How Teddi Mellencamp & Ex Edwin Arroyave Told Kids About Her Cancer
Teddi Mellencamp and her estranged husband Edwin Arroyave have been direct about her stage 4 cancer with their three kids, who Edwin says have “been strong” amid the scary health battle.
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Teddi Mellencamp is definitely keeping it real.
As the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum continues to battle stage 4 cancer, her estranged husband Edwin Arroyave shared how they have been “upfront” about her cancer with their kids Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 5.
“I called it the way it was,” he detailed on the April 3 episode of his The Eds podcast. “It’s like, ‘Hey, there’s some tumors that your mom has in her brain. It sounds worse than what it is, but this is what we think is going to happen. This is how we’re going to deal with it, and this is why I’m confident that she’s going to make it through.’”
Though their kids were “scared” and “concerned,” Edwin—who is also dad to daughter Isabella, 15, with ex Christina Mecklenburg—said the pair decided to be candid about the dangers of Teddi’s cancer, which has metastasized in her brain and lungs, prompting multiple brain surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy.
