Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Teddi Mellencamp has been through a lot over the past few years.
The mom of three has faced multiple surgeries, long stretches of treatment, and months of uncertainty while sharing her health journey with fans. Earlier this year, doctors diagnosed her melanoma as stage 4 after discovering several tumors in her brain and lungs. She’s also navigating a divorce from her husband, Edwin Arroyave, after 13 years of marriage, which has made this chapter of her life even more challenging.
Despite it all, Teddi’s stayed open about both the hard days and the hopeful moments that come with battling cancer. Now, after everything she’s endured, she says her latest scans brought news that completely took her by surprise. It’s giving her and her family a new reason to hope.
Teddi first shared the update on the October 3 episode of her podcast, Two Ts in a Pod, revealing that her latest scans showed “no detectable cancer.” “When they told me, I was in such shock. I was like numb,” she said.
Teddi recently explained to Radar Online that while she is grateful, the fight isn’t over. “I’m still going to be having days when I’m feeling sick and stuff because I still am in immunotherapy,” she said. She added that she’ll continue treatment for another year and isn’t in remission yet. “The way the doctors said it works, it’s like one year, then two years, then at three years you’re allowed to be considered in remission.”
Teddi also talked about her daily challenges in an Instagram Story. “Some days are definitely better than others,” she wrote. “And you don’t see all the times I’m laying in bed unable to do much.” She added that she’s learning to rest without guilt and takes her podcast with Tamra Judge “week by week.”
Even with the ups and downs, Teddi remains focused on healing and gratitude. She recently thanked her dad, John Mellencamp, for supporting her through recovery. On October 24, she posted a photo of him with her daughters on Instagram. “It’s been 10 months since my brain surgery and I am so grateful for @johnmellencamp for continuously being there for me and my family the entire time.”
With clear scans and continued support from her family, Teddi remains focused on her recovery and ongoing treatment.
Reality Tea continues to send Teddi every best wish.
Shamea Morton and Porsha Williams’ rock-solid friendship appears to be crumbling on The Real Housewives of Atlanta — but there’s still hope for the childhood besties.
Revealing the status of their relationship after RHOA Season 16 in an exclusive interview with The Daily Dish, Shamea had nothing but praise for Porsha’s evolution over the years.
“We’ve all grown quite a bit and matured, but I love the fact that she still has a fun youthful heart,” Shamea gushed. “She still enjoys having fun, being out, and I’m excited to see what her next thing in life is.”
Even as Porsha navigates her ongoing divorce from Simon Guobadia, Shamea believes “God is working with her and through her,” adding, “Some of the changes might hurt right now, but they’re for the best for her.”
Ultimately, she trusts that a higher power will guide them in the future.
“We just say that God’s will be done in our lives,” Shamea summed up. “And I think that is the case with her. She’ll continue to evolve and she’ll continue to come out on top.”
During RHOA Season 16, Episode 10, several long-brewing issues between the two finally bubbled to the surface. As Angela Oakley spilled about their so-called “lopsided friendship,” Shamea felt that Porsha “didn’t want her to be” a full-time Housewife and was “afraid” to open up about not wanting to be “looked at as Porsha’s lapdog.”
What’s more, Shamea apparently had some lingering hurt feelings about Porsha skipping her 2017 wedding to Gerald Mwangi in Kenya.
Meanwhile, both were incensed that each was discussing their beef behind the other’s back, especially given their long history.
On The Real Housewives of Atlanta After Show, Shamea tackled the issue of Porsha’s “hurtful” absence from her wedding, head-on. She shared that though Porsha did attend her traditional Kenyan Kikuyu ruracio ceremony, which she explained is when a groom’s family pays a dowry for his bride, she skipped out on the actual nuptials in Africa.
During the May 11 episode, Porsha herself revealed, “I did not go to Shamea’s wedding in Kenya because a couple months or a month or two prior to her actual wedding, we were not speaking.”
That apparently came as news to Shamea, however.
“I didn’t know that that’s the reason why you didn’t come,” she claimed on the RHOA After Show. “You told me that you were sick. Who knew?!”
Shamea went on to say that Porsha had also given her “three other excuses” for why she couldn’t fly to Kenya.
“Well, which one is it? I’m very much like, let’s get to the bottom of it and move forward,” Shamea concluded.