Teddi Mellencamp's new boyfriend revealed: Man making cancer-hit star smile again, after devastating health update and messy divorce - lulu

Teddi Mellencamp has been spotted packing on the PDA with a mystery new boyfriend - just months after announcing her divorce from Edwin Arroyave following an alleged affair with her horse trainer.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 43, appeared totally smitten with her new lover in Encino, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, on Sunday.

The couple could barely keep their hands to themselves as they enjoyed a jog together amid her ongoing cancer battle.

In photos exclusively obtained by the Daily Mail, Mellencamp's new beau wrapped his arms around her from behind, before pulling her close and planting a kiss on her cheek.

In another heartfelt moment, he sweetly adjusted her hat, worn to protect her bald scalp.

Mom-of-three Mellencamp - dressed casual in a khaki waterproof and navy-blue jogging bottoms - now has stage 4 melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer.

In February, she announced that, after weeks of 'severe and debilitating headaches', doctors discovered the cancer has spread to her brain and lungs.

Despite the serious diagnosis, Mellencamp is bravely pressing on, telling fans in April: 'I’m just thinking about all the goals that I have for the future for myself and for my kids.'

And she certainly seemed in good spirits on Sunday, with her new man also opting for comfortable workout gear, donning a white T-shirt and black sweatpants. His short-sleeved top revealed his heavily tattooed arms.

While his identity is not yet known, a source confirmed that Mellencamp 'is dating him' and is very 'happy.'

In March, Mellencamp said that she was throwing herself back into the dating scene following her divorce.

Speaking in a podcast interview, she said: '[I've] already been on more dates with new people.

'Well, I'm on a second date. So, I went on a first date, pre-the thing, and then I went on a second date yesterday actually. He's really cute and nice.'

Mellencamp divorced Arroyave, her husband of 13 years, in November.

Shortly after, a source claimed to the Daily Mail that infidelity with her horse trainer Simon Schoreder had been the catalyst for her shock split.

Nearly two months after the news of Mellencamp and Arroyave's separation and the affair scandal came to light, horse trainer Schoreder's wife Karli Postel also filed for divorce.

Postel had been pregnant at the time of the alleged affair.

In her divorce papers, she cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split, with their date of separation listed as September 22, 2024.

Mellencamp finally broke her silence on the end of her marriage in February.

'Me and Edwin had some of the most amazing years and the most amazing times, and when we met it was hot and it was all the things, and then there would be somebody else,' she confessed.

'And I'd be like, "It's OK, I'm gonna work through it, I'm gonna make him love me more!" Then you have kids and things happen,' she continued.

'Probably at the point in time when Edwin was ready to start working on it and really change, I probably stopped.'

Mellencamp, who is the daughter of rocker John Mellencamp and actress Victoria Granucci, shares Slate, 12, Cruz, 10 and Dove, five, along with stepdaughter Bella, 15, with her ex-husband.

Mellencamp was first diagnosed with Stage 2 melanoma in 2022, but her condition took a terrifying turn earlier this year when it progressed to Stage 4.

However, in a recent video on social media, Mellencamp revealed her tumors have significantly shrunk, and that doctors believe she is a few weeks away from being cancer free.

'I just finished with all of my scans, and my tumors have significantly shrunk, which doctors believe means that this all will work, and that I will be back to myself, and feeling good,' she told her fans on Instagram.

She was initially told by doctors she had a fifty–fifty chance of survival.