Morgan Wade paused her concert in Los Angeles on Tuesday night to ask her fans to pray for her friend Teddi Mellencamp, who recently under emergency brain surgery.

The 30-year-old country singer, who met the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 43, through her close pal Kyle Richards, got emotional while performing at the El Rey Theatre as she reflected on Mellencamp’s absence from the packed crowd. 

‘If you don’t mind, when you leave here, say a prayer for my good friend Teddi Mellencamp,’ she asked the audience. ‘I went to visit her a little bit ago… about a week ago, she went in and had to have emergency surgery on her brain to remove some tumors.’

Wade, who was raised in the Southern Baptist faith, went on to note that Mellencamp ‘would be here tonight’ if she was not recovering from her operation.  

After one concertgoer suggested they ‘pray together’ for Mellencamp, Wade stopped her show to ask God to watch over the daughter of rock legend John Mellencamp.

‘Dear Lord, we just ask that you reach down and touch Teddi and take care of her. Bring her through this,’ she said in her heartfelt prayer. ‘Keep her strong. She’s an amazing individual and loving mom.’ 

Morgan Wade paused her concert in Los Angeles on Tuesday night to ask her fans to pray for her friend Teddi Mellencamp, who recently under emergency brain surgery

Afterward, her fans joined her in saying ‘Amen’ before Wade shared a funny story about how Teddi ‘roasted’ her at the hospital after she rushed to be by her side. 

The performer mused that she was her ‘awkward’ self while showing her support for the reality star, who appreciated that Wade did not treat her any differently inside the hospital. 

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Last week, Teddi shared a video of Wade and Richards in her hospital room as she prepared to undergo surgery in just 10 minutes. 

In a statement posted to her Instagram, Mellencamp revealed the tumors were discovered following ‘several weeks’ of ‘severe and debilitating headaches.’

She shared that doctors would be removing two tumors today, with the remaining ‘smaller tumors’ to be ‘dealt with via radiation at a later date.’

The devastating news comes amid her battle with skin cancer, which began in 2022.

While it’s unclear what type of tumor has been discovered, skin cancer can spread to the brain and cause brain tumors, known as brain metastasis.

‘For the last several weeks I’ve been dealing with severe and debilitating headaches. Yesterday the pain was unbearable and required hospitalization,’ Mellencamp, who is the daughter of American singer John Mellencamp, said in her statement. 

The 30-year-old country singer got emotional while performing at the El Rey Theatre as she reflected on Mellencamp’s absence from the packed crowd

‘If you don’t mind, when you leave here, say a prayer for my good friend Teddi Mellencamp,’ she asked the audience. ‘I went to visit her a little bit ago… about a week ago, she went in and had to have emergency surgery on her brain to remove some tumors’

Wade, who was raised in the Southern Baptist faith, went on to note that Mellencamp ‘would be here tonight’ if she was not recovering from her operation

‘After a CT scan and MRI, doctors found multiple tumors on my brain, which they believed have been growing for at least 6 months.

‘Two of the tumors will be surgically removed today – the remaining smaller tumors will be dealt with via radiation at a later date.

‘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.’

Mellencamp appeared to be preparing to undergo surgery in content posted to her Instagram Stories, which began with a pH๏τo of herself wearing a hospital robe and laying in bed with various devices placed upon her forehead.

Wade met the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 43, through her close pal Kyle Richards; seen all together in 2023 in Los Angeles

‘Counting down the minutes until my babies get here,’ she wrote in the pH๏τo. ‘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.’

In a subsequent video, Teddi’s hair was shaved off by a friend.

As her pal clipped off her long hair, Teddi tried to remain positive amid the scary circumstances.

Teddi’s surgery comes two years after she was diagnosed with stage two melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer and kills nearly 10,000 people per year.

Last week, Teddi shared a video of Wade and Richards in her hospital room as she prepared to undergo surgery in just 10 minutes 

Mellencamp shared a statement revealing ‘multiple’ tumors were found on her brain following ‘severe and debilitating headaches’ to her Instagram

According to the Centers for Disease Control, melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in men and the sixth most common in women.

The Certified Wellness Coach estimated that since her initial diagnosis, she has had about 20 surgeries to combat the cancer.

Her biggest surgery was a ‘wide excision for melanoma and soft tissue defect reconstruction with adjacent tissue rearrangement,’ according to E! News, which she underwent back in December 2023.

This is the surgery that left her with the large, zig-zag scar across her back and shoulder.

Teddi’s surgery comes two years after she was diagnosed with stage two melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer and kills nearly 10,000 people per year

In December, Mellencamp was happy to report that she would not be undergoing another biopsy following two years of skin checks.

‘I just got done having a little cry, but it’s a good one,’ she said.

‘It’s the first time, and over two years, I’ve gone in for my three-month check and not had to have a biopsy because I have another cancer spot.’

‘Oh my gosh, such a good feeling,’ she added.

In November 2024, Teddi announced her split from husband Edwin Arroyave. 

2024 was a particularly difficult year for Teddi, with the star splitting from husband Edwin Arroyave after 13 years of marriage; the two seen in 2019 

The former couple share three children: Slate, 12, son Cruz, 10, and daughter Dove, four.

She had previously hinted that they had gone through troubles in their marriage during a 2023 episode of her podcast, Two Ts in a Pod.

‘For years I had so much resentment towards Edwin, and it was to the point where I couldn’t even look at him,’ she said.

‘And the fact that we’ve been able to work through it has been huge. But like once you’ve been burned, it’s really hard to come back.’