The reality TV star said she was making the announcement “to protect my family from undue speculation and rumors.”
Former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Teddi Mellencamp and her husband Edwin Arroyave are separating after 13 years of marriage.
Mellencamp made the announcement via an Instagram post with “great deal of care and consideration.”
She said her decision to go public with her impending divorce was made “to protect my family from undue speculation and rumors.” She added, “I felt being open, honest and vulnerable was the best path forward.”
Mellencamp, 43, and Arroyave, 47, reportedly met after a night out in Hollywood for what the Housewives star said she initially thought was just going to be a good time.
“I thought after that night that that was just one of those… a story that you tell your girlfriends,” she said in a 2019 interview with Yahoo Lifestyle. “Maybe I’ll hang out with him one more time.”
Celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary in 2018, Mellencamp remarked their relationship helped them learn “what it’s like to fight for each other.”
“Life is not perfect. Marriage is not perfect, but, knowing you found the person that you are willing to fight for for the rest of your life when hard things happen makes my heart feel full,” Mellencamp wrote at the time.
Now they share three children, Slate, Dove and Cruz, and face a “new chapter” as co-parents, Mellencamp said in another post announcing their uncoupling.
“My priority is my children and ensuring that every care is taken with their privacy and wellbeing,” she said.
