Teddi Mellencamp Says ‘Worst Time’ in Edwin Arroyave Marriage Was Right Before ‘RHOBH’

Teddi Mellencamp is getting real about her marriage to her estranged husband Edwin Arroyave.

It might seem counter-intuitive, but in an interview with “The Skinny Confidential” podcast released Monday, February 3, Mellencamp said that the “worst time” in her marriage was right before she booked The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She also claimed the reality series even made her marriage stronger in a lot of ways.

“Edwin would say this himself,” she said. “The show held him accountable, because all of the sudden, people knew who he was.”

“So there were parts of it that really helped,” Mellencamp continued.

The reality star also revealed that there was one scene from Housewives that never aired — a stroke of luck for her ex, as it would have “eaten Edwin alive.”

“They had us have that conversation,” she explained, “Like should we have another baby? And at that moment, I’m trying to self-produce him through my head, like kicking him under the table. And he’s like, ‘Gosh, but then are you gonna get all big and depressed again?’” While Mellencamp admitted she understood where Arroyave was coming from, she knew their conversation wouldn’t translate well to an audience.

Mellencamp also said the show magnified the parts of herself she wanted to change, especially in terms of how she showed up for her estranged husband. She also said that at times in her marriage she was on “auto-pilot.”

However, Mellencamp added,“There would be some really amazing times and I’d be like, all right, this is actually how it’s supposed to be. And I mean still to this day, last night I was crying and I’m like, maybe I just figured out. Maybe I figured it out just because I don’t want our kids to grow up in a home where their parents aren’t together.”

Mellencamp and Arroyave announced their plans to divorce on November 6, 2024.

“It was a long time coming and they have been up and down for the last seven-plus years,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly at the time. “This isn’t the first time Teddi has wanted a divorce, and it has been an ongoing conversation between them for years.”

The couple was in therapy for several years, the insider added, saying,“They have had some really high highs and low lows over the course of their marriage.”

Mellencamp and Arroyave married in 2011. They share three children together: Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 4. Aarroyave is also a father to his oldest daughter, Isabella, from a previous relationship.