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USA Today
11 hours ago
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- USA Today
Teddi Mellencamp reveals '50-50' prognosis amid cancer treatment: 'I'm going to live'
Amid the "highs and lows" of her cancer battle, Teddi Mellencamp is seeing a bright future. Asked about her prognosis on the July 29 episode of "The Jamie Kern Lima Show," the 44-year-old daughter of Heartland rock star John Mellencamp, said, "I would say probably 50-50." "But I truly believe this when I say this, and it's going to make me emotional, I truly believe that I'm going to live," said Teddi Mellencamp, who starred on the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" from 2017 to 2020. "I think that I'm going to have some rough years. Truthfully, I think I'm going to have some lonely years because not many people know how to talk to somebody who has stage 4 cancer." She has been diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma, a type of skin cancer, that metastasized to her lungs and brain. Mellencamp, who starred on the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" from 2017 to 2020, has a support system that includes her husband Edwin Arroyave, her three children and her father. In "The Jamie Kern Lima Show" episode, Mellencamp revealed that she and Arroyave often live in the same house. She said their divorce proceedings are on pause because of her cancer treatment. "This week, I told him I'm really sick, and he's staying downstairs in the bedroom at our house right now. We can live in the same house. We don't argue," she said. "Edwin will always be my friend," Mellencamp added. A week before the episode's release, she'd revealed that she had discontinued immunotherapy due to debilitating side effects. Mellencamp has been diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma, a type of skin cancer she has long struggled with, which had metastasized to her lungs and brain. Teddi Mellencamp opens up about dad John Mellencamp's support When Kern Lima asked whether she feels closer to her father "than ever," Mellencamp replied, "I do." "He has been beyond" helpful, she said of her Grammy-winning rocker dad. "The things that I wouldn't be capable of doing without my dad, not only for financial reasons, I used to take such pride in saying I've done all of this on my own," she said. "With all of these medical treatments and everything, he has stepped in. He's helped me have a nurse. He calls me every single day. He makes sure that I'm OK." The help is welcome during a time when the podcaster and entrepreneur "most certainly can't" manage her life as well as she'd like. Even managing her medications can be a struggle, she shared. Her strategy during her treatments, which are taxing, is to be optimistic about her health outcome. "I know that I go in two weeks from now and I get my next scan, and I fully believe, as I'm telling you right now, they're gonna tell me I'm cleared," Mellencamp said. "If I'm not, there'll be a come down from that. But it's what I need to do to get me through these next two and a half weeks. "I need to believe it. Because if not, it's just too sad."
Daily Mail
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Teddi Mellencamp still lives with ex Edwin Arroyave and wants him to date other women as she battles cancer
Teddi Mellencamp is still living with her estranged husband Edwin Arroyave as she battles stage four cancer. The reality star, whose Los Angeles mansion was targeted by burglars, opened up about her unusual living arrangements in an appearance on the Jamie Kern Lima Show on Tuesday. When the pair first separated in October 2024, they opted to let their kids, Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, five, live in their family home full time while Mellencamp, 44, and Arroyave, 48, took turns. Mellencamp's friend Kyle Richards provided a space for her to stay and once joked, 'I have shared custody with Teddi Mellencamp. She lives with me on Tuesdays and Wednesdays,' on Bravo's Hot Mic podcast. After Mellencamp was diagnosed with brain tumors and stage four cancer, that situation changed. Though there are times when Arroyave has stayed at their other house, when Mellencamp told him she was feeling 'really sick,' he decided to stay 'downstairs in the bedroom at our house right now.' She also said she wants him to start dating someone new. 'We can live in the same house,' explained Mellencamp. 'We don't argue. 'I always knew he'd do the right thing by me,' the former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star said. 'If he wanted to, he could still be filing and finishing this divorce off right now. But, my dad [musician John Mellencamp] and family just said like, "I don't think this is the right thing for her to be able to try to navigate right now or figure out."' 