Teddi Mellencamp has first Christmas without kids amid divorce
Teddi Mellencamp celebrated her first Christmas without her three kids amid her tumultuous divorce from Edwin Arroyave.
The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum posted a video on Instagram Tuesday of herself recreating a famous scene from the 2001 film “Bridget Jones’s Diary” in which the main character, played by Renée Zellweger, belts out Celine Dion’s song “All by Myself.”
Mellencamp wore a green pajama set and a black beanie while emotionally mouthing the words to the heart-wrenching tune.
“In my Bridget Jones era. If I didn’t laugh at myself, I would cry,” she wrote in the caption. “First Christmas without my kids, and I know they’re in great hands with an amazing dad, but that doesn’t mean I can’t feel some type of way.”
The “Two Ts in a Pod” co-host, 43, admitted she spent holiday eating more than $70 of Thai food, chowing down on cookie dough and binge-watching the Paramount+ series “Special Ops: Lioness.”
“To all my parents out there going through this, I love you. What are all the tips for powering through?” she asked her followers.
Mellencamp also shared videos on her Instagram Story of herself wandering around her former co-star Kyle Richards’ backyard while staying at the “RHOBH” OG’s house. She later donned a face mask while relaxing in a bathtub.
The former Bravolebrity thanked Richards, 55, for giving her a place to stay amid her divorce and assured fans that she would reunite with her son, Cruz, 10, and daughters, Slate, 12, and Dove, 4, on Thursday.
Mellencamp received hundreds of comments from fans and fellow celebrities applauding her for her honesty in her vulnerable Instagram post.
“You’re killing me. you’re making me sad and laugh at the same time,” “Real Housewives of Orange County” star Tamra Judge wrote.
“😂😂😂 Ted! Also, watching you do this in my bedroom is making me LOL Love you xx,” Richards commented.
“it gets easier and now i am sitting with my kids and my ex husband having an amazing christmas again ❤️,” “Real Housewives of Dubai” star Caroline Stanbury shared.
“Sending love. The first one was brutal and I wish I could say it gets easier but even a new husband and a baby and it’s still not normal to not have all your babies under one roof on Christmas. Sending love. You got this momma,” Jana Kramer wrote.
Mellencamp stunned fans in November when she announced that she had filed for divorce from Arroyave, 47, after 13 years of marriage.
Sources later claimed to Page Six that the reality star had been having an affair with her children’s horse trainer and her close friend’s husband, Simon Schroeder.
Insiders alleged to us that Arroyave had also strayed from the marriage and had his own affair with a woman named Missy from 2015 to 2016.
