{"id":161110,"date":"2025-04-09T21:52:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T21:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/teddi-mellencamp-reveals-john-mellencamps-plan-for-family-mausoleum\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T21:52:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T21:52:41","slug":"teddi-mellencamp-reveals-john-mellencamps-plan-for-family-mausoleum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/teddi-mellencamp-reveals-john-mellencamps-plan-for-family-mausoleum\/","title":{"rendered":"Teddi Mellencamp Reveals John Mellencamp&#8217;s Plan for Family Mausoleum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"106.62561853351\">\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/teddi-mellencamp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Teddi Mellencamp<\/strong><\/a> has had to have tough conversations with her family as she battles cancer. That includes talks with her father, singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/john-mellencamp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>John Mellencamp<\/strong><\/a>, about her will.<\/p>\n<p>According to Teddi, John, 73, had a question so important that he called her 11 times in a row.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, I answer, I\u2019m like, \u2018I\u2019m in the bath. Let me live a little,\u2019\u201d Teddi, 43, recalled on the Tuesday, April 8, episode of her \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1119-two-ts-in-a-pod-with-tedd-49447273\/episode\/hot-girls-never-die-headlines-272076661\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two Ts in a Pod<\/a>\u201d podcast, which she hosts with <strong>Tamra Judge<\/strong>. \u201cHe goes, \u2018I just want to make sure you\u2019re going to be in our group family mausoleum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Teddi said she replied that she has kids and didn\u2019t know where they would go in the mausoleum. (She and her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/edwin-arroyave-talks-teddi-mellencamp-what-hes-told-kids-about-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">estranged husband <strong>Edwin Arroyave<\/strong><\/a> share kids Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 5. Arroyave is also father to eldest daughter Isabella, from a previous relationship.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:125%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Teddi Mellencamp\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>John seemed ready to accommodate all of them at the family mausoleum in Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s like, \u2018Well, there\u2019s going to be the top five and then we\u2019re gonna have little areas around it, and then that\u2019s where everyone\u2019s going to get buried,\u2019\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe goes, \u2018You\u2019re doing your will right now, so you may as well put it in there,\u2019\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Teddi agreed, adding that, \u201cI\u2019m gonna have to work on my sister next week. The kids will be right behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Teddi\u2019s morbid humor comes days after she celebrated a major milestone in her cancer treatment, in which she underwent her final radiation treatment. On Thursday, April 3, she celebrated the accomplishment by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/teddi-mellencamp-rings-the-bell-as-she-completes-final-radiation-treatment-amid-cancer-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ringing the ceremonial hospital bell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She posted a video of the moment via her Instagram Story, in which she read from a plaque under the bell and rang it three times before celebrating with friends off-camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRinging the bell can signify a major phase of treatment \u2014 today was my last day of radiation,\u201d she wrote over the video. \u201c5 more rounds of immunotherapy to go. Love you all for the kind messages.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Mellencamp first revealed in February that she was being treated for multiple brain tumors. She underwent surgery and has been receiving radiation treatment since then. In late March, doctors found four more tumors on her brain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m fighting for my life,\u201d she told <em>Us Weekly<\/em> exclusively in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/teddi-mellencamp-has-4-more-brain-tumors-inside-her-cancer-battle-as-she-fights-for-her-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our latest cover story<\/a>, \u201cBut also for my family\u2019s life and all the people I love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is definitely the hardest thing [I\u2019ve faced in my life], but now it feels less hard,\u201d she added. \u201cWhen I was in the ICU, it was incredibly difficult because I had no memory. One day, I realized it was my daughter\u2019s birthday, and I couldn\u2019t be there for it; it was really sad. It\u2019s still sad when I can\u2019t be there for my kids the way I\u2019d normally be.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/teddi-mellencamp-reveals-john-mellencamps-plan-for-family-mausoleum-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teddi Mellencamp has had to have tough conversations with her family as she battles cancer. That includes talks with her father, singer John Mellencamp, about her will. According to Teddi, John, 73, had a question so important that he called her 11 times in a row. \u201cFinally, I answer, I\u2019m like, \u2018I\u2019m in the bath. 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