'It was like, "Yeah, of course. No, we'll wait. We'll wait until she's better, and then we'll figure it out."' Mellencamp was rumored to have been involved in an affair prior to the official split, but in an appearance on The Skinny Confidential podcast in February, she hinted strongly that Arroyave's infidelity had been a problem for years. 'Me and Edwin had some of the most amazing years and the most amazing times, and when we met it was hot and it was all the things, and then there would be somebody else,' she admitted. 'And I'd be like, "It's okay, I'm gonna work through it, I'm gonna make him love me more!" Then you have kids and things happen,' she continued. Now she is giving him her blessing to see other women. 'I would be fine with him dating,' she told Lima. 'Is he fine with you dating?' the host asked. 'I don't know. We've talked about it. 'I think everyone is my life is worried about me in general. So, for a little while, I was dating somebody. 'It went all over the press and everybody's talking about it and I'm like, "One: this is long enough ago that by the time you found out who the person was I wasn't dating the person.' The former reality star said she also talked to her therapist asking, 'if I feel the urge, if I get asked on a date or if somebody wants to take me out, she's like, "You should go." 'She's like, "Anything that you want to do right now and you feel in your heart that you want to do, do it." She's like, "It could be if [Edwin] asked you on a date and you wanted to go, nobody's setting any rules for you."' As for for herself, the personal trainer said, 'for a little while, I was dating somebody. It went all over the press' but the relationship has since ended Mellencamp said that 'right now, I'm not wanting that from him.' 'I just want him to be happy, and I want our kids to be happy, and I want us to be able to have a good friendship and relationship,' she explained. 'I don't want to do anything to hurt him,' she said, adding, 'I kind of know how our marriage works.' Although she referred to Arroyave as her ex-husband at one time in the conversation , the personal trainer joked that she was unsure about 'what you call somebody you were married to, then you filed for divorce, and then you got cancer, so then everything went on hold.'
USA Today
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Teddi Mellencamp reveals she is pausing immunotherapy amid cancer battle
Teddi Mellencamp is sharing yet another revelation amid her cancer journey. "Essentially, I haven't been feeling good for about a month, which was kind of shocking to me, and I think, mentally did a lot to me," Mellencamp told Tamra Judge during a July 23 episode of "Two Ts In A Pod," the popular podcast she co-hosts alongside her fellow "Real Housewives" alum. Mellencamp, 44, shared earlier this year that she had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in her brain and lungs. The reality star, who is daughter to rocker John Cougar Mellencamp, revealed in April on social media that after undergoing treatment, several of her tumors had "shrunk or disappeared." Now, she says, the immunotherapy may be causing more harm than good. The side effects, she told Judge, have been debilitating, even resulting in days where she struggles to keep her eyes open or speak clearly. "We're going to take a little break on the immunotherapy to get my body back feeling stronger," she said. Immunotherapy uses certain parts of a patient's immune system to fight tumors, according to the American Cancer Society. Mellencamp, who shares three children with husband Edwin Arroyave, also revealed that her diagnosis is making going the extra mile for her kids difficult. "I've never in my adult life been in a situation where I'm like, 'Gosh, I can't do this right now.' I can't stay up that extra hour and put my kid to bed tonight, I can't go to my daughter's horse show, or oh my gosh, I'm going to have to miss Cruz's practice," she said. "I've never once felt that way until recently, and it's heartbreaking." She and Arroyave are also in the midst of divorce proceedings, which they paused while she undergoes treatment. Mellencamp has been very open throughout her cancer journey with fans, sharing updates on her treatment, the success of immunotherapy and the hard conversations she's needed to have with family along the way. Mellencamp previously told USA TODAY that a positive mindset has been key to her journey. "I'm feeling positive, but I also would say that my mood and my overall energy level shifts by the hour," she said in May. "There's moments of fear and there's moments of whatever, but as long as I'm moving my body and taking action, then I seem to be in a more positive mindset."
