News | Entertainment
19 Aug 2025 15:30
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Teddi Mellencamp is battling "severe anxiety" during the latest stage of her cancer treatment

    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 44, has been diagnosed with stage four melanoma which has spread to her brain and lungs and previously underwent surgery and radiation treatment before starting a course of immunotherapy and she's now revealed the sessions have left her feeling highly anxious for "no apparent reason".


    In a video posted on Instagram. Teddi said: "OK for those of y'all who've gone through immunotherapy, did you have severe anxiety? Just on random days for no apparent reason?

    "Like today I was able to walk, I did the [Two Ts in a Pod] podcast and now I'm just sitting here full of anxiety. Is this common?

    "What are things that you guys have done to help make you feel better? Let me know. Looking for any positive advice."

    During a previous appearance on her Two Ts in a Pod podcast, Teddi admitted she has been starting to struggle with the new treatment, saying: "Essentially, what we figured out with me was, yes, I started out feeling great, and I could do all the pods and I could do all these things, and I could go to all my daughter's horse shows and I could stay at my house by myself, and I felt really strong.

    "And what's happening with me is the longer that I'm on immunotherapy, the sicker it's making me."

    It comes after Teddi admitted her cancer battle would likely prevent her from returning to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, after previously appearing on the show from 2017 to 2020.

    Speaking on The Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast, Teddi said: "Yeah, no. I don't have the bandwidth for it right now. I'm not somebody who likes to do something when I can't be good at it."

    The star - who has children Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, five, with her estranged husband Edwin Arroyave - explained that the treatment she has received for the tumours in her brain has caused her some challenges with communication and she doesn't want to risk being misinterpreted.

    Teddi said: "I feel like my words are a little stutter sometimes and it doesn't mean I'm telling a lie.

    "Some people have to relearn to talk after having these surgeries that I had. The fact that I can do as much as I can do, I'm so blessed for. But it still happens to me, and some days are very bad."

    She added: "Some days, I'm just stumbling word over word. And I would hate to be on a show like that and somebody think that I was not being honest and really I was just struggling. And then them get the heat for it because how could you do that to someone that has cancer?

    "I don't think it would be the best for the cast, and it wouldn't be the best for me right now."

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     19 Aug: SZA has been appointed artistic director of Vans
     19 Aug: Alison Brie's "anti-marriage" stance was a "solid part" of her "identity" until she met Dave Franco
     19 Aug: Anthony Mackie felt "proud" to call Malcolm-Jamal Warner a friend
     19 Aug: Denzel Washington is "not that interested" in winning another Oscar because he already has two at home
     19 Aug: KISS feel "deeply honoured" to be receiving a Kennedy Center Honor
     19 Aug: Sharon Stone is "back wearing lady underwear" after 25 years
     19 Aug: Sarah Jessica Parker's final costume for her role as Carrie Bradshaw was filled with hidden meaning
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    All Blacks Patrick Tuipulotu and Anton Lienert-Brown will be absent due to respective head and nose knocks this week against Argentina in Buenos Aires - prop Tamaiti Williams and loose forward Wallace Sititi are poised to return More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Hopes 2026 will be a better year for construction - after a tough 2025 More...



     Today's News

    Rugby League:
    Frustration from Warriors coach Andrew Webster at the three-match suspension handed to Jackson Ford for a crusher tackle in the NRL win over the the Dragons 15:27

    Entertainment:
    SZA has been appointed artistic director of Vans 15:12

    International:
    The realities of monetising your hobbies 15:07

    Law and Order:
    The murder conviction of a Christchurch man almost 30 years ago, is going back before the Court of Appeal 14:57

    International:
    Key takeaways from the White House peace talks featuring Trump, Zelenskyy and seven European leaders 14:47

    Entertainment:
    Alison Brie's "anti-marriage" stance was a "solid part" of her "identity" until she met Dave Franco 14:42

    International:
    Trump-Zelenskyy meeting: Ukrainian president says no 'unacceptable decisions' made during White House talks — as it happened 14:17

    Living & Travel:
    The ‘wrong kind of sorry’: will a record fine for Qantas deter other companies from breaking the law? 14:17

    Entertainment:
    Anthony Mackie felt "proud" to call Malcolm-Jamal Warner a friend 14:12

    Business:
    Hopes 2026 will be a better year for construction - after a tough 2025 14:07


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd