For Teddi Mellencamp, the death of Brandon Blackstock from melanoma has hit close to home.
The talent manager, who was the ex-husband of Grammy winner Kelly Clarkson, died on August 7, some three years after being diagnosed with the dangerous skin cancer.
Mellencamp, 44, opened up about her feelings in the most recent episode of her Two Ts in a Pod podcast with Tamra Judge on Wednesday.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum said Blackstock's death at age 48 'really hit me hard.'
'I wish I would have missed that little detail in the World Wide Web because then I started doing research and they were so quiet about [his diagnosis],' she told listeners.
'I mean, we know he passed from melanoma. They announced that.'
For Teddi Mellencamp, the death of Brandon Blackstock from melanoma has hit close to home. Mellencamp was diagnosed with melanoma in 2022. Blackstock died on August 7 after a three-year-battle with the disease
'We're assuming that it had metastasized,' Judge, 57, said to her pal.
'I was wondering, when did it metastasize?,' Mellencamp, who was first diagnosed in March 2022 wondered aloud, adding, 'like this is just where my head goes from being in the situation, did he decline treatment?'
'There's so many different ways that this could have happened,' she explained, adding, 'and like I have one million [percent] respect their choice to keep it private.'
Judge suggested the dedicated equestrian could reach out to Clarkson for some more details to be shared privately.
Clarkson, who shared children River, 11, and Remington, nine, with Blackstock has not made any public comment regarding his death.
Wondering about what kinds of treatment Blackstock received, Mellencamp queried, 'Maybe he did immunotherapy? Maybe he did chemotherapy? We don't know.'
'I don't know, but those kind of stories hit you hard, when it directly sounds similar to something that you're going through,' she said.
Mellencamp, who has undergone 16 surgeries since her diagnosis, including the removal of four brain tumors earlier this year.
'I don't know, but those kind of stories hit you hard, when it directly sounds similar to something that you're going through,' she said on her Two Ts in a Pod podcast with Tamra Judge; Pictured in Beverly Hills in May
Mellencamp wondered what kinds of treatment Blackstock, who was Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband, had undergone. 'Maybe he did immunotherapy? Maybe he did chemotherapy? We don't know'; Pictured in NYC in January 2018
Mellencamp has had 16 surgeries to battle the deadly melanoma attacking her body
The reality star had four brain tumors removed earlier this year. She has also undergone radiation and immunotherapy treatments. She has also undergone radiation and immunotherapy treatments
'Feeling better and not taking it for granted,' Mellencamp wrote on social media recently, adding, 'Having cancer has broken my heart but has taught me so much about myself'
She has also used radiation and immunotherapy to fight the disease.
On July 29, she shared with her Instagram followers that she was doing well after taking a break from immunotherapy.
'Feeling better and not taking it for granted. Which means I’m back to work after taking last week off,' she shared next to a selfie. 'And if you know me that was completely against my instincts. I guess you could call that growth.'
'Having cancer has broken my heart but has taught me so much about myself,' she told her fans.
