“Haunted by His Past”: Joan Vassos REVEALS Ongoing Struggles With Chock Chapple’s Old Flames After Nearly a Year Together, As Explosive Fights, Broken Trust, and Lingering Secrets Threaten to Destroy Their Love
Joan Vassos is finally pulling back the curtain on her relationship with Chock Chapple — and what she reveals is far from the fairytale fans imagined. Nearly a year into their romance, Joan admits she’s still haunted by the ghosts of Chock’s past, and the weight of old flames, broken trust, and hidden secrets has left their love teetering on the edge.
“I thought time would heal it,” Joan confessed, her voice trembling with both love and frustration. “But the past doesn’t just disappear. When someone you love has a history filled with unfinished business, you feel it every day. I try to be strong, I try to focus on us, but sometimes it feels like I’m competing with shadows.”
Old Flames That Won’t Fade
Insiders close to the couple say Joan’s insecurities aren’t unfounded. “Chock has a lot of baggage from previous relationships — exes who still linger around, stories that keep resurfacing, and whispers that follow him wherever he goes,” one source revealed. “It’s been tough for Joan. Every time she feels like they’ve moved forward, another reminder of his past pulls them two steps back.”
Explosive Fights Behind Closed Doors
Though they’ve tried to keep a united front in public, friends say the private arguments have been intense. “Joan feels blindsided whenever a new detail comes out — a text, a rumor, an unexpected encounter,” an insider explained. “It’s led to screaming matches, silent nights, and tears that neither of them can ignore. The trust between them has cracks that keep widening.”
Secrets That Linger
What makes it worse, Joan says, are the things left unsaid. “It’s not just what I know — it’s what I don’t know,” she admitted. “Every time I think I have the full truth, something else emerges. I love him, but how can love survive if I’m always wondering what else is hiding in the dark?”
A Love on the Brink
Despite the turmoil, Joan insists she hasn’t given up hope. “Chock has shown me parts of himself that are beautiful — kind, loving, protective,” she said softly. “But when the past keeps creeping in, it’s like it’s fighting to destroy the future we’re trying to build. I don’t want to lose him, but I can’t keep living in doubt either.”
Friends say the next few months will be critical for the couple. Either they confront the ghosts head-on and rebuild trust, or the weight of old flames and lingering secrets may be too much to overcome. “This isn’t just about love anymore,” one insider warned. “It’s about survival. And right now, no one knows if their relationship will make it out alive.”
Teddi Mellencamp Reflects on Changed Sex Life Amid Cancer Battle: "I Was a Wild Woman..."
Teddi Mellencamp has a new flame.
Roughly two months after confirming her split with a “mystery man,” The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum revealed she was romantically involved with a new guy. She shared the big update during the latest episode of Diamonds in the Rough — the Housewives recap series she co-hosts with RHOBH’s Erika Jayne.
Teddi Mellencamp dishes on the new man in her life: "No complaints"
“I’ve been on probably eight dates with this person,” Teddi said in the September 1 broadcast. “Not the young guy. You haven’t met him… He’s such a nice guy, such a good guy.”
Teddi remained pretty tight-lipped about the individual, declining to reveal his name or share details on how they met. She did, however, address her sex life, admitting she had met the guy when her libido was high — a potential side effect from the steroid treatments she received amid her Stage 4 cancer battle.
“I was a wild woman… but now I am not,” she said about her sex drive. “So now I’m just chill. I’m like, ‘OK, yeah, let’s go to dinner. Yeah, sure.’ He’s funny, he’s nice, he opens car doors, he’s handsome, he has a nice job. There’s no complaints. The only complaints there are is how I physically feel — like, not about him but about myself.”
She continued: “So I’m kind of going through those things. I’ve got a lot of things kind of coming up where I’m like, ‘Am I going to be able to do this?’ I’m getting to that point where I’m definitely better than I was, but I’m not 100%.”
Teddi Mellencamp opens up about dating while fighting cancer
Days after the episode aired, Teddi resumed another round of immunotherapy. She said the treatment has taken a toll not only on her physical health but also on her mental state, as she often finds herself struggling with “severe anxiety” after the treatments.
“I’m definitely in that stage where I’m sure I’m not the best person in the world to have any sort of relationship with, but this guy is chill,” she told Erika. “He’s very understanding.”
Teddi said she and the mystery man like to keep their dates relatively low-key. They’ve had lunches, grabbed dinners, taken walks, and gone out to the movies.
“We’re just hanging out, getting to know each other,” she added. “It’s been good.”
Have Teddi Mellencamp & Edwin Arroyave finalized their divorce?
Teddi was first diagnosed with melanoma in 2022, after her good friend Kyle Richards noticed a spot on Teddi’s back. The RHOBH alum went on to have more than a dozen excisions and treatments before learning the cancer had metastasized, resulting in multiple tumors on her brain and lungs.
Months before the cancer had spread, Teddi revealed she had filed for divorce from Edwin Arroyave. Although they’re no longer romantically involved, the estranged husband and wife continue to live together with their kids: 12-year-old daughter Slate, 11-year-old son Cruz, and 5-year-old daughter Dove. Teddi is also a stepmom to 16-year-old Bella, Edwin’s daughter from a previous relationship.
Teddi and Edwin have since put their divorce on the back burner, as they’re putting all their focus on Teddi’s health and their kids.
“We’re not together, but we put all the divorce stuff on hold because getting divorced is very stressful,” she told Extra back in April. “He’s a good guy, and we’re having a friendship, which is what we liked about each other in the first place, making each other laugh and all those types of things, so I think it’s been really nice. We call it the divorce chronicles, where we just tease each other.”
