Teddi Mellencamp stepped out with her boyfriend Ricci Rea in the Los Angeles area over the weekend amid her ongoing cancer battle.
The reality TV personality, 44, was accompanied by her beau as she dropped off her son Cruz at football practice and sat in the bleachers to support her second child.
She shares her 10-year-old son as well as daughters Slate, 13, and Dove, five, with her estranged husband Edwin Arroyave, whom she was married for 13 years before their October 2024 split.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum kept a low-key profile in what was her first public sighting after her father shared a harrowing update about her health, revealing she is ‘really sick’ and ‘suffering right now.’
She wore a low-cut, long-sleeved top paired with light brown sweatpants and a matching baseball cap.
Her on-off boyfriend of less than a year also kept it casual in a T-shirt, joggers and an LA baseball cap as he stayed closely by her side during their excursion.
Teddi Mellencamp surfaced in the Los Angeles area on Saturday and was joined by her on-off boyfriend Ricci Rea
This came after her father John Mellencamp said she has been ‘going through hell’ in a heartbreaking update on her ongoing cancer battle.
She was diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma in 2022 and has undergone multiple surgeries in the past three years.
Last year, she revealed that her cancer battle took a turn and spread to her lungs and brain, developing into stage 4 melanoma.
She underwent emergency brain surgery as well as radiation and immunotherapy treatment.
In October 2025, she shared the results of a new scan and revealed there was ‘no detectable cancer.’
In an episode of her podcast, Two T’s in a Pod, that month, she clarified that she is ‘not considered in remission or anything like that.’
‘I still am in immunotherapy, so I’m still fighting because you have to be,’ she explained.
She previously revealed her doctor told her she was given a ’50/50 chance’ of survival.
She sat in the bleachers to support her son Cruz, 10, during his football practice
Earlier this week, her father John Mellencamp said she has been ‘going through hell’ and said he wanted her to leave California behind and move to his home in Indiana; pictured in November 2025
The singer said his daughter has been ‘really sick’ and is ‘suffering right now’ on Wednesday’s episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast
Mellencamp has lived in Los Angeles for many years and not only had her three children there but is still raising them there as she actively coparents them with her ex. In addition to son Cruz, she shares daughters Slate, 13, and Dove, five, with her estranged husband Edwin Arroyave
The reality star was married to Arroyave for 13 years before she filed for divorce in November 2024. their October 2024 split. Their legal separation has been paused amid her cancer battle; pictured in September 2022
Mellencamp was diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma in 2022. She revealed last year that the tumors metastasized and spread to her lungs and brain, sharing that she was now battling stage 4 melanoma
Her father John said she has been ‘really sick’ on Wednesday’s episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
‘It’s not f***ing fun,’ the 74-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer said. ‘She’s got cancer in the brain, and she’s suffering right now.’
He said that she has ‘good days’ and then others when she ‘feels like hell’ after going through immunotherapy treatment.
While making an appearance on the Today show on Friday, he again discussed her cancer battle and said he wanted her to move from California and back with him in Indiana while going through treatment.
‘I’m trying to talk her into moving back home,’ he said.
