As The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills returned for season eight final night time, followers have been launched to the newest woman to get her mitts on an outsized diamond within the present’s opening credit, Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave. We watched as Dorit Kemsley and her son Jagger attended a music class at Teddi’s residence. We questioned what may possess a lady to hop on a personal aircraft with a relative group of strangers for a women journey in Las Vegas. And we went the entire episode with out studying an excessive amount of extra about her.

Whereas we’ll little question study extra concerning the daughter of legendary rocker John Cougar Mellencamp within the coming weeks, E! Information went straight to the supply to seek out out all we have to find out about Teddi to organize us for what she has in retailer.

As for why she joined a present that she hadn’t actually watched prior—”I’ve watched now,” she admitted. “I’ve caught up on every thing now.”—the reply is straightforward.

“The expertise of with the ability to go and journey, meet a bunch of clever, sensible, enjoyable ladies,” Teddi stated. “How might I say no, you understand? Sure, there’s some draw back, however the upside is a lot greater.”

After becoming a member of the present and starting to movie together with her new buddies and co-stars, Teddi was stunned to seek out how in it she truly was. “I assumed, at first, perhaps I used to be simply going to be going via the motions. However it’s not. It is one hundred pc,” she admitted. “It is actual. You’ve gotten actual feelings. You are experiencing the whole lot, good and dangerous, with a bunch of girls who grow to be your mates.”

For extra from Teddi, together with how she broke the information about becoming a member of the forged to her dad, you’ll want to take a look at the video up prime!

The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on Bravo.

(E! and Bravo are each a part of the NBCUniversal household.)