That restaurant fight between Kelly Dodd and Shannon Beador sure got ugly. Shannon definitely overreacted (yet again) to Kelly’s presence at the restaurant even though I figured that she should be well-aware that Kelly might show up considering that they’re both cast members on the same reality show. Still, Kelly took the insults too far (yet again) by telling Shannon to, “keep eating” while she was struggling with her weight.
As awful as that was, Shannon throwing that plate because it wasn’t hers was hilarious. Even after watching the episode, Kelly made it clear that she doesn’t regret anything during her appearance on Watch What Happens Live.
When Andy Cohen asked Kelly about Shannon’s weight gain, Kelly admitted, “I feel for her because we’ve all been fat at one time or another in our life and we know what it’s like to struggle with weight. I know I have.” She made no mention of the (many) not-so-nice comments she made about Shannon during the episode, but at least she does have some sympathy for her. When asked if she regretted telling Shannon to “keep eating,” Kelly had no apologies and justified it by saying, “just trying to help a girl out.”
A caller asked Kelly, “Do you think it’s fair for Shannon to blame her weight gain on stressed caused by Vicki [Gunvalson]?” Kelly answered, “I think there’s other things involved. She’s just a scapegoat. It’s easy to do that. I just gained five pounds and blame it on Vicki too.” We can all agree that Shannon blaming Vicki for weight gain was beyond ridiculous. Not only that, but the topic has been thoroughly discussed and Shannon has owned up to the misstep. Let’s move on already.
Another viewer asked Kelly, “Has your daughter seen the show and what does she think of your behavior?” Kelly joked (I think), “My daughter watches the show now. She knows my behavior. She watches me all the time. That’s why she’s so good.” Andy followed up with “Because she’s being the opposite?” Kelly confirmed, “She wants to be the opposite. She’s like a perfect kid.” Good for her.
Then Andy showed an explosive clip of Meghan Edmonds (who hasn’t interacted with one cast member during the first three episodes of the season) discussing a text message conversation where she asked Kelly if she was “dating a guy” and Kelly fired back accusing Jim Edmonds of having a mistress while Meghan was seven months pregnant. In response to the preview Kelly declared, “That’s such BS.” At least Meghan is getting involved in the show- although I’m sure she’s not at all happy about the story line. Am I the only one who feels like they didn’t hire Meghan back until they got far into filming and they’re just filling in these episodes with clips of her alone with the baby? Maybe I’m overthinking this, but something doesn’t add up with the timing on this one.
Andy read a viewer question that asked, “Do you think you were too aggressive toward Shannon when you ambushed her in the bathroom?” Kelly said, “I did not ambush her in the bathroom. I headed to the restroom right away. As soon as I walked in there, I headed straight there.”
Andy asked, “You did not know she was in the bathroom?” Kelly adamantly replied with, “No, of course not,” and she admitted, “It was completely not premeditated.” You never know what to expect from these Housewives conflicts, but Andy verified her story by saying, “I don’t even think you had a mic on when you went in there.”
Why are people trying to make it seem like Kelly knew what was going on that night when Shannon was the one who started screaming at her in the bathroom? Not only that, but Lydia McLaughlin is the one who invited Kelly- such a low key shit stirrer- yet Kelly is the one getting all of the flack for this incident.
A fan wondered, “I know you’re working on your marriage. How are you and Michael [Dodd] doing today?” Kelly said, “Right now we’re doing great. Right now. Right now we’re doing really, really well.”
Surprisingly Kelly seemed to have sympathy for both Lydia and Shannon after their fight at Ava’s birthday party. When she was asked whose side she was on, Kelly said, “I see both sides of the story. I don’t think Shannon was yelling at her, but Lydia’s also very sensitive.”
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TELL US- ARE YOU A FAN OF KELLY DODD THIS SEASON? DID SHE GO TOO FAR DURING HER ARGUMENT WITH SHANNON OR WAS HER RESPONSE JUSTIFIED?
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