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Perth Now
a day ago
- Entertainment
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Teddi Mellencamp wants a 'good friendship' with Edwin Arroyave
Teddi Mellencamp wants to maintain a "good friendship" with Edwin Arroyave. The 44-year-old reality star announced her separation from Edwin in 2024, but Teddi insists that she wants to maintain a good relationship with her estranged husband. Teddi - who has Slate, 12, Cruz, ten, and Dove, five, with Edwin - said on The Jamie Kern Lima Show: "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, and I don't want to do anything to hurt him." Teddi insists she would be "fine" if Edwin started dating someone new. Asked how her estranged husband would feel about her dating, Teddi replied: "I don't know. "We've talked about it. I talked to my therapist about it, like, 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.'" Teddi and Edwin put their divorce plans on hold after she was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer in February. And the reality star has praised Edwin for the empathetic way that he's approached their separation, amid her health struggles. Teddi explained: "I always knew he'd do the right thing by me." The TV star observed that Edwin could've made her life much more difficult by pressing ahead with their divorce. Teddi - who tied the knot in 2011 - 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.'"
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Teddi Mellencamp puts on brave face as she steps out amid 'heartbreaking' health update and attempted break-in
Teddi Mellencamp didn't let her latest struggles hold her back when she stepped out in Los Angeles on Thursday. The 44-year-old former Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star was spotted leaving her home in Encino as she waited for a limo to chauffeur her to her destination. Despite confessing that she hadn't been feeling well in recent days, she was looking her best with her chic new hairdo that she unveiled the day before. Teddi could be seen at one point taking a call, and she bared a refreshing smile despite sharing devastating health news related to her cancer battle with her followers this week. Her outing also came in the wake of a scary break-in attempt that was luckily averted by a top-notch security system. Teddi looked comfortable and stylish for her day out with a flowing black-and-brown patterned jumpsuit with spaghetti straps. The summer look showed off her toned arms, and she paired the outfit with unusual sandals with odd rope-like braids. She paired her peroxide-blond buzz cut with a tasteful pair of pink-tinted oversize aviator sunglasses, and she kept her accessories minimal with a small black crossbody bag. Prior to unveiling her new hair look, Teddi had previously disguised her treatment-related hair loss with a variety of wigs, and she even rocked an edgy close-cropped buzz cut that revealed her scars and bald patches from chemotherapy and brain surgery. For her latest hairdo, Teddi revealed a freshly styled but thicker version of her buzz cut, this time dyed a chic platinum blond. She sounded hesitant at the reveal, writing, 'Let's see how long this lasts.' The reality star, who also credited her hair stylist, shared on Wednesday's episode of her podcast Two Ts In A Pod that her current immunotherapy treatments have begun to make her feel worse than before she started them. 'Essentially, what we figured out with me was, yes, I started out feeling great, and I could do all the pods and I could do all these things, and I could go to all my daughter's horse shows and I could stay at my house by myself, and I felt really strong,' she said while chatting with her co-host Tamra Judge. 'And what's happening with me is the longer that I'm on immunotherapy, the sicker it's making me.' Teddi unveiled her latest look on Wednesday amid her brutal battle with cancer. The same day, she revealed on her Two Ts In A Pod podcast that her immunotherapy treatments have been making her feel 'sicker'; seen in Beverly Hills in May Teddi said she had been consulting with her doctors on how to proceed, and they had decided to temporarily halt the immunotherapy treatments because they had been wracking her body 'incredibly hard.' 'We're going to take a little break on the immunotherapy to get my body back feeling stronger,' Teddi declared. She clarified that she was currently taking steroids to help alleviate the side effects of the immunotherapy. 'We're doing everything that we can to get me back to feeling like I, you know, I can do this, I can do all the things,' Teddi added. She said that she had lately been dealing with highly variable energy levels, where some days she could do all her usual tasks, while other days she struggled to fulfill her responsibilities without getting too fatigued. Teddi also noted that she has had difficulties with her memory and sometimes struggled to recall gossip from earlier RHOBH episodes when recording her podcast. However, it wasn't clear if those memory side effects were due to her latest round of treatments, or if they could have stemmed from her brain tumors. The daughter of John Mellencamp previously revealed that she had been diagnosed with several melanomas in 2022, and the surgeries to remove them in recent years have left a patchwork of scars across her back and shoulders. She even rocked an edgy close-cropped buzz cut that revealed her scars and bald patches from chemotherapy and brain surgery In February, she revealed that her skin cancer had metastasized and spread to her brain, with the resulting tumors causing devastating headaches that had grown in intensity in the weeks leading up to their discovery. She shared with her fans in April of this year that her melanomas were now considered stage IV after metastasizing and spreading to her lungs and brain. Patients diagnosed with stage IV cancer also have a greater likelihood of dying from the disease, though it can still be reversed at that point, or at least treated well enough to prolong a patient's life for a considerable amount of time. Teddi has subsequently called out commenters on her Instagram posts who have suggested she has little time left. During her somber health update, she clarified that she doesn't want to fill her fans' 'feed with cancer' news. 