Ever since Kelly Dodd appeared as the new housewife on Real Housewives of Orange County, it has been evident that there were problems in her marriage. There were lots of rumors about Kelly cheating on Michael and video footage of her outside a club looking to pick up guys. This season Meghan Edmonds started the season off accusing Kelly of having a boyfriend and playing victim when Kelly hit back at Meghan’s marriage. But on the last episode, Michael seemed to be very kind to Kelly during her breast reduction surgery and it seemed things had turned a corner.
Then today, Kelly Dodd sold an exclusive story to The Daily Mail claiming that she wants a divorce as soon as possible. Kelly says that she is going to ask her attorney to reactivate the divorce petition she initially filed in 2012 that apparently was never closed. She wants the case to be bifurcated so that the official status of single divorced woman will be granted as quickly as possible and the financial separation can be done in a separate trial. This usually happens for two reason, one party wants to marry another person quickly, or one of both people want to file taxes under the tax brackets for single people. I’m not sure why anyone would want to file single rather than married. It’s much cheaper to file as a married couple especially with a kid. At least from this old maid’s perspective. I think in Kelly’s case, she just wants to get some use out of her newly rejuvenated vagina and new boob job.
Kelly told Daily Mail, “Our marriage is over, I’m out of there! We’ve had problems for years and I’ve had enough, I’m done with our marriage. It’s just a case where two people can’t get along. It’s best if we went our separate ways and concentrate on our daughter. We aren’t good together, maybe we’ll better to each other when we are divorced and are friends, but right now we are both miserable and it’s not good for either one of us, let alone our daughter.”
Reports have been circulating for months about nearly a dozen visits by the police to the marital home so far this year with six of them in the month of July which is apparently when the strife in the marriage escalated to the point of no return. Since then Kelly has been hanging out with her daughter and doing some traveling. She is currently winding up a trip with a girlfriend to Munich for Oktoberfest.
I hope Kelly gets what she needs to be happy. She seems to have a good heart, just don’t start no s–t and they’ll be no s–t to quote Kandi B. Meaghan is a big trouble maker and will get her due eventually. I like Kelly and wish her the best.
@marsha Marsha Marsha I totally agree with you .. they don’t seem wellsuited and why waste more time in an unhappy marriage. Hope they can both move on and be nice to each other
I’m thinking Michael is lucky to get away just my opinion.
DITTO a thousand times!!!
I agree! Michael is very lucky. She is some crazy.
Strange marriage arrangement with brother and Mom in same house. Kelly smart to get new look and then split. If true, will be a nasty divorce… I hate to think it is for her to stay on RHOC , but one never knows.
She may be wanting to shelter het RH money from any claim by Michael. California is a community property state.
Lawstangel, I agree with you. She may also be trying to avoid any future liability for Michael’s debts.
haha, assuming no pre-nup, she can only shelter FUTURE earnings and even then only once the divorce is finalized. I doubt she will be on RHOC another 10 years. Besides Michael is richer than she is so I doubt this is an issue. Once the divorce is finalized, she will release a sex tape.
What’s to become of Mom and baby bro???
Mom, Kelly will take care … brother? All have been living off of Michael .
Kelly better find a new honey soon…unless she gets a super settlement form Micheal!
Oh she has a new honey in the wings, wait and see. Instead of living on Michael’s money until finances are agreed upon, she wants out and will worry about money later. Sure Kelly 😉
I have no idea what’s going on there. Kelly is a wacky broad with some anger management issues and Michael seems like he’s a fish out of water…an oldish fish. She’s a spitfire and he’s a dud, IMO. I never know whether to be sorry for a divorce or congratulatory. Kelly’s child will be most affected, I’m afraid, and that’s something to be sorry for.
Did anyone else ever feel as though Michael, Kelly, and her daughter moved into her mother’s house where she lived with Kelly’s brother? I don’t think the house belongs to Kelly and Michael, I think it’s her mother’s house. (This is based on nothing factual, just my feeling.)
She stated during a recent podcast that her brother now has his own place. She said in her blog that she and Michael have “provided for and cared for” her mom since 2005 when she and Michael moved from Arizona. Five years later in 2010 her mom moved from Arizona into their house in in Corona Del Mar. I would think that might be stressful having family living with you when your marriage is rocky but maybe not in a huge mansion!
Everything I have seen in footage this year has shown Michael being understanding and quietly allowing her to run things, order for them( in restaurants, where eve the reservation was in her name, not his) She ordered without asking what he would like- let alone defer to him.
It appears that life with Kelly is all about Kelly, nothing else. The discussion at the center where she took her mother, supposedly to help her mother become busy, find interests, and meet new people, became a self- created psych consult for Kelly and her needs, not her mother’s. Kelly has shown a it of growth and maturation this year, but she has the maturity of a spoiled 14 year old, and is completely self-indulgent.
The scenes I noticed showed Michael going out of his way to support her, listen to her, do what she wanted, with zero focus on him.
She frankly seemed to use him as a companion, but paid no attention to his needs or desires. I can’t quite imagine what it is she wants beyond this- and would bet she has no self awareness of any of it.
I absolutely agree with everything you said Sabrina. I feel a bit sorry for Michael. I think Kelly is very selfish and most of the time mean-spirited. Imo she stayed with him long enough to get her body rejuvinated and back on her feet. Doesn’t need him anymore. I also feel sorry for her mother too. Kelly controls her.
I also remember the big confrontation between the women at the end of last season when he came into the room to have her back but also sat back and let her handle things herself. He didn’t need to take over and get involved himself but he was there for her. It seemed to me an instinctively kind and supportive thing to do.
