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Kelly Dodd and Dr. Dhivya Srinivasa remain locked in a bitter social media feud.
Following accusations of racism, defamation, and sabotage, the 50-year-old Real Housewives of Orange County alum accused the plastic surgeon of using Pakistani or Indian bots to attack her online and alleged that she made her famous. Dr. Dhivya then highlighted Kelly’s fake followers and slammed her as an “underachieving woman,” while she also reflected on Kelly’s video rant about being called a racist.
“Somebody tell this pothole of a human to move on so I can make a Kash Patel video instead. Thanks in advance,” Dr. Dhivya wrote in the caption of a March 17 video shared on her Instagram page.
Meanwhile, in the accompanying clip, as Kelly suspected she’d been “shadow-banned” in a video she made with husband Rick Leventhal, 66, Dr. Dhivya pointed out that she’d previously shared that she was “on private.”
“[I] put myself on private … because I know that stupid idiot got a bunch of bot farms from Pakistan or India to come after me,” Kelly had stated.
“Ah, yes, the Indian and Pakistani bots,” Dr. Dhivya replied before mentioning that you can look up what percentage of someone’s followers are real.
“Why don’t we use me as an example?” she asked, noting that 2.35% of her followers were fake.
“We can plot this data and compare my performance to all of the other creators … Approximately 20% of K Dudd’s followers are fake. And in case processing bar graphs, numbers, [and] percentages is a little bit challenging for you, let me put it this way: Between the two of us, you’re the one who’s calling upon the bots,” the doctor continued.
Back in Kelly’s video, she told her audience, “Look how much pull I have. I got some idiot doctor famous. I have this much power,” but, as Dr. Dhivya explained, “I make content that’s engaging, meaning I can credit myself for my success.”
“Although I am not surprised at all that an underachieving woman of your demographic would, of course, take the credit from an immigrant woman,” she added.
According to Dr. Dhivya, she boasts a 21.7% engagement rate while Kelly’s is just 0.09%.
As the drama continued, Rick interjected, telling his audience, “I do want to make the point that Kelly has a world of friends, and if she was as bad as some people are accusing her of being, she wouldn’t have a world of friends.”
Still, Dr. Dhivya pointed to a past video Kelly made, stating, “Ah, yes, your extensive friend circle who will still stand by your side even though you’ve said things like this…”
In Kelly’s video, she was seen poking fun at the doctor for calling her a racist, pointing out that she’s Mexican and has a family of Native Americans.
“If you’re going to come to America, change your name to something that we can pronounce,” Kelly also said.
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As the video came to an end, Dr. Dhivya said she wasn’t afraid to speak out against Kelly and hold her accountable as she began to play Mariah Carey‘s “Obsessed,” which asks, “Why you so obsessed with me?”
Kelly Dodd was featured in a full-time role on The Real Housewives of Orange County from season 11 through season 15.