Former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Teddi Mellencamp has finally broken her silence about the real reason her marriage to husband Edwin Arroyave ended.
Opening up on The Skinny Confidential podcast, the 43-year-old implied that it was infidelity that put their relationship on a rough track – long before she allegedly strayed with her married horse trainer, Simon Schroeder.
‘Me and Edwin had some of the most amazing years and the most amazing times, and when we met it was hot and it was all the things, and then there would be somebody else,’ she confessed.
‘And I’d be like, “It’s okay, I’m gonna work through it, I’m gonna make him love me more!” Then you have kids and things happen,’ she continued.
‘Probably at the point in time when Edwin was ready to start working on it and really change, I probably stopped.’
She added, ‘But I never told him I was checked out. I think that’s the problem.’
Teddi admitted that Edwin had started working on himself to save their marriage, but at that point the damage had been done.
‘I think I had resentment or animosity or fear of ever being open again, so then I just closed off,’ she said.
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Former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Teddi Mellencamp has finally broken her silence about the real reason her marriage to husband Edwin Arroyave ended
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Teddi and Edwin ended their 13-year marriage last year amid rumors of infidelity
Teddi announced her split from husband Edwin after 13 years of marriage in November.
The former couple share three children: Slate, 12, son Cruz, 10, and daughter Dove, four.
She had previously hinted that they had gone through troubles in their marriage during a 2023 episode of her podcast, Two Ts in a Pod.
‘For years I had so much resentment towards Edwin, and it was to the point where I couldn’t even look at him,’ she said.
‘And the fact that we’ve been able to work through it has been huge. But like once you’ve been burned, it’s really hard to come back.’
After announcing the split, Teddi took to Instagram to share a defiant message amid the scandal surrounding the affair, claiming she had found peace with her past wrongdoings.
‘The only person who can change your life is you,’ she wrote alongside a video of herself working out.
‘We have two options: pretend to be a victim or stand up and fight for yourself. We all deserve peace and happiness,’ she continued.
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Teddi admitted that Edwin had started working on himself to save their marriage, but at that point the damage had been done
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The former couple share three children: Slate, 12, son Cruz, 10, and daughter Dove, four. (Pictured in 2019)
‘I have cried and mourned. I have taken accountability and apologized for things I have done wrong. Now, I have given myself permission to grow and thrive.’
Teddi and Simon allegedly cheated for months amid their respective marriages, and during a timeframe his wife Karli Postel had been expecting – and delivered – their second child, a source told Dailymail.com.
Simon, who specializes in horse jumping, had been training Mellencamp’s horse Totally, nicknamed ‘Toad.’
‘Karli thought it was suspicious that her husband was in Florida when she was giving birth in California,’ an insider told DailyMail.com.
Karli eventually ‘found text messages on Simon’s phone that exposed the affair,’ the insider said, and ‘confronted Simon and Teddi about it and they confessed,’ with Teddi vowing to her ‘it would not happen again.’