Teddi Mellencamp fears her cancer is 'payback' Reality TV star Teddi Mellencamp has confessed she fears her cancer is "payback" for the "hurt" she caused "other people" during her life. 6 August 2025 Teddi Mellencamp fears her cancer is "payback" for the "hurt" she caused "other people". Teddi Mellencamp has opened up about her cancer fears The reality TV star split from her husband Edwin Arroyave - the father of her kids Slate, 12, Cruz, 10, and Dove, five - shortly before she was told her stage four melanoma had spread to her brain and lungs earlier this year and the pair put their divorce p...