Teddi Mellencamp stresses ‘too important' step amid cancer journey

Teddi Mellencamp tugged at some heartstrings by calling her fans' attention to one of the most "important" things, mostly taken for granted- a life insurance.

As the TV personality is herself going through stage 4 skin cancer, she took to her Instagram account to urge her 1.2 million followers to secure life insurance as soon as possible.

"I'm currently living with stage four melanoma," she said at the beginning of the clip posted on Thursday.

"It was one of those things that I felt like I was blindsided by, even though I had already had stage one melanoma, " she said, referring to life insurance.

The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills went on to say, "When I was younger I could have effortlessly gotten life insurance and it could have changed my worries, my concerns. Right now there are so many unknowns. Life insurance shouldn't be one of them."

"This is too important not to share," she captioned her awareness video.

"With everything that’s happened in my health journey, life insurance is the one thing I look back on and wish I would have gotten when I was younger. Because now, there are so many unknowns; and life insurance shouldn’t be one of them.," Teddi explained

"I am telling you, there’s no wrong time to get life insurance. Do it now. Do it for your kids. Do it for your family. Do it for your peace of mind," she added.