Teddi Mellencamp Details Emotions of Masked Singer Amid Cancer Battle

“I can get emotional just talking about it,” Teddi said, “but being able to go there and do that and make it through and know that I can do that even in the position that I was then—it’s really good.”

“Everybody on that show was so incredible,” she continued. “You felt so supported, so taken care of. There’s just so much love on that show.”

And that feeling was far cry from what she experienced on the Real Housewives, with her joking she comes from the side of reality television where everybody is “trying to get at each other.” Whereas on the Fox competition series, “They really wanna make you the best that you can be.”

The show also gave her the opportunity to sing her father John Cougar Mellencamp’s 1982 hit “Jack and Diane” on the Feb. 4 episode, with the Grammy winner even joining Teddi to watch her performance. And while she doesn’t consider herself a singer, even her father was impressed, telling her, “‘You know, that was a lot better than I thought it was gonna be.’”

“I’m just glad I went out there and had some fun and got to sing one of my dad’s songs,” Teddi added. “Who gets to say that?”

But watching the episode back was certainly emotional for the reality star, who noted the huge difference she could see between now and when they filmed the series. 

“I was really shaky,” Teddi explained. “You could see my hands kind of [shaking] during the show. Just being able to watch back and see the improvement that’s happened since then.”

As for how she’s feeling now, the Bravo star is grateful to be in a much better place physically as doctors had found no detectable traces of cancer. However, the mental toll of her cancer journey was now weighing heavily. 

“Mentally, I’ve started to unpack all of that now,” Teddi shared, “and so I think I’m more emotional and going through what I actually went through.”

“I think at first you’re just kind of white knuckling it,” she explained. “You don’t really think about all the things that you went through to get there. You’re in fight or flight for a long time. When you can kind of take a step back, it shocks you ‘cause you don’t expect it.”

Now that The Masked Singer is all over, is there anything Teddi wishes she could have done differently?

“Watching it back I wish I was a little bit more confident going in, or I wish I was a little bit stronger,” she said. “But no, I think I went in and I was myself. I’m not a singer by trade by any means and I just went in and had fun.”

For a look at all the stars who are ready for their turn in the spotlight on this season of The Masked Singer, keep reading.