'I know that can be a depressing topic,' she admitted. 'But I also want [people to know that] if you're going through something like this, things are going to change and that's OK,' Teddi said. 'The hardest thing for me has been kind of the wake up call of "Wow, I can't do what I did yesterday," or "Wow, I can't do what I did three weeks ago,"' she added. Teddi also reiterated that her cancer hasn't just upended her life, but has also severely affected her children. 'It's changed my kids' life. It's changed my relationship with Edwin [Arroyave],' she said, referring to her estranged husband. 'You guys all know that we were filing for divorce. Nothing's changed in that other than that we're on hold because of what's happening to me medically,' she explained. 'But he's had to step in and help me because some days I can't do it.' Teddi and Edwin share three children: daughters Slate, 12, and Dove, four, as well as their 10-year-old son Cruz. The former Real Housewife is all the stepmother of Edwin's oldest daughter, 16-year-old Isabella. In a recent interview with her friend and former RHOBH costar Kyle Richards, Teddi revealed that her doctors opted not to order more advanced scans after initially discovering her stage I melanomas, which might have revealed that her cancer was spreading. She urged others diagnosed with cancer to advocate for themselves and to be more actively involved in their treatment as a result.
Daily Mirror
18-07-2025
- Health
- Daily Mirror
Real Housewives' Teddi Mellencamp says doctors failed to spot stage 4 cancer spreading
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Teddi Mellencamp has spoken about being told that cancer had metastasized to her brain and lungs following treatment for melanomas Reality TV star Teddi Mellencamp has said that doctors didn't realise that her cancer was spreading to her brain and lungs. She's also opened up about having not requested scans that could have spotted the metastasized tumours. Teddi, 44, who is best known for having been on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, shared that she had been diagnosed with skin cancer in 2022. She's since said to have had 17 spots of melanoma removed from her back. Then, earlier this year, she told fans that doctors hadn't realised that the cancer had spread. She announced that stage four tumours in her brain and lungs had been found, adding that doctors suspected that they had been growing for at least 6 months by the time they were discovered. Teddi, who competed on the US version of Celebrity Big Brother the same year that she shared her initial diagnosis, had emergency brain surgery, radiation and immunotherapy treatment after the secondary cancer was found. She's continued to share updates with fans since then. Whilst interviewed by her pal and former RHOBH co-star Kyle Richards for Glamour magazine recently, Teddi spoke about having not questioned why she didn't have certain scans after the initial melonamos were identified. It came after Kyle suggested that she would ask for scans to detect potential spreading if she had "that much" skin cancer and it's "that aggressive". She however said "that wasn't ever brought up" to Teddi. Sharing her thoughts on her experience, Teddi said: "When you go to a doctor, you just assume that's it." She told Kyle that she thought she was doing what she was "supposed" to do and admitted to not researching herself initially because she didn't want to know "the bad things". Teddi, who's the daughter of singer John Mellencamp, added in the interview published earlier this week: "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?" She said that her "highest" melanoma on her shoulder had been stage one. Teddi said that when she "finally followed up on it" she was told that scans hadn't been done because she "didn't have" anything above stage one on her body. In the interview, Teddi, who said that she's "patiently" waiting for the day that she's told she's "cancer-free," also shared advice for fans, including telling them to trust their gut instinct. She recalled having not felt well for a "long time" before seeking medical attention, admitting that she had "self-diagnosed" instead. Her comments come after she announced in February that her cancer had metastasized to her brain. She said at the time: "For the last several weeks I've been dealing with severe and debilitating headaches. Yesterday the pain was unbearable and required hospitalisation. After a CT scan and MRI, doctors found multiple tumours on my brain, which they believe have been growing for at least 6 months." Teddi told fans that two tumours would be surgically removed and that the remaining smaller ones would be dealt with through radiation. She added: "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." Two weeks later though, Teddi announced that two more tumours than "expected" had been removed. Then in March, she said that multiple tumours in her brain weren't able to be removed via surgry and that she also had two tumours in her lungs. She said: "These are all metastases of my melanoma. The doctors are hopeful that immunotherapy will effectively treat them." The following month, Teddi told fans: "All tumours stage 4 (metastasized melanoma in my brain and lungs) shrunk or disappeared so I have 6ish more weeks of immunotherapy and doctors believe I will be healed if everything stays on course." Reflecting on her experience, she wrote in April: "It's been 76 days since I went to the ER with unbearable headaches and quickly found out I had multiple stage 4 tumors 'the size of plums' in my brain and lungs. Melanoma had metastasized there and been there for '6 months to a year' and we had no clue." The Macmillan Support Line offers confidential support to people living with cancer and their loved ones. If you need to talk, call us on 0808 808 0000.
