Overview
- On April 8, Mellencamp told her Two Ts in a Pod audience she has gone on 10 dates with an older man she calls “Derek.”
- She said both are parents, which makes privacy and logistics hard, so she is taking the relationship slow.
- Mellencamp described him as positive and logical and said he makes her laugh, adding he checks on her energy during dates as she undergoes immunotherapy.
- Reports noted a recent dinner at Craig’s in West Hollywood followed by a speakeasy, after which she said she felt wiped out the next morning.
- She continues treatment for stage 4 melanoma that spread to her brain and lungs after multiple surgeries, and October scans showed no detectable cancer even though she is not in remission.