Teddi Mellencamp revealed her dad, John Mellencamp, is already planning for her burial in their family mausoleum in Indiana as she [ battles stage 4 cancer ](https://pagesix.com/2025/04/03/celebrity-news/teddi-mellencamp-confirms-she-has-stage-4-cancer-after-doctors-find-more-brain-tumors/) .
The âReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsâ alum recalled the rocker calling her multiple times in a row to have the morbid discussion on [ Tuesdayâs episode of her âTwo Ts in a Podâ podcast ](https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-two-ts-in-a-pod-with-tedd-49447273/episode/hot-girls-never-die-headlines-272076661/) .
âFinally, I answer, Iâm like, âIâm in the bath. Let me live a little,’â she said. âHe goes, âI just want to make sure youâre going to be in our group family mausoleum.’â
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Teddi Mellencamp revealed her dad, John Mellencamp, is already planning where she will be laid to rest. teddimellencamp/Instagram
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During Tuesdayâs episode of her âTwo Ts in a Podâ podcast, the reality star recalled her father repeatedly calling her on the phone. Instagram/@teddimellencamp
Teddi, 43, then wondered whether there would also be space in the mausoleum for her three kids, Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 5.
âHeâs like, âWell, thereâs going to be the top five and then weâre gonna have little areas around it, and then thatâs where everyoneâs going to get buried,’â the reality star explained.
âHe goes, âYouâre doing your will right now, so you may as well put it in there.’â
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âFinally, I answer, Iâm like, âIâm in the bath. Let me live a little,’â she said. teddimellencamp/Instagram
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âHe goes, âI just want to make sure youâre going to be in our group family mausoleum,â Teddi continued. teddimellencamp/Instagram
Teddi ultimately agreed, telling co-host Tamra Judge that she would travel to Indiana to visit the burial site.
She joked that the quote âHot girls never dieâ would be engraved on her tombstone.
The Bravolebrity shares her three children with estranged husband Edwin Arroyave. The two [ split in October 2024 ](https://pagesix.com/2024/11/04/celebrity-news/teddi-mellencamp-files-for-divorce-wants-custody-of-kids/) after nearly 14 years of marriage.
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The âReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsâ alum shared that her dad explained where she and her three kids would be buried. teddimellencamp/Instagram
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John told Teddi to put the plans into her will. teddimellencamp/Instagram
Teddi was [ diagnosed with skin cancer ](https://pagesix.com/2022/10/11/teddi-mellencamp-diagnosed-with-stage-2-melanoma/) in 2022, but doctors discovered she had brain tumors in February.
She was rushed into surgery to have four tumors removed, which doctors believed [ âhad been growing for at least six months.â ](https://pagesix.com/2025/03/06/celebrity-news/teddi-mellencamp-reveals-doctors-found-five-more-tumors-in-her-body-amid-cancer-battle/)
âââThese are all a direct result of my melanoma,â she shared via Instagram in March.
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Their familyâs mausoleum is in Indiana. teddimellencamp/Instagram
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Doctors found several tumors in Teddiâs brain in February. Instagram/@teddimellencamp
Doctors have since [ found additional tumors ](https://pagesix.com/2025/04/02/celebrity-news/teddi-mellencamp-has-4-more-brain-tumors-amid-cancer-battle/) in her brain and lungs.
âIâm fighting for my life, but also for my familyâs life and all the people I love,â Teddi told Us Weekly in an interview published last week.
She added that cancer is âdefinitely the hardest thingâ she has ever had to face.
