Teddi Mellencamp opens up about alleged affair and asks if cancer was her 'payback’

Teddi Mellencamp has been going through a difficult time lately.

The former star of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” and daughter of John Mellencamp has been fighting stage 4 melanoma for years.

And now for the first time, Mellencamp has broken her silence about her alleged affair with her horse trainer, Simon Schroeder.

While appearing on The Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast, Teddi says, “I’ve never talked about it at all, just because of the kids, and I've never wanted anybody to have a guarantee whether it happened or didn't happen, but what I can say is, did I do things that hurt other people? Yes,” the former reality star shared.

"To this day, does it still hurt my heart and I wonder if that's why it got cancer? Yes, like it was my payback," referring to her stage 4 cancer diagnosis after her melanoma metastasized to her brain and lungs.

While in tears, the 44-year-old says, “Nothing goes without payment.”

She continued, "However long it was ... it was all over the press, it was everywhere. You're trying to minimize everybody's pain. You end up maximizing it because now not only do you have yourself, you have your significant other, your kids, the other person's significant other, their kids."

We hope you get better soon, Teddi!