Edwin Arroyave He gave unusual details about the love relationship he started after his breakup Teddy Mellencamp.
The businessman, 49, talked about his “girl” on the Tuesday, April 28, episode of his podcast “The Eds”, produced by. Tamra Judgethe husband of Eddie the Judgerevealing when love began following his split from Mellencamp, 44, after 13 years of marriage in 2024.
“It's actually been going well, I can't believe it's been a year and … three, four months so it's been great,” Arroyave told her partner before commenting on how she hoped to find new love soon after breaking up with Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum.
“I'm better in relationships. I'm not good when I'm single, I think it just disturbs me a lot. It's a lot of work and energy. That's why I don't want to stay single for a long time,” he explained. (Arroyave has three children, Slate, 12, Cruz, 11, and Dove, 6, with Mellencamp, and a daughter, Isabella, with his ex. Christina Mecklenburg.)
Arroyave, who shared a photo of his girlfriend on Instagram in October 2025, also elaborated on how his family meets his girlfriend. “We just did Easter together, it was amazing. We started at church, had an amazing lunch, the kids were happy. She has a daughter who is my daughter's best friend, so her daughter is seven and mine is six. [and] they are best friends.” “Then we went to the park and we celebrated with my siblings, my older sibling, my mom and all that. It was a good time.”
The founder and CEO of Skyline Security Management then revealed how often he spends time with his girlfriend, who appears to go by the name of Elsa, however that was not publicly confirmed by Arroyave. “We don't see each other every day but at least three or four times a week,” Arroyave said in the episode. “He's busy, he's got his little job and I'm busy, we have kids but we still spend a lot of time. It was really good.”
Mellencamp announced that she filed for divorce from Arroyave in November 2024. “After much care and consideration, I have made the difficult decision to file for divorce,” the reality TV star wrote on Instagram at the time. “What is important to me is my children and making sure that every care is taken for their privacy and well-being throughout this new chapter. Making a public statement is not something I wanted to do, but in an effort to protect my family from unnecessary speculation and rumors, I felt comfortable, being honest and vulnerable was the best way forward.”
Us Weekly It was exclusively reported in the days that followed that the former couple's split was “a long time coming,” according to a source who spoke to her. Us at that time. “They've been going up and up for seven years and more,” said the insider. “It's not the first time Teddi wants a divorce, and it's been a conversation between them for years.”
The following year, Arroyave told “The Eds” that the couple got along well after the breakup. “We're just people, you know, we're good friends, and you know, I want to make sure you're taken care of, but we've maintained that good relationship,” he said in the August 4, 2025 podcast episode. “So even though we're separated and separated, and we're still planning to divorce, we're still friends, I still see him as a friend.”