Perth Now
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Teddi Mellencamp 'really upset' by online comments about her hair
Teddi Mellencamp was "really upset" after she was told she looked prettier with "long hair" before her cancer diagnosis. The 43-year-old reality star has been battling stage four melanoma - which has metastasised to both her brain and lungs - and she has undergone surgery, radiation and immunotherapy as part of her treatment, which caused hair loss, and Teddi has now admitted a cruel online comment about her appearance sent her into a downward spiral. She told Glamour magazine: "With the hair, it's weird the things that would upset me. People would write to me: 'Why did you shave your head?' "I remember getting really upset by it because I'd be like: 'I lost my hair. I shaved the parts that I didn't lose' ... "Those little comments can sometimes get to you ... For a stranger to write to me on the internet and say: 'Why would you shave your head? You were so pretty with long hair' It would hurt me inside." Teddi went on to add: "One, this wasn't a choice. Two, why would you write that? Now I just really don't have the patience for it. "Some days I'm having a cute shaved-head day, and I don't want to wear a wig. And some days, I'm like, This is absolutely a wig day. Today was a wig day." The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member went on to admit she's "gotten pretty used to being bald" but went she initially worried about her appearance when came out of hospital after surgery. She explained: "Thankfully, I've gotten pretty used to being bald. I remember just getting out of the hospital and thinking that I needed a spray tan. And I colored my hair ... "These are the things that you do. There was so much of my identity tied to how I physically looked. Now it's more tied to how I physically feel." Teddi recently told fans she's starting to see her hair start to come back and even shared before-and-after images on Instagram showing visible regrowth over a month-long period. In the post, she wrote: "It's amazing what my body can do ... I noticed a real change in my hair regrowth. "Cancer comes with so many emotions: anger, sadness, loneliness. And while I feel grateful that immunotherapy is saving my life, I feel like I live in a fog, and I can't help but beat myself up on all of the ways I am falling short. I just desperately want to be back to my usual self."
Perth Now
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Teddi Mellencamp confirms split from Ricci Rea
Teddi Mellencamp has split from Ricci Rea. The 44-year-old TV star was spotted with a mystery man last month and it was subsequently revealed that she was dating the producer - but Teddi has now revealed that she's already ended their romance. During an appearance on the Diamonds in the Rough podcast, Teddi shared: "You guys, [the] press needs to get on it a little bit faster because by the time they figured out who my mystery man was, we're already done. "I had to call things off. "All of a sudden, I open up the freaking worldwide web. I'm like, 'The mystery man.' Oh, now you guys figured it out." Teddi described Ricci as a "really nice guy". However, she doesn't think she's ready for a serious romance at this point in time. The reality star - who split from her husband, Edwin Arroyave, in 2024 - said: "Right now, it started getting to the point where it's starting to get a little bit more serious. I was like, 'I don't have the capacity for this right now.' "He's a really nice guy, couldn't be a nicer guy." "I don't feel my best. So, when I have downtime, I want to rest. It's not even, like, about a need right now, and I think that's the crazy thing about this." Meanwhile, Teddi recently confessed that she's ignoring "hard conversations" about the future. The reality star was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer earlier this year after she was found to have multiple tumours on her brain and lungs, and although she has successfully undergone immunotherapy - which has seen the growths "significantly" shrink - Teddi is "in denial" of her physical condition. Speaking on her Two Ts in a Pod podcast, she said: "I think it's really hard being in a place where, I kind of am in denial of where I am physically. And when other people are not in denial, it's hard. "My family wants to have like the hard conversations, and I don't ... They want to talk about things like the future, or medically, exactly how I'm doing, and I don't want to talk about it."
