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Teddi Mellencamp Confirms Stage 4 Cancer and New Tumors successful Heartbreaking Update
Teddi Mellencamp is decidedly keeping it real.
As the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum continues to conflict stage 4 cancer, her estranged hubby Edwin Arroyave shared however they person been “upfront” astir her crab with their kids Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 5.
“I called it the mode it was,” helium elaborate connected the April 3 occurrence of his The Eds podcast. “It’s like, ‘Hey, there’s immoderate tumors that your ma has successful her brain. It sounds worse than what it is, but this is what we deliberation is going to happen. This is however we’re going to woody with it, and this is wherefore I’m assured that she’s going to marque it through.’”
Though their kids were “scared” and “concerned,” Edwin—who is besides dada to girl Isabella, 15, with ex Christina Mecklenburg—said the brace decided to beryllium candid astir the dangers of Teddi’s cancer, which has metastasized successful her encephalon and lungs, prompting aggregate encephalon surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy.
“I tried my champion to not sugarcoat it excessively much,” Edwin continued, explaining that helium did fto the kids cognize the “risks that travel with this.”
But successful the look of Teddi’s wellness struggles, the 47-year-old said their kids person “been strong.”
“Kids are resilient,” helium shared. “I’ve been precise impressed with them. They’ve inactive been doing large successful school, they’ve been doing large successful sports. I’ve conscionable tried to support it accordant with them. Have them proceed to bash what they’ve ever done.”
And for Edwin, his effect to enactment Teddi, 43, passim her aesculapian ordeal was “reflexive.”
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"People deliberation that's hard, but for me, that's conscionable what I do," explained Edwin, whose narration with Teddi ended past fall aft 13 years of marriage. "No substance what, I volition ever emotion Teddi and she's been a large portion of my life. And I similar taking attraction of people, it's conscionable what I do. So, it wasn't adjacent a question."
Does this mean there’s a accidental for the mates to rekindle their romance? Edwin volition reassess erstwhile the timing is right.
"The archetypal happening is conscionable making definite that we instrumentality attraction of this," helium said. "We'll spot what happens with time. But for close now, it's conscionable much of, ‘How bash we instrumentality attraction of you? How tin we get you backmost to mean arsenic accelerated arsenic [possible]?’”
He added, “That different worldly volition fig itself out."
To spot immoderate of Teddi and Edwin’s cutest household photos, support reading…
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Red Carpet Outing
Teddi and Edwin instrumentality Slate, Dove and Cruz to the LOL Surprise! The Movie premiere successful Los Angeles successful 2021.
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Disney Days
The household of 5 bask a time of amusive astatine Disneyland and California Adventure with friends successful June 2024. "They accidental it’s a tiny world," Teddi wrote connected Instagram, "but my feet accidental otherwise."
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Cruz Cuddles
"I needed this," Teddi captioned a pic with her youngest. "Thank you."
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Horsin' Around
"When you leap to a 90 astatine Junior Hunter Finals astatine 11-years-old… and WIN the Classic Stake!!" Teddi posted successful July 2024 portion celebrating her oldest child's large milestone. "So proud."
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Back to School 2024
"I cried because…?" Teddi wrote connected Instagram successful August 2024. "1. I’m going to miss them. 2. They’re getting older which means I americium too. 3. I tin really enactment successful bid passim the day. 4. A operation of each the above."
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A Legend's Birthday
The household honors Teddi's dad, euphony legend John Mellencamp, successful October 2024.
"Happy birthday, Dads," she wrote. "It was a acquisition to beryllium capable to walk clip with you astatine the @capitalchallengehorseshow implicit the weekend. But the past descent is truly the acquisition that keeps connected giving. Love you, @johnmellencamp."
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Grandpa Time
Slate, Dove and Cruz bask a time with grandpa.
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Family Reunion
"Grandpa is 93 and helium inactive volition get picked earlier maine for teams successful our household shot game," the Bravo alum shared connected Instagram. "But I deliberation the adjacent bigger sermon successful the fam is pumpkin oregon pome pie. Which bash you prefer?"
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Happy Turkeys
Teddi celebrates Thanksgiving 2024 with her 3 kids.
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Christmas 2024
"The North Pole comes to SoCal!" Teddi shared with a festive photo.
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Happy New Year
"Raise your manus if you don’t recognize you are celebrating the shot driblet astatine 9PM PST," Teddi shared connected New Year's Eve successful 2024. "Who lets their kiddos enactment up until midnight section clip connected NYE (and however bash you bash it)?"
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Dove Turns 5
"Happy day to my occurrence baby," the Two T's successful a Pod cohost wrote successful February 2025. "Hard to judge it’s been 5 years since you made our lives amended and brighter. But nary substance however grown you get, you’ll ever beryllium My Baby Dovey."
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