Erika Jayne is suggesting an unlikely legendary setup between John Mellencamp and her newly-single Real Housewives of Beverly Hills costar Dorit Kemsley.
“John should get with Dorit. That’s what [should happen],” Erika, 53, told John’s daughter, Teddi Mellencamp, on the Thursday, May 1, episode of the “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast.
Teddi, who starred on RHOBH from season 8 to 11, seemingly gasped in shock at the mere suggestion that her father might date her former castmate, though she admitted the pair could be a solid match.
“They could talk each other’s ears off,” Teddi, 43, joked.
The subject came up when Teddi showed Erika RHOBH alum Yolanda Hadid’s “I Love You” music video, which prominently featured a private plane. Erika mentioned that Teddi’s father — who is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee — must have a private plane of his own.
“He rarely lets me ride on his plane, and when he does, it’s filled with [cigarette] smoke,” Teddi quipped.
Erika then pointed out John and Dorit “both smoke” — with Teddi confirming the two even smoke the same brand of cigarettes.
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“They could smoke American Spirits [cigarettes], fly around in the [private] plane, talk each other’s ears off,” she envisioned.
Teddi admitted that the first potential snag was that her father’s private plane might not be “big enough” because Dorit is notoriously picky about her air travel options.
Erika was undeterred, telling Teddi, “That’s what we need to do. We need to get your father and Dorit together … This might be a good idea.”
As they debated whether the coupling could work out, Teddi mentioned that Dorit would probably have to give up alcohol entirely if she actually wanted to date John. RHOBH viewers will know that Dorit has a signature cocktail order — a Belvedere Vodka with club soda, three squeezed lemons, served in a short glass, with the “carcass out.”
“[John has] never drank. It’s not like he’s a recovering alcoholic, he’s just not a drinker,” Teddi clarified. “In my opinion, girls drink and they get super chatty. He doesn’t like it.”
Teddi added that a third potential holdup was the fact that John has been dating his current girlfriend, filmmaker Kristin Kehrberg, since 2023.
“Kristin, we love you but if it doesn’t work out, we’ve got Dorit here in the corner,” Teddi concluded, with Erika adding, “I’m so sorry! I didn’t know!”
Dorit separated from husband Paul “P.K.” Kemsley after 10 years of marriage in May 2024, with the couple filing for divorce this past April. P.K. has since been spotted on a PDA-filled outing with Shana Wall. The Kemsleys share son Jagger, born 2014, and daughter Phoenix, born 2016.
John has been married three times — to Priscilla Esterline from 1970 to 1981, to Victoria Granucci from 1981 to 1989 and Elaine Irwin from 1992 to 2010. He shares daughter Michelle, born 1970, with Esterline while daughters Teddi, born 1981, and Justice, born 1985, are from his second marriage. The rocker and third wife Irwin share sons Hud, born 1994, and Speck, born 1995.
The “Pink Houses” singer also dated actress Meg Ryan on and off between 2010 and 2019. He has been linked romantically with supermodel Christie Brinkley and Jamie Sherrill (a.k.a. Nurse Jamie) since his divorce as well.
Erika recently exclusively told Us Weekly that she was in favor of the RHOBH cast setting one another up on dates because it would be “funny” to see who each cast member picked.
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