Kyle Richards Weighs in on Teddi Mellencamp's Split from Edwin Arroyave: "Unfortunately..."
The RHOBH mom shared her thoughts just a week after Teddi announced she had filed for divorce.
Kyle Richards said she wasn’t shocked by Teddi Mellencamp’s divorce news.
A week after Teddi announced her split from Edwin Arroyave, Kyle shed more light on the "sad" situation and how she’s ready to support her bestie through the difficult time.
“Obviously I wasn’t surprised because I speak to her every day,” The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills mom told E! News. “I’m sad. I see two people that I know once really loved each other very much — and I’m sure still do — and have this beautiful family and you see them go through something like this. I feel like we’re just getting way too comfortable seeing this now in our group.”
Kyle offers advice to Teddi: "Tune out the noise"
Teddi’s divorce filing came roughly five months after RHOBH’s Dorit Kemsley confirmed her marital split from Paul “PK” Kemsley, and more than a year after Kyle separated from her longtime husband, Mauricio Umansky.
“Unfortunately, we’ve had an education in this,” Kyle said about the Beverly Hills splits, “so I can help guide her a little bit should she need it… It’s difficult no matter what, but she is a strong girl. It’s hard when you have kids no matter what their age is.”
Kyle made similar comments during a recent interview with People magazine, saying she would advise Teddi to just “focus on" her children and “tune out the noise.”
“It doesn’t matter if the kids are little or they’re grown,” the Beverly Hills ’Wife continued. “My girls struggled a lot with our separation even though they’re grown… She can lean on me and show up at my door anytime she wants, no matter what time of night it is. She’s watched me go through this and she knows.”
Teddi announces her "difficult decision" to divorce Edwin.
Teddi and Edwin tied the knot in 2011 and have three children together: 12-year-old daughter Slate, 10-year-old son Cruz, and 4-year-old daughter Dove. Teddi is also a stepmom to Edwin’s teenage daughter, Bella.
According to legal documents obtained by People, Teddi cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for her marital split, and listed October 20 as their date of separation.
“After a great deal of care and consideration, I have made the difficult decision to file for divorce,” she wrote in a November 2 Instagram post. “My priority is my children and ensuring that every care is taken with their privacy and wellbeing throughout this new chapter. Making a public statement is not something I wanted to do but in an effort to protect my family from undue speculation and rumors, I felt being open, honest and vulnerable was the best path forward.”
