Edwin Arroyave discovered solace in his household after estranged spouse Teddi Mellencamp confirmed her intentions to file for divorce.
“Church-bound with these lovely souls,” Arroyave, 47, wrote through Instagram Story on Sunday, November 3, sharing a automobile selfie along with his three kids set to Tori Kelly’s “By no means Alone.”
Arroyave and Mellencamp, 43, share daughters Slate, 12, and Dove, 4, in addition to son Cruz, 10. The Skyline Safety founder can also be father to eldest daughter Isabella from a earlier marriage. Isabella, for her half, didn’t seem to hitch her father and siblings on the trip to church companies.
Hours earlier, Arroyave advised that he was coping with a “darkish” time.
“You’re not at all times going to be motivated or impressed. That’s the place rituals and habits are available,” he captioned one other Story add, sharing a pic from a sizzling yoga session. “Having good habits is what’s going to get you thru your darkish days. It’s if you’re beneath strain that your true character is revealed.”
The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills alum and Arroyave had been married for 13 years earlier than formally separating.
“After quite a lot of care and consideration, I’ve made the tough determination to file for divorce,” Mellencamp wrote through Instagram on Saturday, November 2. “My precedence is my kids and making certain that each care is taken with their privateness and wellbeing all through this new chapter.”
She added, “Making a public assertion just isn’t one thing I needed to do, however in an effort to guard my household from undue hypothesis and rumors, I felt being open, trustworthy and susceptible was the perfect path ahead.”
Arroyave has but to publicly deal with the pair’s separation, although just lately gushed over Mellencamp’s achievements as an advocate.
“I at all times say life and ache are inseparable and to see @teddimellencamp embrace her ache and use it for the higher good once more final night time as she emceed the @curemelanoma gala, was a stupendous reminder of what she is able to,” he wrote through Instagram on October 25. “Her story has already saved lives. And I couldn’t be prouder that she is going to proceed to save lots of extra. Love you, Teds.”
Mellencamp and Arroyave had been candid about navigating ups and downs of their marriage by means of the years. They even practically obtained divorced throughout her first season of RHOBH. (Teddi, the daughter of John Mellencamp, held a diamond from seasons 8 to 10.)
“After we first began, I bear in mind my first day actually it was like ‘F—, at what level do I inform all people that I’m getting a divorce? Like when do I do that?’” Teddi mentioned throughout a March 2023 episode of her and Tamra Decide’s “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast. “We’re at our worst absolute part, as a result of in truth, for us, it was actually a few energy wrestle.”