Teddi Mellencamp She is divorcing Edwin Arroyave after 13 years of marriage.

In a message sent instagram On Saturday, November 2, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills The graduate shared that his biggest priority during this transition period was his children.

“After great care and consideration, I have made the difficult decision to file for divorce,” the 43-year-old reality star wrote in her statement. “My priority is my children and ensuring that every consideration is given to their privacy and well-being in this new era.”

“It wasn’t something I wanted to make public,” he continued, “but I felt that being open, honest, and vulnerable was the best way to move forward in order to protect my family from unwarranted speculation and rumors.

Less than 24 hours before his announcement, Mellencamp appeared at his live taping. Two Ts in One Capsule podcast with co-host Tamra Judge In Burbank, California. In the video, he can be seen interacting with his fans before and after recording and he never talks about his personal life. Tamra’s husband Eddie Judge was in attendance, but Arroyave, 47, was not.

Singer’s daughter Mellencamp John Mellencamp — previously shared that Arroyave didn’t believe in marriage when they first met.

“He came home and he had tears in his eyes, and I had never seen him cry before,” Mellencamp said in a 2019 interview. Yahoo Lifestyle.

“And she put a blank check on the nightstand and said, ‘Hey, I just wanted to tell you I love you and I went to get the ring today. I’m sorry. ‘I believe in marriage and I don’t want you to leave me.’ ”

“I felt like my life was being drained from me,” he recalled.

Founder and CEO Arroyave Skyline Securityhe eventually changed his mind and finally asked her to marry him the next day, on Christmas Eve.

“Your mind plays tricks on you, and at the end of the day, I realized that this is the girl I want to spend the rest of my life with,” Arroyave said in the same Yahoo interview.

Mellencamp and Arroyave married in 2011 and share daughters Slate, 12, and Dove, 4, and son Cruz, 10. She is also the stepmother of Arroyave’s 15-year-old daughter, Isabella.

Arroyave has yet to publicly comment on the split.