Teddi Mellencamp Gives Health Update amid Brain Cancer Treatment: ‘Things Are Moving Along Nicely’ (Exclusive)

Cara Lynn Shultz, Abby SternFri, March 27, 2026 at 7:52 PM UTC

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Teddi Mellencamp at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 26, 2026Credit: Julian Hamilton/WireImage -

Teddi Mellencamp tells PEOPLE exclusively that she's "actually doing well" amid her ongoing treatment for stage 4 cancer

Mellencamp previously struggled with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, caused by a new medication, but recovered in time for her daughter’s birthday

Diagnosed with melanoma in 2022, Mellencamp has undergone 17 surgeries and now reports “no trace of cancer” despite her stage 4 status

Teddi Mellencamp says she's "actually doing well" amid her ongoing treatment for stage 4 cancer, explaining that "things are moving along nicely."

On March 26, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 44, told PEOPLE exclusively at the iHeartRadio Music Awards how she manages the mental and emotional stresses of ongoing cancer treatment. "You know, I kind of ride the wave," she said.

"I'm actually doing well. I had immunotherapy two weeks ago, and then I have my next one in two weeks, so things are moving along nicely," said Mellencamp, who presented her dad, John Mellencamp, with the iHeartRadio Music Icon Award.

Teddi Mellencamp presents father John Mellencamp with the iHeartRadio Icon AwardCredit: Kevin Mazur/Getty

Things were much bleaker for Mellencamp earlier in the month, after she shared that a new medication had triggered the painful, and potentially life-threatening reaction, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome.

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“I thought I had the flu. And then I woke up one day and my whole body was just covered in, like, this terrible rash — like, you can't even say it's a rash because it's almost like sores all over my entire body,” she told friend and co-host Tamra Judge on the March 3 episode of their Two T’s in a Pod podcast.

After a few days in the hospital, her symptoms got better — just in time to celebrate her daughter Dove’s birthday, after missing it last year due to her cancer treatment. (Mellencamp shares three children — Slate, 12, Cruz, 11, and Dove, 6 — with her ex, Edwin Arroyave.)

Mellencamp's cancer journey first began in 2022 when she was diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma — the deadliest form of skin cancer. She underwent 17 surgeries for the invasive skin cancer, but in April 2025, Mellencamp shared that it had metastasized to her brain and lungs.

She's been undergoing regular immunotherapy treatments for her cancer, but said even though she's still considered stage 4, doctors told her she has “no trace of cancer.”

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