Teddi Mellencamp spoke of the impact of his battle with stadium cancer on his children.

Mellencamp shares three children, Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, 5, and a daughter-in-law, Isabella, 15, with her ex-husband, Edwin Arroyave.

Bravo’s alum divorce From Arroyave in November 2024, but the couple suspended her as she tried to beat the deadly illness.

Mellencamp sat down with Friday Entertainment tonightis Nischelle Turner to discuss her battle with Stade 4 cancer and his impact on her family.

She started by giving an overview of her health career since her diagnosis of melanoma three years ago.

As the interview progressed, MellenoCamp spoke of his difficulties, in particular with the way in which his illness affected his relationship with his children.

She said, “I don’t think you can understand like the debilitating pain that I feel on the fact that like my children, you know.”

At this point, MellenoCamp became emotional and tried to hold tears.

Turner has also become moving while listening to Mellencamp, who continued: “You know that it is extremely frightening. As my children are young. I mean, I remember one day in the hospital, I said to myself:” I have the impression that today could be Dove “and Edwin is like” it is. It is. It is his party today that you have planned. “

She remembers: “And I said to myself:” Can you just let me go out for today? “And he says:” You realize that you have not only undergone massive brain surgery, but you have a hole in your head. “”

Mellencamp continued, “and, I just remember at that time, he said exactly what I needed to say.

The alum of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” explained how her heart was broken because she could not be there for Dove’s birthday.

Setting tears, she said: “But, as if my heart broke because I wonder as if she remembers that I was not there.”

Earlier in the interview, Mellencamp explained on her and the divorce plans of Arroyave.

She shared that her distant husband “was great” in the middle of her health difficulties before adding: “I mean that we are still divorcing. We are simply not, we put ourselves as the last thing I need is this stress.

Mellencamp continued: “We are good parents together. We have a lot of laughter and as I had to tell him several times like:” I don’t need you. I go through that and everything I need for you is to be my friend. “”

The 43 -year -old man explained that Arroyave generally had trouble facing such words, but would be more understanding and seeing his point of view after thinking.

The interview with MellenoCamp intervenes two weeks after Arrowae opened its doors on how they told their children his heartbreaking diagnosis.

During the April 3 episode of “The ed.“Podcast, the father of four said that he and Mellencamp had decided to be honest with their children about the situation.

He said by People magazine,, “I would stay at home and assure myself that they were confident and assure me again that they knew it and I was frank with them [about] What was going on. “”

Arroyave said that the children were “afraid” and “worried”, but he did his best “again not to do it too much sugar”.

He explained: “I called him as he was. It is like” hey, there are tumors that your mother has in his brain. “And I said,” It seems worse than what is, but that’s what I think, that’s what we think we’re going to happen. “

Arroyave also said to her children: “” It is sort of how we are going to face it, and that is why I am convinced that she will pass. “”