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Over the weekend, Kelly Dodd, a former star of “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” took to social media to post a series of videos targeting a plastic surgeon. Although the videos have since been removed, they sparked quite the controversy.
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The conflict began when Dr. Dhivya Srinivasa shared a video online. In this clip, Kelly was seen defending Jill Zarin, who had made questionable remarks about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show. Dr. Srinivasa openly disagreed with Kelly’s defense, which quickly ignited a fiery exchange between the two.
Kelly, 50, responded by telling Dr. Srinivasa to “get a job” and “a life,” while also making disparaging comments about the doctor’s appearance. She criticized the darkness under Dr. Srinivasa’s eyes and commented on her nose. Kelly further insinuated that the doctor was either single or trapped in an abusive relationship. Dr. Srinivasa did not hold back in her response, labeling Kelly an “uneducated ogre” and a “racist bigot.”
Dr. Srinivasa addressed Kelly’s remarks in a video she posted on Instagram. She specifically responded to Kelly’s claim that plastic surgery is the “lowest [field] on the [medical] totem pole,” reinforcing her stance amidst the heated exchange.
In her video rebuttal, which was shared on Instagram, Dr. Srinivasa first addressed Kelly’s statement that plastic surgery was the “lowest [field] on the [medical] totem pole.”
“I’m a double-board certified fellowship-trained microvascular surgeon for women with breast cancer. I’ve done more training than almost any other specialty that exists. And in fact, plastic surgery is one of the most competitive specialties to get into. There’s actually no specialty in medicine that’s the bottom of the totem pole, and anybody who would say that out loud is an uneducated ogre,” Dr. Dhivya declared.
Then, pointing to Kelly’s message of “Get a job. Get a life,” the doctor revealed she has a net worth that “could decimate” Kelly’s, and she noted that her finances weren’t based on a divorce settlement or stint on reality television.
As for Kelly wondering if the doctor had taken an oath, Dr. Dhivya explained the Hippocratic oath, stating that there was no clause in it that would prevent her from calling out “racist bigots online.” Instead, she detailed, the oath banned her from withholding care due to Kelly being what she deemed “a racist bigot.”
After signaling an article from November 2025 in which Kelly was accused of getting “drunk on the set” and going to the emergency room, the doctor showcased another one of Kelly’s bizarre videos, in which Kelly said that Dr. Dhivya had bad teeth, which was like “having a fat trainer.”
In response, the doctor pointed out that teeth were, of course, handled by dentists.
“Look at yourself, you fugs,” Kelly continued, telling the woman to “fix” her face, including her nose and darkness under her eyes.
In a second video from Dr. Dhivya, the woman stated that while Kelly appears in her videos with a full face of makeup and uses filters, she can share clips of herself with “no makeup, no filters in a bathroom because I have more moral clarity in this crooked canine than [Kelly does] in [her] whole spine.”
She also shaded Kelly for allegedly wearing “fake Chanel” and joked about how she had attempted to defend her intelligence with a video in which she couldn’t properly pronounce “pronunciate.”
Another one of Kelly’s since-removed clips saw her telling the doctor, “You’re probably single, and if you’re not, you’re probably with some man that probably beats you.” But that wasn’t the case. As Dr. Dhivya noted, she is happily married and not getting beaten by her husband.
“Unlike you, I’m not divorced. And also unlike you, I don’t depend on a divorce settlement for my net worth. I’ve actually never had to have the cops called to my house or anywhere that I’ve been for any sort of unrest of any variety,” Dr. Dhivya continued, revealing that the cops were called to Kelly’s house a whopping six times in 2017.
In closing, the doctor said that Kelly’s negative comments about her looks were “a cover for how racist and vile [she is], and instead of addressing that, [she babbles] on like an a**hat.”
Kelly Dodd was featured in a full-time role on The Real Housewives of Orange County from season 11 through season 15.