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Teddi Mellencamp Gives New Health Update After Calling Out Her Doctors for Missing Her Melanoma Spreading
"Essentially, I haven't been feeling good for about a month, which was kind of shocking to me, and I think, mentally did a lot to me," Mellencamp said Teddi Mellencamp is providing a health update on her stage 4 cancer diagnosis. In the Wednesday, July 23 episode of her podcast Two Ts in a Pod with Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge, Mellencamp offered further details on her ongoing treatment. "Essentially, I haven't been feeling good for about a month, which was kind of shocking to me, and I think, mentally did a lot to me," she began. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 44, elaborated that she could barely open her eyes or "keep her words straight." She then revealed that she would be pausing immunotherapy treatment due to these side effects, as her team of doctors performed scans that showed her tumors were shrinking, with some "barely visible." "We're going to take a little break on the immunotherapy to get my body back feeling stronger," she said. Mellencamp also revealed that while her divorce filing from Edwin Arroyave stands, the proceedings remain on hold as she undergoes treatment. "I've never in my adult life been in a situation where I'm like, 'Gosh, I can't do this right now.' I can't stay up that extra hour and put my kid to bed tonight, I can't go to my daughter's horse show, or oh my gosh, I'm going to have to miss Cruz's practice. I've never once felt that way until recently, and it's heartbreaking," Mellencamp said of how her cancer journey has impacted her relationship with her three children, Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 5. Mellencamp explained that recapping episodes of RHOBH has been difficult for her as she undergoes treatment for her brain tumor, but that she is working to "shield" herself from memory loss. She then recounted a vulnerable moment before her July 17 interview with Glamour alongside fellow RHOBH star Kyle Richards. "That day, everybody was like, 'Oh my gosh, Teddy, you look so beautiful, you look so strong, you look like you're on top of the world,' " Mellencamp said. "And I remember that day lying up in a ball before going calling Kyle and Jen and going, 'If one of you guys don't pick me up, I can't even be in a car service. I'm too embarrassed, like I'm not doing well. I can't do this today." The health update on Two Ts in a Pod comes after Mellencamp called out her doctors for not performing scans on her earlier diagnosis of stage one melanoma when a patch of the cancer was discovered on her shoulder. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. 'I never really thought about it because I was like, 'I go to a doctor every three months. Why wouldn't they get me checked?' My highest melanoma on my shoulder was stage one. When I finally followed up on it, they were like, 'We didn't do the scans, because you didn't have anything above a stage one on your body.' But look what happened," she told Glamour. Mellencamp revealed in April that her disease progressed to stage 4, having metastasized to her brain and lungs. She has undergone surgery, radiation, and, until recently, immunotherapy, to treat the tumors. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Teddi Mellencamp Gives New Health Update After Calling Out Her Doctors for Missing Her Melanoma Spreading
"Essentially, I haven't been feeling good for about a month, which was kind of shocking to me, and I think, mentally did a lot to me," Mellencamp said Teddi Mellencamp is providing a health update on her stage 4 cancer diagnosis. In the Wednesday, July 23 episode of her podcast Two Ts in a Pod with Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge, Mellencamp offered further details on her ongoing treatment. "Essentially, I haven't been feeling good for about a month, which was kind of shocking to me, and I think, mentally did a lot to me," she began. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 44, elaborated that she could barely open her eyes or "keep her words straight." She then revealed that she would be pausing immunotherapy treatment due to these side effects, as her team of doctors performed scans that showed her tumors were shrinking, with some "barely visible." "We're going to take a little break on the immunotherapy to get my body back feeling stronger," she said. Mellencamp also revealed that while her divorce filing from Edwin Arroyave stands, the proceedings remain on hold as she undergoes treatment. "I've never in my adult life been in a situation where I'm like, 'Gosh, I can't do this right now.' I can't stay up that extra hour and put my kid to bed tonight, I can't go to my daughter's horse show, or oh my gosh, I'm going to have to miss Cruz's practice. I've never once felt that way until recently, and it's heartbreaking," Mellencamp said of how her cancer journey has impacted her relationship with her three children, Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 5. Mellencamp explained that recapping episodes of RHOBH has been difficult for her as she undergoes treatment for her brain tumor, but that she is working to "shield" herself from memory loss. She then recounted a vulnerable moment before her July 17 interview with Glamour alongside fellow RHOBH star Kyle Richards. "That day, everybody was like, 'Oh my gosh, Teddy, you look so beautiful, you look so strong, you look like you're on top of the world,' " Mellencamp said. "And I remember that day lying up in a ball before going calling Kyle and Jen and going, 'If one of you guys don't pick me up, I can't even be in a car service. I'm too embarrassed, like I'm not doing well. I can't do this today." The health update on Two Ts in a Pod comes after Mellencamp called out her doctors for not performing scans on her earlier diagnosis of stage one melanoma when a patch of the cancer was discovered on her shoulder. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. 'I never really thought about it because I was like, 'I go to a doctor every three months. Why wouldn't they get me checked?' My highest melanoma on my shoulder was stage one. When I finally followed up on it, they were like, 'We didn't do the scans, because you didn't have anything above a stage one on your body.' But look what happened," she told Glamour. Mellencamp revealed in April that her disease progressed to stage 4, having metastasized to her brain and lungs. She has undergone surgery, radiation, and, until recently, immunotherapy, to treat the tumors. Read the original article on People Solve the daily Crossword
