80s rock icon’s daughter says her dad is planning her burial after cancer diagnosis

Teddi Mellencamp has shared a conversation she had with her father about her plans for her burial (Picture: Getty; Teddi Mellencamp/Instagram) Iconic rockstar John Mellencamp’s daughter, Teddi Mellencamp, has revealed that her father is making plans for his daughter’s death. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 43, recently opened up about her cancer progressing to stage four. Discussing her father, 73, on the latest episode of her Two T’s In A Pod podcast, Teddi said: ‘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.”‘ Teddi went on to say that if she were going to be buried in the family grave, she’d want her three kids – Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 5 – to be buried there someday as well, People reports. The wellness coach and trainer shares her children with her estranged husband Edwin Arroyave, 47, from whom she filed for divorce in November 2024. She continued, saying of her conversation with the Jack and Diane hitmaker: ‘He’s like, “Well, there’s going to be the top five and then we’re gonna have little areas around it, and then that’s where everyone’s going to get buried,”‘ The reality star has been very open with her social media followers about her cancer journey (Picture: Teddi Mellencamp/Instagram) Teddi’s melanoma matascised to tumours in her brain (Picture: Teddi Mellencamp/Instagram) After asking if she could make the decision later, her father responded, ‘”You’re doing your will right now, so you may as well put it in there.”‘ Teddi joked to her co-host Tamra Judge that she would have the phrase ‘hot girls never die’ engraved on the tombstone, which will be located in Indiana where John lives. Teddi was first diagnosed and treated for skin cancer in 2022, but disclosed in a post on social media this week that her melanoma diagnosis has progressed to stage 4. She took to Instagram to thank fans and friends for their support: ‘I just want to say thank you guys so much. So many messages about how strong I am. And I gotta tell you, some days I feel really really strong and some days I feel really really sad and alone,’ she said. ‘And I think that’s a normal part of what any of us are going through, and that’s okay. Stage 4 cancer can be scary.’ Teddi is one of John’s five children from his three marriages (Picture: Teddi Mellencamp/Instagram) Last month, she updated her social media followers that there tumours in her lungs and brain that surgery failed to remove: ‘Update from my scans today: I have multiple tumors in my brain that weren’t able to be removed via surgery. I also have 2 tumors in my lung,’ she wrote at the time. ‘These are all metastases of my melanoma.’ Over the past two years, she had 17 different spots of melanoma removed. In addition to formerly starring on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Teddi is the founder and owner of All In by Teddi, a lifestyle and fitness company. The podcast host showed a picture of the scar from one of her surgeries (Picture: Teddi Mellencamp/Instagram) Its clear John has been supportive of his daughter throughout her cancer journey (Picture: Instagram) Teddi is one of John Mellencamp’s five children from his three marriages. John had daughter Michelle with his first wife Priscilla Esterline, who he was married to from 1970 until 1981. He then had daughters Teddi Jo and Justice with his wife Victoria Granucci, who he was married to from 1981 until 1989. He then married fashion model Elaine Irwin on September 5, 1992 and welcomed his sons Hud and Speck before splitting from Irwin in 2011. Teddi’s future is unclear as she faces continued complications from stage four cancer (Picture: Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images) The singer-songwriter was one of the biggest musical superstars of the 1980s, scoring fourteen top 20 hits in the United States. In addition, he holds the record for the most songs by a solo artist to hit number one on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, with seven. He’s also been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, winning one, and sold over 60 million albums worldwide. Got a story? If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us [email protected], calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.