Teddy MellencampHer love for horses has not waned since news emerged last month of her alleged affair with her horse trainer. Simon Schroeder.
Mellencamp, 43, enjoyed an afternoon at the stables on Sunday, December 22, with her Daughters Slate, 12, and Dove, 4according to her Instagram stories.
“Santa frog is my favorite Santa,” she captioned one photo with Dove, who was wearing Christmas tree-shaped glasses on her face that looked a little like a frog.
Mellencamp was smiling in the shot, wearing black riding pants and boots, a white Nike jacket and her helmet. The mother-daughter duo poses with hose and wearing a Santa hat.
Teddi Mellencamp has broken her silence after news of her alleged affair made headlines amid her divorce from Edwin Arroyave. “I'm sure everyone has seen it all over the world wide web,” Mellencamp, 43, said at the beginning of the Thursday, Nov. 14, episode of her “Two Ts in a Pod” radio show. “What can I say, that (…)
the previous The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills The star also shared several videos of both Slate and Dove riding different horses. One of the animals even wore reindeer antlers while Slate ran around.
Slate and Dove, which Mellencamp shares with her estranged husband, Edwin Arroyavealso dressed in ceremonial riding day attire. (Mellencamp and Arroyave also have a son Cruz, 10, and Arroyave, 47, is the father of daughter Isabella from a previous relationship.)
Dove swapped her tree glasses for sparkly reindeer glasses to ride with her big sister, who added antlers to her helmet.
“Santa’s little helper,” Mellencamp captioned a separate Instagram Story video of her youngest child letting one of the horses out of the stable.
Later that day, Mellencamp posted photos of Slate and Cruz with friends during their VIP experience at the Cirque du Soleil Kooza in Santa Monica, California.
The reality star's family-filled weekend came nearly two months after she announced on November 2 that she had split from Arroyave after… 13 years of marriage.
Mellencamp initially requested sole physical and legal custody of the couple's three children with Arroyave providing “reasonable and frequent” visitation. but, Us Weekly He confirmed this on November 22 She changed her petitionasking the court for joint physical and legal custody of the children.
Teddi Mellencamp had an affair with her horse trainer, Simon Schroeder, months before her split from husband Edwin Arroyave, Us Weekly reports. A source told us exclusively: “Simon and Teddy have been in a relationship for several months, but it has not happened yet,” noting that Mellencamp, 43, and Arroyave, 47, were unfaithful to each other during[…]
For his part, Arroyave previously requested joint legal and physical custody of the children in his November response to Mellencamp's filing. “Edwin and Teddy have always wanted to keep this kid friendly,” a source said. we At the time, he claimed, “Teddy and Edwin knew each other were proposing – it wasn’t a surprise.”
While the estranged couple appears to be handling their divorce amicably, Mellencamp has been in the hot seat for the past couple of months regarding other extramarital affairs.
we He confirmed this on November 13 Mellencamp had an affair with her horse trainerSchroeder, months before she filed for divorce.
“Simon and Teddy have had something going for several months, but it hasn't happened yet,” a source said exclusively. we Last month, alleging that Mellencamp and Arroyave were unfaithful during their marriage.
While the insider said: “Teddi doesn't excuse her behaviour,” they claimed this was “the first and only time she's ever deviated.” outside marriageThe source added that Mellencamp says “there are two sides to the story” and she and Arroyave are “to blame.”
A second insider said we Arroyave “insists that he has not had an affair since” his betrayal of Mellencamp eight years ago. “Since then, he has been focusing on family and faith,” the source claimed.
After their breakup, Mellencamp kept quiet about what led up to the breakup. She briefly addressed the rumors during the November 14 episode of her show “Two Ts in a podPodcast saying, “There are multiple sides to every story.”
Getty Images (2) Teddi Mellencamp has filed for divorce again after separating from Edwin Arroyave. According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Friday, November 22, Mellencamp, 43, has decided to change her position on matters surrounding child custody. When the former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star applied for[…]
She added: “I will not confirm or deny anything. But there are a lot of people involved.”
Mellencamp has since begun picking up the pieces of her life, she revealed during the December 5 episode of her TV show Erika Jayne“Diamonds in the rough“The podcast you live with part time Rupa's Kyle Richards. She also splits time with Arroyave in the marital home with their children, what she called “nesting.”
“In some places you can file for divorce…in California, there's a six-month cooling-off period,” Mellencamp explained. “During those six months, you can do a lot of things. The way I learned about nesting was from one of my good friends, who is a divorce coach. She told me about nesting. It’s where the children stay (in the marital home) and the parents come and go.”
She noted that both She and her estranged husband “Can be there for sporting events” and other activities for children. “We're absolutely happy to be around each other,” Mellencamp said.
