Teddi Mellencamp showed like an old friend Tamra Judge does this after she had health problems and was hospitalized earlier this month.
“She feels much better. She was actually at the gym today,” Mellencamp, 42, exclusively revealed. Us weekly on Friday, October 20, while promoting its partnership with Hyland’s Naturals for their first women’s health line. “She should definitely feel good.”
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills The alumna explained that Judge, 56, first became “very ill” while she was in Scotland filming Peacock. Traitors in September. Once Judge returned from the show, “she felt really bad,” which led to her visit to the hospital.
“I’m so grateful that she saw a doctor when she did,” Mellencamp added. “So if you feel something in your body and you’re in pain, most of the time you know you need to trust your instincts and move forward.”
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On October 9, Judge confirmed her health scare by sharing a selfie from her hospital bed. At the time, she said she was hospitalized with an “intestinal obstruction.”
The Real Housewives of Orange County The star noted that she will have to miss her and Mellencamp’s podcast, “Two T’s in a Capsule,” this week as she battles her illness. Judge also slammed trolls, saying her health problems stemmed from her supposedly taking Ozempic, a diabetes drug that many Bravo stars have used to lose weight.
“These comments about me being on Ozempic are disgusting,” Judge wrote via X at the time. “I have suffered from intestinal problems for many years. I have had several surgeries over the past 12 years.”
She added: “Remember how you all laughed at me because I didn’t have a belly button? This was due to an emergency life-saving operation. Part of my intestines was strangled. My grandmother died from intestinal problems. I have never taken Ozempic and personally would not use it for weight loss!”
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A few days later, Judge provided her followers with an update on her condition. She explained that the problem began four weeks earlier when she decided to “get over” stomach pain, while in the UK doctors later discovered Judge was in pain due to her past surgeries and remaining scar tissue. Doctors were able to correct the situation without surgery, Judge reported via X on October 11.
Mellencamp, meanwhile, is facing her own health struggles after confirming last month that her melanoma had returned.
“I’m taking immunotherapy cream now,” she said. Us on Friday. “Because my last melanoma, which I had surgically removed, has fuzzy edges. So I had two options: either start using this cream, or do a full skin graft on the entire shoulder, which is quite large.”
Mellencamp, who was initially diagnosed with stage II melanoma in October 2022, decided to start with the cream to see if it “cleared things up” over the next five weeks. “I’m trying to avoid another major surgery,” she explained, noting that if the situation does not improve, she will have to reevaluate her condition.
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In addition to her cancer-free efforts, Mellencamp is focused on improving her overall health. That’s where her partnership with Hyland’s Naturals for a women’s health line comes in.
“I think as a mother and someone who has gone through so many health challenges myself, I am now more conscientious than ever about what I put into my body,” she said. “And the fact that Hyland’s Naturals has been in business for over 100 years, dedicated to providing safe and effective health solutions. As soon as I found out that they were now bringing these women’s wellness vitamins to market, I was like, “Okay, I’m totally in on this.”
Mellencamp raved about the products, saying, “I think the beauty of this health line is that there is something for everyone at different stages of life. Women’s Multi+PMS Rescue (is a great thing) because I mean, we all struggle with it.”
The former reality TV star called the new Hyland’s Naturals collection a “one-stop shop for everything we need,” including the Prenatal Multi+ Digestion & Morning Sickness, which she said she wished she had on hand when she was pregnant.
Learn more about Hyland’s Naturals’ first-ever women’s health line at hylands.com.
With reporting by Sarah Jones