Teddi Mellencamp is having some enjoyable with the individuals making an enormous deal out of her love life.
Two days after Page Six shared photographs of her strolling with ex-boyfriend Ricci Rea, Mellencamp, 44, advised cohost Tamra Decide on the Thursday, October 9, episode of iHeartRadio's “Two T's in a Pod” podcast that she discovered the scenario “so humorous.”
“I really like that, like, we're on a stroll and individuals are like, ‘Teddi's ex-boyfriend: again, days after cancer-related points,'” she mentioned mockingly.
Decide, 58, made enjoyable of the second as effectively, declaring Mellencamp's jumpsuit, sneakers and baseball cap.
“Nicely, nobody can say that was a staged image, as a result of if it was staged, you wouldn't have been carrying that outfit,” she mentioned.
“I imply, between my outfit and his mustache, it's a doozy of a sitch,” Mellencamp agreed.
Mellencamp was first noticed with Rea in June earlier than his id was lastly uncovered a month later. However no sooner did Rea's title turn into public that Mellencamp introduced she had “known as it off.”
Rea was Mellencamp's first public relationship since her cut up from Edwin Arroyave after 13 years of marriage. The 2 share youngsters Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 5.
She mentioned in July that she ended issues with Rea when she realized the connection was turning into extra consequential.
“Proper now, it began attending to the purpose the place it's beginning to get slightly bit extra critical. I used to be like, ‘I don't have the capability for this proper now,'” she defined. “He's a very nice man, couldn't be a nicer man.”
Although Mellencamp isn't saying a lot about their relationship now, she posted a selfie by way of her Instagram Story with him on Thursday with the caption, “It's simply lunch.”
“It's such early levels and it's simply good to have consolation, and you understand that he's such a great man,” Mellencamp advised Decide. “And yeah, I've been, I imply, I've been courting this complete time. It's simply extra that I received an image from paparazzi the place I appear to be — I imply, I'm carrying a onesie.”
As Mellencamp mentioned, this new growth in her love life comes days after she introduced main well being information on her podcast.
“Simply to present slightly life replace to you guys, I had my immunotherapy yesterday they usually did my scans,” she mentioned on the October 3 episode. “And at this level, there is no such thing as a detectable most cancers.”
She added that she is going to keep on immunotherapy for an additional 12 months.
Tamra Decide is one in every of Teddi Mellencamp's largest supporters amid her most cancers journey, so Mellencamp's wins are additionally Decide's victories. “For these of you who haven't heard, Teddi introduced on her Instagram that her therapy is working, thanks Jesus,” Decide, 57, mentioned through the Thursday, April 25, episode of her and Mellencamp's iHeartRadio […]
“I'm not thought-about in remission or something like that,” she defined. “After they advised me, I used to be in such shock. I used to be, like, numb.”
Mellencamp first revealed her stage II melanoma analysis in October 2022. In February, she underwent surgical procedure after the most cancers superior to stage IV and metastasized to her lungs and mind.
“I'm nonetheless going to be having days the place I'm feeling sick and stuff as a result of I nonetheless am in immunotherapy. So, I'm nonetheless combating,” she defined. “The best way they mentioned it really works, it's like a 12 months, then two years, then at three years, you're allowed to be thought-about in remission.”
