Teddi Mellencamp defends his father, John Mellencamp,, After revealing that he made comments on her join the family mausoleum.

Speaking on the episode of Friday April 18 of His podcast “Two Ts in a pod”, his Teddi, who is in the middle of a cancer battle in stage IV, said that his comments were jokingly.

According to Teddi, 43, her father knows her so well that he knew that the joke would help clarify the atmosphere by attacking the situation emotionally and physically heavy.

“My father knows that I need a comedy on this subject,” she told Cohost Tamra judgeBefore adding that John, 73, supported him through hard and serious things Also.

She continued: “Her next quote or her next thing was like, okay, now we must really speak serious, as we must talk about your will and like your living confidence and, as, do the things we have to do, you know.”

Teddi doubled how much she appreciated humor when they were sailing the necessary but difficult tasks surround her health problems, adding: “But as sometimes I don’t want someone to come to make me a boost.

During the podcast, Teddi also explained that she had said to the family members, including her sister, so as not to cry around her during her battle against cancer.

It comes after Teddi revealed in the podcast’s April 8 episode that John had tried to call him 11 times in a row.

When he finally took his hand on his daughter, John had a question for her.

“Finally, I answer, I say to myself:” I’m in the bath. ” Let me live a little, ”recalls Teddi. “He said,” I just want to make sure you are going to be in our group family mausoleum. »»

Teddi said she replied that she had children and did not know where they would go to the mausoleum. (She and her separate husband Edwin Arroyave Share Kids Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 5 years old. Arroyave is also the father of the eldest daughter Isabella, of a previous relationship.)

“It is like:” Well, there will be the top five, then we will have small areas around him, then that’s where everyone is going to be buried “”, she continued. “He said,” You are doing your will right now, so you can also put it in there. »»

Teddi continues to fight against stage IV melanoma, which has spread to its brain and its lungs. She underwent surgery in February to approach tumors on her brain before doctors no longer find tumors in March.

Real Housewives alum said Night line Earlier this month, she tries to use humor in a situation she describes as feeling “the most difficult thing I have ever done”.

“If I couldn’t find any humor, I will cry,” she said. “Even with my children, the other day, we continued to forget something and we often go:” Tumors! ” It is sort of the only means.