Overview
- Mellencamp and Ricci Rea were photographed walking together in Los Angeles on Oct. 5, their first public sighting since splitting in July.
- Page Six published photos that show the pair holding hands, after earlier outlets noted no visible PDA in other images from the outing.
- Days earlier, Mellencamp said on her Two T’s in a Pod podcast that recent scans showed no detectable cancer and described her stage 4 melanoma as gone.
- She also clarified she is not in remission and plans to continue immunotherapy, saying she expects ongoing treatment and side effects.
- Mellencamp previously explained their brief June–July relationship ended because she lacked the capacity to date during cancer care, and coverage notes her divorce from Edwin Arroyave remains in process after a pause for treatment.