He could be putting on an act for cameras, of course, but his behaviour doesn’t really gel with what she says about him.
Stevie Wonder could see these two should have separated when she started on RHOC. I wonder if she came on the show to magnify the problems in their relationship so she could re-file for divorce.
I hate to say it, but Shannon and David are next. Her daughters will be devastated.
Shannon’s marriage would be fine if she would stop making everything in the world about her and constantly criticizing hubby for not being able to “make her happy.” No one can make her happy. She sucks the air out of every room she enters.
YES!! The 3 daughters might be relieved. Wanna bet at least one will want to live w/David?
HEAR! HEAR! Absolutely! She tried to cut off David’s male parts a looooooooooooooong time before his affair.
I agree with Coco. I think Kelly came on the show to magnify her marital problems. This season she was making little comments that appear to have set the scene for a divorce. (For example: during the vaginal rejuvenation she states that’s the most action she has seen in a long time).
Same for Shannon, it’s so obvious from both David and Shannon they know they are getting divorced soon. He’s just on the show for a paycheck – he just stares blankly most of the time. How embarrassing for all of them to play it out on tv.
Selling the house and renting instead of buying another house is the ultimate pre-divorce move. It takes dividing the marital home off the table. All they need to do is split proceeds they already have.
I doubt Kelly is that deep of a thinker or that much of s planner.
What happened to the woman whose very young son was taking speak therapy? Wrong franchise?
Kelly might be so feisty because she is in a bad marriage. Maybe if she found someone she liked and is getting it on the regular she would be nicer. A bad marriage can make you moody.
Maybe she and Shannon could get a two for one.
I don’t think the Beador’s daughter would be devastated. Most viewers think they are miserable so why would people that live with them not see it also.
He handed his wedding ring to one of them, that’s a clue right there.
I think Kelly had anger issues a long time before she met and snagged Micheal..WHile he can be a successful business man, it doesn’t mean he is a great partner. The way he talked about her breasts was as one would with a trophy wife.
As for Shannon and David… the girls are getting older, They live with knowing the house is not happy. They know that feng shui and lemons in a bowl make no difference in the world about life being better.
IMO Shannon needs some hormones now. I realize she has lost a lot of weight… but the underlying problems will never go out of her mind
Octoberfest is for the collegiates and the young. Fucking grow up and divorce, if need be, but fucking get a grip of your own mental issues. Why are those women from So Cal so stupid? I’m in my 50s, No Cal born and bred, and have my head screwed on. It’s shit to get old- but deal, and with grace, fucktard.
NorCal born, me too! I’m so far NorCal I’m a 100 miles south of the Oregon border, life here is very peaceful. I only started watching Housewives when I moved in with my boyfriend, I’m actually amazed at how many men watch these shows.
Shannon and David I feel are over too, she wants him to make her happy but what about her making him happy. He’s into doing the exercise events (with Eddie and Tamara) even if I did not participate I would certainly go along and watch/cheer on my husband. It shouldn’t be surprising these marriages fail, it’s all about the women going out, throwing parties, traveling and fighting.
Lydia drives me crazy! Well they are all a bubble off from center in my opinion
Oktoberfest is for people of all ages. I went as a kid and was pissed my parents would not let me have a children’s beer. Clearly that is where I got my love of beer. lol.
It’s a family affair and her friend lives there with her family and the entire family went. It’s not Burning Man for fuck sake.
Ah Burning Man my dream get away if it wasn’t for the dust, lack of water, dirt, no services, dust and the constant heat plus the dust.
This surprises me. Michael was so kind to Kelly through her surgery and recovery, and I’m trying to remember whether we ever saw cruelty from him on the show. You never know though. Sad for their daughter.
My ex was very kind to me if anyone was around or if he could pay for something others knew about so he would look like such a good man.
IDK anything about Michael, he might be a good man
Well at least she’ll have a storyline next season instead of complaining about unhappy she is.
I wonder if Kelly has ever considered how her reality show career might affect her daughter.
Michael probably appreciated having Kelly’s mom in the house. Mom knows how difficult Kelly can be, so at least Michael had someone to commiserate with about her behavior. In the end, he might just miss mom more than Kelly.
It’s Kelly’s world and Michael, and her mom, and her daughter and all just living in it. Every single thing that happened in that house revolved around kelly and her mood. I actually feel as for Michael because he seemed to want to make things work. Kelly was constantly busting his balls. Can’t wait to see who she has lined up next. PS. I do like kelly. She has good style, she speaks her mind, and she adds spice to almost every scene!
Just my opinion, but I never got the sense there was ever any passion or chemistry between those two. I think Michael made an effort to be kind to her in a supportive friend way, but I don’t think he’s felt like he was in love with her for quite some time. I think Kelly has behaved the same way at times – trying to be kind as a friend rather than as a lover and spouse to him. I think (again, just my outside observation) she married him for security and he married her because she was fun and dynamic and he was infatuated. Things likely soured quickly because as much as she tries or he tries, there’s no real LOVE there. I think that’s why she lashes out at him – she resents the situation she’s in and takes it out on him. I think they’d both be happier apart and with new partners and hopefully they can come to a point of healthy co-parenting with each other for the sake of their daughter.
I had dinner at The Quiet Woman recently, coincidentally seated next to Dr. Dubrow, kids and mom (no Champs to be seen). The bar area is obviously a pick up joint. Kelly is a regular there. Kelly’s house has been on the market for a long long time. This is no surprise to anyone.
Dee, interesting. Wish I lived closer, would love to check out a few places these ladies go to. A lot of us from a California in here.