Teddi Mellencamp Compares Herself to Bridget Jones as She Marks First Christmas without Ex Edwin Arroyave and Their Kids

Teddi Mellencamp is on her own this Christmas.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 43, took to Instagram on Tuesday, Dec. 24 to share her plans for the holiday season following her split from Edwin Arroyave, 47, in November after 13 years of marriage.

“In my Bridget Jones era. If I didn’t laugh at myself, I would cry,” the reality star wrote alongside a series of videos. The first video shows her in pajamas singing "All By Myself," while the second features a scene from Bridget Jones's Diary, in which Renée Zellweger’s character sings the same song while crying in her pajamas.

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Mellencamp, who shares three children with Arroyave — Slate, 12, Cruz, 10 and Dove, 4 — added, “First Christmas without my kids, and I know they’re in great hands with an amazing dad, but that doesn’t mean I can’t feel some type of way.”

She then shared her plans for the day: “Ordered $74 of Thai food, eating cookie dough (who has time to bake) and watched 9 episodes of Lioness.” Sending messages of support to her followers in similar situations she continued, “To all my parents out there going through this, I love you. What are all the tips for powering through?”

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The reality star received messages of support in her comments from other Real Housewives stars, including Tamra Judge, Caroline Stansbury and Kyle Richards, who went through a divorce of her own in 2023.

“Watching you do this in my bedroom is making me LOL Love you xx,” Richards, 55, wrote. Stansbury, 48, who got divorced in 2019, added, “It gets easier and now i am sitting with my kids and my ex husband having an amazing christmas again.”

Mellencamp, the daughter of singer John Mellencamp, announced her separation from Arroyave on Instagram on Nov. 2, after filing for divorce the day before, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for their split.

“After a great deal of care and consideration, I have made the difficult decision to file for divorce,” she wrote in her statement. “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,” the reality star continued, “But in an effort to protect my family from undue speculation and rumors, I have felt being open, honest, and vulnerable is the best path forward.”

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On Nov. 3, Arroyave shared a cryptic Instagram story about how he was adjusting to life on his own. A screenshot from an app that tracks sleep showed he had received nine hours and 10 minutes of sleep, with an "optimal" sleep score.

"I recently spoke about just getting 3 hours of sleep a night,” he wrote in a caption. "Finally got some rest!"

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