John Mellencamp wants daughter Teddi to move 'back home' to Indiana during cancer fight

"I said, 'Move back to Indiana, bring the kids and just come back and live in Indiana,' but she won't do it," he said.

Teddi first shared she was diagnosed with Stage 2 melanoma in March 2022, later sharing in April 2025 that her skin cancer had grown to Stage IV and that it had spread to her brain and lungs. She had surgery to remove the tumors on her brain, saying at the time that while getting them removed, doctors ended up finding more.

While the star received positive news, John told the "Today Show" hosts that she is still "suffering,"

He shared that Teddi has her good days and bad days, and will usually feel like herself until she gets her immunotherapy treatment, adding that afterward "she feels like hell for about four days" before "feeling normal again."

John also spoke to Joe Rogan on "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast about Teddi's health, telling the podcast host "It's not f---ing fun," and that she is "suffering right now."

During an episode of her podcast in April 2025, Teddi shared that her dad was insisting she finalize her burial plans and make sure her will is up-to-date amid her health issues.

"Yesterday, my dad calls me 11 times in a row. Finally, I answer, I'm like, 'I'm in the bath. Let me live a little,'" Teddi explained. "He goes, 'I just want to make sure you're going to be in our group family mausoleum.'"

In the end, she said, "I think I agreed to be in the mausoleum," and joked that someone she met not too long ago inspired her to get "Hot girls never die" put on her tombstone.