Teddi Mellencamp dished on her new relationship with an \u201colder\u201d man amid her battle with Stage 4 cancer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to call him Derek,\u201d the \u201cReal Housewives of Beverly Hills\u201d alum shared on a recent episode of her podcast \u201cTwo Ts in a Pod\u201d<\/a> without providing any other revealing details about her mystery man.<\/p>\n Mellencamp credited her new beau credit for being \u201cpretty good\u201d about her cancer journey so far, noting, \u201cHe\u2019s a relatively, like, positive and logical person in general.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe thing that I like the most about him is he makes me laugh,\u201d she gushed.<\/p>\n Teddi Mellencamp, pictured here on her \u201cTwo Ts in a Pod\u201d podcast, recently dished on her new relationship. Two Ts In A Pod\/Instagram<\/p>\n Photographed here in February 2026, the \u201cReal Housewives of Beverly Hills\u201d alum is dating an older man amid her ongoing cancer journey. GC Images<\/p>\n So far the biggest hurdle for the couple, who have been on 10 dates together, has been finding a time and place to be intimate.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the part that\u2019s so weird when you\u2019re dating and you\u2019re both parents, like, how are you ever supposed to get past first base?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n \u201cI have kids in my house. He has kids in his house,\u201d she added. \u201cHis kids are older and they live there all the time. My kids are little and they\u2019re here all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n Mellencamp\u2019s podcast co-host, \u201cReal Housewives of Orange County\u201d star Tamra Judge, wondered how Derek\u2019s grown children \u201cdon\u2019t think daddy boinks people.\u201d<\/p>\n Mellencamp, seen here with a shaved head in April 2025, said her new beau has been \u201cpretty good\u201d about her health battle, saying he\u2019s \u201cpositive\u201d and makes her laugh. teddimellencamp\/Instagram<\/p>\n The daughter of singer John Mellencamp, pictured here in December 2024, didn\u2019t reveal the identity of her mystery man, only calling him Derek. teddimellencamp\/Instagram<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Mellencamp shared that she hasn\u2019t brought up the topic on dates yet, revealing, \u201cI\u2019m taking it slow with him. Normally, that\u2019s not been my path.\u201d<\/p>\n The reality star \u2014 who shares daughter Slate, 13, son Cruz, 11, and daughter Dove, 6, with estranged husband Edwin Arroyave \u2014 was first diagnosed with Stage 2 melanoma<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n Mellencamp, who underwent several surgeries over the years<\/a> to treat the disease, shared in April 2025 that the cancer had progressed to Stage 4<\/a> after metastasizing to her brain.<\/p>\n After continuing to undergo treatments and immunotherapy<\/a>, she shared in October 2025 that doctors found \u201cno detectable cancer\u201d<\/a> but that she was \u201cnot considered in remission.\u201d<\/p>\n Mellencamp was first diagnosed with cancer in 2022 and, after it progressed to Stage 4 in 2025, recently announced that doctors found \u201cno detectable cancer\u201d but that she wasn\u2019t in remission. Charles Sykes\/Bravo via Getty Images<\/p>\n The TV personality, pictured here in January 2026, split from husband Edwin Arroyave in November 2024. The former couple share three children together. teddimellencamp\/instagram<\/p>\n Mellencamp and Arroyave, who wed in 2011, announced their divorce<\/a> in November 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n Like his ex, Arroyave has also put himself back into the dating world<\/a> following their split.<\/p>\n