his daughter has “been going through hell the last year” and that her “personality has changed” amid the ongoing battle.

“The lesions are still there, but the cancer’s not,” he told the outlet. “But that doesn’t mean she’s home free; it just means right now there’s no cancer. So she has to keep on this treatment for who knows how many years.”

Following her initial diagnosis of stage 2 melanoma in 2022, the reality star underwent more than 15 surgeries to address the disease — followed by an emergency procedure in 2025 to remove several tumors in her brain.

In October 2025, the TV personality revealed that the cancer — which had also spread to her lungs — was gone.

“I’m not considered in remission or anything like that,” she said on her podcast at the time. “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.”

Her estranged husband recently confirmed Teddi’s assertion that she’s going through a lot as she faces ongoing treatment.

“She’s going through the immunotherapy [and] that alone causes some side effects,” he said. “That’s been really hard on her mental health.”

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