John Mellencamp hopes his daughter Teddi Mellencamp will trade Hollywood for a quieter life in Indiana as she continues her health journey.
Talking about Today show on Jan. 16, the 74-year-old singer revealed that he has been encouraging Teddi to move closer to home while she recovers from stage 4 melanoma.
“I’ve been trying to talk her into moving home,” Mellencamp said.
“I said, ‘Move back to Indiana, take the kids and just come back and live in Indiana,’ but she won’t do it”.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum was first diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma in October 2022.
After undergoing immunotherapy and brain surgery, she shared in October 2025 that scans showed “no detectable cancer.”
Still, during his chat with co-hosts Craig Melvin, Dyler Dreyer and Al Roker, the rock legend emphasized that her condition remains serious.
He noted that she has lesions in her brain and lungs.
Despite her father’s wishes, the 44-year-old continues to live in Los Angeles with her three children, Slate (12), Cruz (11) and Dove (5), whom she shares with estranged husband Edwin Arroyave.
On her Two T’s in one Pod podcast, Teddi recently opened up about struggling with PTSD from her health ordeal, but said therapy and family time are helping her heal.
Through it all, she has expressed gratitude for her father’s unwavering support.
Mellencamp calls her daily and helps with medical care.
He even provided a nurse during her treatments.
“The things that I wouldn’t be able to do without my dad… he’s stepped in,” Teddi said in a previous interview.
As the Grammy winner prepares to hit the road for his Dancing Words Tour this summer, he insists his daily check-ins with Teddi won’t stop.
