Teddi Mellencamp publicly addressed headlines Thursday about her alleged cheating on her estranged husband Edwin Arroyave with her married horse trainer Simon Schroeder.
“What I can say, and I try very hard… there are multiple sides to every story,” the ex-Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 43, said on her podcast Two T’s in a pod with Tamra Judge. “I’m sure everyone has seen it all on the World Wide Web.”
Teddi was measured in her words when she spoke about the sensitive subject, two weeks after filing for divorce from 47-year-old Arroyave.
“I’m not going to confirm or deny anything,” the Bloomington, Indiana-born reality star said, adding that “there are a lot of people involved.”
The Bravo personality and Arroyave are parents to three children: daughter Slate, 12, son Cruz, 10, and daughter Dove, four, and she is stepmother to his daughter from a previous relationship, Isabella, 15.
“I’ll say again the same statement I said before: the children, they are the priority; for now that’s all I’m going to discuss about this,” Teddi said. “There’s little kids involved, family members involved, you don’t want to throw other people under the bus.
Teddi Mellencamp, 43, publicly addressed headlines about her alleged cheating on estranged Edwin Arroyave, 47, with her married horse trainer Simon Schroeder. Pictured in LA on October 10
Schroeder, a horse trainer, is pictured with his wife Karli Postel
“When it comes to children and the lives of other people who haven’t signed up for this or signed up for this, I’m going to have to be patient.”
Teddi, whose father is 73-year-old singer-songwriter John Cougar Mellencamp, said she felt she had to say something about the affair issue to keep things “moving” on the podcast.
She said she talked about not being inundated with comments calling her “such a hypocrite.”
Teddi added, “There’s always going to be, in every situation, someone who’s vocal and someone who’s not, and I know in my world of recapping Housewives, I’m pretty vocal.”
Teddi said that while she isn’t “ready to process or talk about some of the issues surrounding the breakup or involve the kids,” she is “still here,” “showing up to work” and “doing her best to do that.” doing’. [she] can.’
Teddi and Schröeder cheated for months during their respective marriages, and during a period of time his wife Karli Postel was expecting — and giving birth to — their second child, a source told Ny Breaking.com on Wednesday.
“Karli found it suspicious that her husband was in Florida when she was in labor,” the insider said.
Postel “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 promising her “it wouldn’t happen again.”
Teddi and Edwin Arroyave, 47, split after 13 years of marriage, citing October 20 as their stated divorce date and irreconcilable differences as the cause. Pictured in October 2023
Teddi spoke about her split in a November 2 Instagram statement
Postel initially “didn’t tell” Arroyave about his wife’s extramarital affair, and “was willing to give Simon another chance and stay with him,” the insider said.
In October, matters reached a boiling point when Postel found “evidence that the affair was ongoing and that it had become ’emotional.’
“Simon had a history of cheating and Karli was tired of being associated with him. Edwin only learned of the affair at the end of last month when Karli told him.’
Teddi’s timing in filing the divorce at the beginning of the month was a tactical move to get ahead of the split and keep the story under control, the source said.
“She filed for divorce from Edwin so he wouldn’t have the opportunity to accuse her of adultery,” the source said. ‘It is said that the marriage ended because Edwin cheated on Teddi, but in reality it is the other way around.’
Teddi said she and Arroyave separated after 13 years of marriage, a day after she filed divorce papers, listing October 20 as their date of separation and irreconcilable differences as the cause.
Mellencamp said via a November 2 Instagram statement, “After much care and consideration, I have made the difficult decision to file for divorce. My priority is my children and ensuring that every care is taken for their privacy and well-being during this new chapter.”
She said she did not want to make a “public statement” on the issue but “felt that being open, honest and vulnerable is the best way forward” to “keep the people safe.” [her] to protect the family against unnecessary speculation and rumours.’