Teddi Mellencamp has revealed that she's undergoing urgent operations after doctors discovered tumours in her brain. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star shared the worrying news on Instagram just two hours ago in a series of posts, only days after urging fans to check for skin melanomas following her diagnosis with skin cancer in 2022. In her first post shared of her main grid, Teddi, 43, outlined the situation in white text on a black background. She described: "For the last several weeks I've been dealing with severe and debilitating headaches. Yesterday the pain was unbearable and required hospitalization.
"After a CT scan and MRI, doctors found multiple tumours on my brain, which they believed have been growing for at least 6 months. Two of the tumours will be surgically removed today - the remaining smaller tumours will be dealt with via radiation at a later date.". She added: "I am blessed to be surrounded by my children, family, friends, doctors, nurses, and surgeons who are doing everything possible to get me back into better health. Thank you everybody who has reached out, and to everyone who has supported me along this journey," along with a heart emoji.
Several of Teddi's celebrity pals sent their love and well wishes to her in the comments of the post. Fellow Real Housewife Emily Simpson wrote: "Praying for your health my friend." Scheana Shay penned: "Sending you so many prayers and all the love!!!" Showbiz journalist Perez Hilton added: "Sending you all the healing energy!!". Teddi then moved over to her Instagram Stories, revealing that she was already in hospital. The podcaster first shared a photo of herself in her hospital bed, wearing a gown while sporting several devices spread across her temples.
"Counting down the minutes until my babies get here," she wrote. "As my dad said this am, god only gives hard stuff to those of us who can handle it. It's a hard day but I have faith and amazing surgeons and know everything will be ok.". Teddi then filmed herself getting her hair shaved off by a pal, with her hospital room full of friends rather than nurses. Despite the drastic situation, Teddi and her buddies lightened the mood with jokes about her transformation.
"I'm going to have this look on my bucket list!" she said before adding: "My best look!" Alongside the clip she wrote "All I need is an umbrella," and added a gif of Britney Spears in reference to the pop star's infamous 2007 outburst. She then returned to bed, and ribbed that she was going to compete with her brother to see who pulled off the short crop best. "I hate to break it to my brother, but once I'm allowed to wash my hair and it's not all spiky I think I've taken you for a run for your money, Hud. I'll see you tomorrow and we'll see who did it better, who wore it best. I mean, these add an extra nice flair," she laughed while pointing out the machinery on her forehead.
In her final post, she asked her entourage how long she had until her first surgery. "Yep, here we go. We're all getting ready, what's the countdown?" she asked. Her friends responded that she had 10 minutes to go, with the video posted an hour ago - meaning she's likely in surgery at present. Like this story? For more of the latest showbiz news and gossip, follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads .
