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Dr. Dhivya Srinivasa shared a so-called “appreciation post” for Kelly Dodd and her husband, Rick Leventhal, on Instagram on Wednesday, calling the couple out for recent comments shared on social media.
After the 50-year-old Real Housewives of Orange County alum threatened to sue the physician for defamation, suggested her role as a breast cancer reconstructive surgeon was the “lowest on the totem pole,” and accused her of trying to sabotage her brand deals, Dr. Dhivya reacted to Kelly and Rick’s ongoing efforts against her, which began after she shaded Kelly for seemingly defending Jill Zarin‘s racist rant about the Super Bowl.
“Turns out being the people’s princess can’t affect your medical license or board certification,” Dr. Dhivya wrote in the caption of a March 4 clip on Instagram.
Then, in her video, she said that she’d taken a break from clapping back at Kelly and Rick, 66, because it was “so embarrassing” for them.
“It’s like when the Patriots lost to the Seahawks at the Bad Bunny concert,” she stated. “Sign up for a webinar program to scrape together enough money for your wine budget for the week. I mean, I really did feel bad for you. But you didn’t learn, did you? Both Dick and Kelly.”
According to Dr. Dhivya, Rick is “giving Amy Winehouse’s dad vibes” when he should be intervening with his wife’s behavior. As she noted, she believes Rick is “exploiting somebody for [his] own personal gain when [he knows] that they are crashing and burning.”
“Put her in rehab, take away her phone, help her,” the doctor begged.
After noting that she had “every license to expose to the world that [they] don’t have neurons that work in a coordinated fashion,” Dr. Dhivya signaled their recent comments, one of which was written by Kelly to a woman named Marisa.
“I really appreciate your support. Seriously this crazy woman just did a post. Told the Reddit rats to come after my brands. They dropped me. You can complain to the California Medical Board. Love you,” Kelly said.
In response, Dr. Dhivya pointed out that while Kelly’s brands have dropped her, that is no one’s fault but her own.
“What you don’t realize is that everything is based on things that you did or said. So, whose fault is it that no brand wants to work with a racist bigot? Yours, Kelly. Yours,” she stated.
As for Kelly’s suggestion that the fan complain to the California Medical Board, Dr. Dhivya pointed out that she did nothing wrong.
“Holding a racist bigot accountable doesn’t go against anything that’s involved in medical licensure, per the California State Board,” she explained.
Dr. Dhivya then signaled a comment in which Kelly confirmed to another social media user that she could not lose her medical license as a result of what had gone down between them.
“The California Medical Board, you morons, they actually handle medical licensure, so if I can’t have my license affected because of anything I said about you, and you know that, then why are you telling people to complain to the California Medical Board?” she asked.
Still, Kelly again told someone, “If you could complain to the medical board that would help me out so much,” and she accused Dr. Dhivya of making her “lose everything.”
Regarding Kelly and Rick suggesting that payback was coming, Dr. Dhivya mentioned that she had “systematically read [Kelly] for filth for every single word that has come out of [her] mouth” before rolling the tape on a video Kelly had made of herself declaring that she cannot be canceled.
“All bad publicity is good publicity. I’m making money at it, so God bless,” Kelly had declared.
But at the same time, Rick appeared to write on their joint account about Kelly’s lost wages.
“Kelly has to cancel her deals, costing her tens of thousands of dollars in income. This was a pre-planned and coordinated attack, completely unbecoming of a professional physician, and the payback is coming,” he warned.
Meanwhile, Dr. Dhivya concluded, “You’re canceled.”
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Kelly Dodd was featured on The Real Housewives of Orange County from season 11 to season 15.