Teddi Mellencamp has revealed that she is dating someone new amid her cancer battle.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star shared the news in the latest episode of her podcast Two Ts In a Pod, released on Tuesday.
Mellencamp, 43, told co-host – Real Housewives of Orange County star Tamra Judge – that she was photographed by papparazzi and “some pictures are going to come out” before revealling the reason.
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“I’m dating somebody,” she said.
“He’s very kind to me, he’s taking good care of me. He’s nice … he’s not married, he doesn’t have any kids. But he’s also a private person.”
The photos, which were ultimately published the same day the podcast dropped, showed a man wearing sunglasses and covered in tattoos wrapping his arms around the mum-of-three.
Mellencamp then explained that part of her decision to conceal the man’s name came down to his privacy values.
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She explained the couple discussed his level of privacy before she revealed the news.
“I asked him, like, ‘Do I even say your name?’ and he’s, like, ‘it’s really whatever you want to do, like, I know you’re a public person,'” she said.
She also shared that when they met, her new partner didn’t know of her public profile.
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Teddi, the daughter of musician John Mellencamp, was previously married to entrepreneur Edwin Arroyave for 13 years and the pair share three kids – daughter Slate, 12, son Cruz, 10, and daughter Dove, five.
The reality star filed for divorce from her husband in November 2024, having gotten married in 2011.
Arroyave’s been by his ex-wife’s side since she was diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma in October 2022 and undergone dozens of surgeries.
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The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 43, recently revealed her melanoma had turned to stage four and had metastasised to her lungs and brain.
Two months ago, she said doctors told her she has a “50/50” chance of surviving cancer and “for the first time”, she felt “really scared”.
She is currently undergoing immunotherapy and in a recent interview with Nightline said she often asks her doctors what her survival rate is.
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“It’s one of my favourite things to ask, ‘How long I got? What are my chances?’ And they oftentimes say 50/50,” she explained.
“50/50?” Mellencamp recalled saying in response.
“I wouldn’t buy a car that’s only gonna drive a 50 per cent chance of the time. I don’t want this.”
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