Teddi Mellencamp Announces Divorce From Husband Edwin ...
Teddi Mellencamp says she's filing for divorce from husband Edwin Arroyave after a 13-year marriage.
The "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" alum announced her decision in an Instagram post, writing that her "priority is my children" at this time.
"After a great deal of care and consideration, I have made the difficult decision to file for divorce," she wrote. "My priority is my children and ensuring that every care is taken with their privacy and wellbeing throughout this new chapter."
"Making a public statement is not something I wanted to do but in an effort to protect my family from undue speculation and rumors, I felt being open, honest and vulnerable was the best path forward."
Mellencamp did not offer further comment to TODAY.com about her post. Arroyave has not publicly addressed the divorce news.
The daughter of singer John Mellencamp and Arroyave were married in July 2011 and share daughter Slate, 12, son Cruz, 10, and daughter Dove, 4. Arroyave also has daughter Isabella, 15, from a previous relationship.
In a 2019 interview with "Yahoo! Life," Mellencamp said she met Arroyave at a Hollywood nightclub about a decade prior and "casually dated for a long time."
Mellencamp said in the interview that Arroyave initially didn't "believe in marriage."
“He came home and he had tears in his eyes, and I had never really seen him cry before, and he just put a blank check down on the bedside table, and he was like: ‘Hey, I just wanted to tell you that I love you and I went to go buy the ring today. I’m sorry. I just don’t believe in marriage and I don’t want you to break up with me,’” Mellencamp told the outlet at the time. “I felt like the life had just been sucked out of me.”
However, Arroyave said in the same interview that he ended up proposing the next day on Christmas Eve.
“Your mind plays tricks on you, and at the end of the day, I knew that this was the girl that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with,” Arroyave said.
Arroyave last posted on Instagram with Mellencamp Oct. 25, sharing a tribute about his wife's journey with melanoma. The reality TV star was the emcee for the Melanoma Research Foundatio gala.
"I always say life and pain are inseparable," he wrote. "And to see @teddimellencamp embrace her pain and use it for the greater good again last night as she emceed the @curemelanoma gala, was a beautiful reminder of what she is capable of."
"Her story has already saved lives. And I couldn’t be prouder that she will continue to save more. Love you, Teds," he wrote, before adding, "(So much so that I missed the Rams game to be there)."
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