Teddi Mellencamp Undergoes Surgery After Melanoma Diagnosis
It's implicit betwixt Teddi Mellencamp and Edwin Arroyave.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum announced her divided from her hubby Nov. 2.
"After a large woody of attraction and consideration, I person made the hard determination to record for divorce," Mellencamp wrote connected Instagram. "My precedence is my children and ensuring that each attraction is taken with their privateness and wellbeing passim this caller chapter."
The 43-year-old—who shares kids Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 4, with Arroyave—continued, "Making a nationalist connection is not thing I wanted to bash but successful an effort to support my household from undue speculation and rumors, I felt being open, honorable and susceptible was the champion way forward."
Arroyave, 47, has not commented publically connected the breakup. The quality comes 3 months aft helium and Teddi marked their 13-year wedding anniversary.
"13 years agone I said 'I do' to you, @tedwinator," she had written to him successful an Instagram tribute successful July. "15 years unneurotic and 13 years married. I americium arrogant of us. Who would person thought betwixt you simulating playing the keyboard and maine simulating a vocalist connected a state euphony demo, we’d marque a cleanable duo."
She continued, "From Paris to the Riviera Maya, it’s been years of discovery, laughter, tears, growth, and companionship. While not perfect, we’ve enactment successful the enactment to marque our matrimony what it is today. And I wouldn’t person it immoderate different way. Love you, Papa. Excited to observe with you contiguous and the beauteous household we person created."
Their divided besides comes during a hard wellness travel for Teddi, who has been battling tegument crab connected and disconnected for much than 2 years. Just implicit 1 week earlier she announced her divorcement from Edwin, helium had joined her astatine the 2024 Cure Melanoma Gala successful New York City.
"I ever accidental beingness and symptom are inseparable," helium wrote connected Instagram Oct. 25, alongside photos of the 2 astatine the event, including 1 showing them kissing. "And to spot @teddimellencamp clasp her symptom and usage it for the greater bully again past nighttime arsenic she emceed the @curemelanoma gala, was a beauteous reminder of what she is susceptible of."
Edwin continued, "Her communicative has already saved lives. And I couldn't beryllium prouder that she volition proceed to prevention more. Love you, Teds. (So overmuch truthful that I missed the Rams crippled to beryllium there.)
Instagram / Edwin Arroyave
The girl of singer-songwriter John Mellencamp was diagnosed with a stage 2 melanoma successful October 2022 and underwent country for it.
Then successful October 2023, Teddi shared she had different melanoma. She underwent immunotherapy attraction but it was unsuccessful, and she went connected to have much surgery—a wide excision to region the tumor, positive brushed insubstantial defect reconstruction with adjacent insubstantial rearrangement. In January, she said her oncologist told her she was melanoma-free.
Instagram / Edwin Arroyave
This past October, the Two Ts successful A Pod co-host opened up astir her lengthy crab conflict successful an exclusive E! News interview. The hardest portion of it, she said, has been "the intelligence toll it takes."
"I person large highs and lows depending connected what's going connected with my surgeries and whatnot," the wellness manager said. "And past besides having those days wherever I say, 'I'm conscionable going to fto myself clang today. I person these 3 hours to myself, I'm going to let myself person a small cry, consciousness these emotions.' Then it's easier to process than erstwhile you unreal that everything's cleanable each the time."
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