Kyle Richards shared some lighthearted insight into Teddi Mellencamp’s recovery after her recent brain tumor surgery.
“The best moment! Right after your surgery when you weren’t quite sure what year it was and I said ‘but I bet she can name all of Angelina Jolie’s kids names’ and you did,” Richards, 56, wrote in a comment left on Mellencamp’s latest Instagram post.
In her Thursday, March 6, update, Mellencamp, 43, told fans that doctors had found five more tumors throughout her body amid her ongoing cancer battle.
“I have multiple tumors in my brain that weren’t able to be removed via surgery. I also have 2 tumors in my lung. These are all metastases of my melanoma,” she wrote. “The doctors are hopeful that immunotherapy will effectively treat them. I am feeling positive — that I will win this battle, that I got this wig (I like the short hair, just not the bald spots), and that I can remember all of Angelina’s kids’ names.”
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The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star’s caption concluded: “Now, as @bravoandy would say: with all due… f— off, cancer!”
Mellencamp returned home on Tuesday, March 4, after spending 16 days in the hospital post-op. She has since told fans that she’s “ready for radiation” following her surgery.
RHOBH fans have been following Mellencamp’s cancer journey since she announced in March 2022 that she was diagnosed with melanoma. Last month, Mellencamp revealed that multiple tumors were found in her brain.
“For the last several weeks I’ve been dealing with severe and debilitating headaches. Yesterday the pain was unbearable and required hospitalization,” Mellencamp wrote in an Instagram statement on February 12. “After a CT scan and MRI, doctors found multiple tumors on my brain, which they believe have been growing for at least 6 months.”
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Mellencamp explained that two of the tumors were set to be surgically removed and she would undergo radiation to shrink the rest.
“I am blessed to be surrounded by my children, family, friends, doctors, nurses and surgeons who are doing everything possible to get me back into better health,” she concluded. “Thank you to everybody who has reached out, and to everyone who has supported me along this journey.”
Along with her health battle, Mellencamp is in the middle of a highly public divorce from husband Edwin Arroyave. The pair — who share three children, Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 5 — announced their decision to divorce in November 2024. (Arroyave is also the father of daughter Isabella from a past relationship.)
A source told Us Weekly late last month that the divorce is “still happening,” but it’s not top of mind as Mellencamp’s health journey continues.
“The divorce is not anyone’s focus at the moment,” a second insider shared. “Edwin wants to be there for Teddi and their family in any way they need.”
