Edwin Arroyave’s intuition was to handle Teddi Mellencamp as she battles stage 4 most cancers — regardless of their looming divorce.
“It doesn’t matter what, I’ll all the time love Teddi and he or she’s been a giant a part of my life,” he mentioned of his estranged spouse on Thursday’s episode of “The Eds” podcast.
“And I similar to caring for individuals, it’s simply what I do. So it wasn’t even like a query; it was reflexive.”
Arroyave, 47, defined that a very powerful factor was for him to get the “Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills” star, 43, to a spot the place she feels “assured” and never “alone.”
“I believe her associates all stepped up, her household all stepped up and it helped me quite a bit,” he shared. “I wouldn’t have been capable of do what I did if it weren’t for her family and friends.”
Arroyave shared that he and Mellencamp’s family members would take turns staying with the TV persona on the hospital.
“On the finish of the day, when stuff like that occurs, you don’t need to really feel alone. You need to really feel such as you matter. You need to really feel like there’s individuals rooting for you. And Teddi’s family and friends did that,” he mentioned, including how “grateful” he was for his or her assist.
The businessman and Bravolebrity tied the knot in 2011 however Mellencamp filed for divorce final November. The now-exes share daughters Slate, 12, and Dove, 5, and son Cruz, 10. Mellencamp can be a stepmom to Arroyave’s daughter Isabella, 16.
In February, Aroyave and Mellencamp put their divorce proceedings on maintain after the daughter of singer John Mellencamp revealed that docs needed to take away 4 tumors from her mind.
The subsequent month, Teddi shared that her docs found 5 extra tumors in her physique — three in her mind and two in her lungs.
Teddi, who was recognized with stage 2 melanoma in October 2022, confirmed this week that she has stage 4 most cancers.
The “Two Ts in a Pod” co-host acknowledged how useful Arroyave has been all through her grueling most cancers battle.
“I’m actually fortunate that Edwin, who I used to be in the midst of a divorce from, we put all the pieces on maintain,” she informed Us Weekly in an article revealed this week. “[It] wasn’t actually the time to be preventing over emails. He’s been extraordinarily variety and serving to with the youngsters. That’s made issues quite a bit simpler.”
Arroyave has been sleeping of their visitor room whereas Teddi has remained within the main suite of their residence.
“It’s enjoyable. It’s all of the issues that I beloved about our marriage however with out all the issues,” she joked of their state of affairs.
Whereas Teddi informed the outlet that she is “preventing for [her] life,” she shared together with her Instagram followers on Thursday the thrilling information that she accomplished her final day of radiation — although she nonetheless has “5 extra rounds of immunotherapy to go.”
