“RHOBH” Alum Teddi Mellencamp is revealing the truth behind her alleged affair with horse trainer Simon Schroeder. “I’ve never talked about it at all, just because of the kids,” she explained during the August 5 episode of “The Jamie Kern Lima Show.”
Mellencamp continued, “I’ve never wanted anybody to have a guarantee whether it happened or didn’t happen, but what I can say is, did I do things that hurt other people? Yes.”
In December of 2024 The Daily Mail reported that Mellencamp and Schroeder, her married horse trainer, had been having an affair which led to Mellencamp’s split from her husband Edwin Arroyave.
“However long it was … it was all over the press, it was everywhere,” Mellencamp told Lima. “You’re trying to minimize everybody’s pain. You end up maximizing it.” She added, “Because now not only do you have yourself, you have your significant other, your kids, the other person’s significant other, their kids.”
Teddi Mellencamp Wondered if Her Cancer Was ‘Payback’
Mellencamp, who is currently battling stage 4 cancer, wondered whether her scary diagnosis was punishment for her infidelity. “To this day, does it still hurt my heart and I wonder if that’s why it got cancer? Yes, like it was my payback,” she tearfully shared.
When speaking about the damage done by the rumors of the alleged affair at the time, Mellencamp said, “I mean, so many people are hurt in the wreckage. But I can say this from knowing, the wreckage doesn’t happen on its own.”
The mom of three went on to explain what might have compelled her to stray from her marriage at the time, without fully admitting that she’d done so. “Like, I think I was so broken as a human being during that part of my life that I did things out of my better judgement.”
Mellencamp, whose cancer journey began with a melanoma diagnosis in 2022, also shared that she had been in a lot of physical pain at the time of her alleged affair, and explained, “I was looking for comfort anywhere I could get it.”
“I wasn’t myself,” Mellencamp said. “And I’m not going to blame that I was sick.”
Teddi Mellencamp’s Divorce From Edwin Arroyave
In November of 2024, Mellencamp filed for divorce from Arroyave after 13 years of marriage. The couple welcomed three children while together, Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 5.
In an Instagram reel posted weeks after her divorce announcement, Mellencamp ran on a treadmill to the tune of “Fighter” by Christina Aguilera. “I have taken accountability and apologized for things I have done wrong,” she wrote over the video. “Now I give myself permission to grow and thrive.”
In April, Mellencamp revealed that she and Arroyave had paused their divorce in light of her worsening health. “We’re not together, but we put, like, all the divorce stuff on hold because getting divorced is very stressful,” she shared with Extra at the time.
During Mellencamp’s prior appearance on “The Jamie Kern Lima Show” she said that her relationship with Arroyave was currently on good terms, and that he was even staying at the house with her when she was feeling especially ill.
