{"id":284613,"date":"2019-12-05T13:02:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T20:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1099897"},"modified":"2019-12-05T13:02:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T20:02:05","slug":"real-housewives-of-orange-countys-kelly-dodd-says-being-engaged-feels-so-liberating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/real-housewives-of-orange-countys-kelly-dodd-says-being-engaged-feels-so-liberating\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Housewives of Orange County&#8217;s Kelly Dodd Says Being Engaged Feels &#8220;So Liberating&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"42.229885057471\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"26.873563218391\">\n<p><em>Real Housewives of Orange County&nbsp;<\/em>star&nbsp;<strong>Kelly Dodd<\/strong> is in engagement bliss.<\/p>\n<p>The reality star and her fianc\u00e9, Fox News correspondent&nbsp;<strong>Rick Leventhal<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1093188\/real-housewives-of-orange-county-s-kelly-dodd-is-engaged-to-rick-leventhal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced their engagement<\/a> in November on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B4044sWAGfP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>. And now, in an interview with E! News, the 44-year-old revealed she feels a newfound feeling of freedom&nbsp;following the happy event.<\/p>\n<p>With Leventhal standing right by her side, Dodd gushed over being engaged. &#8220;It feels great. It feels like, &#8216;Oh my God, I got my husband-to-be,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The star couldn&#8217;t&nbsp;stop raving about her relationship. As she went on, &#8220;It just feels so liberating to have somebody that just is in love with you. And you know, it&#8217;s not like you have like, the back and forth, like are you worrying about it. I don&#8217;t know, I hate dating. And I know that he&#8217;s the one. He knows that I&#8217;m the one. It&#8217;s just a really great, it&#8217;s like a security feeling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56.186356073211\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"14.269550748752\">\n<p>Given that Leventhal is based in New York City for his work, there&#8217;s a possibility that Dodd could be moving across the country. But would she also move from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1099074\/housewives-history-kelly-dodd-and-the-quiet-woman-s-flying-plate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one&nbsp;<em>Real Housewives<\/em> franchise<\/a> to another?<\/p>\n<p>To that end, Dodd said that&#8217;s definitely a possibility. &#8220;I would totally do it,&#8221; she said of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1092644\/leah-mcsweeney-joins-the-real-housewives-of-new-york-city-season-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joining <em>Real Housewives of New York<\/em><\/a>. &#8220;I would love it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She continued to explain that she feels like a true New York native at heart. &#8220;I&#8217;m all about New York,&#8221; Dodd admitted. &#8220;I feel like I fit in in New York than O.C. I&#8217;m more fast pace, fast talk. I just don&#8217;t know. I feel like I&#8217;m more of a New Yorker.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"41.5\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/20191015\/rs_634x1024-191115091838-634-kelly-dodd-mv-111419.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Kelly Dodd, Rick Leventhal \" alt=\"Kelly Dodd, Rick Leventhal \"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Moxy Chelsea<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"23\">\n<p>Keep your fingers crossed for that crossover, Dodd fans. And also keep your eyes peeled for wedding details now that Dodd and Leventhal are soon-to-be Mr. and Mrs.!<\/p>\n<p>When asked if she and her man have started wedding planning since their November engagement, Dodd gave a pretty decisive answer. As she revealed, &#8220;No! I mean, we just got engaged! It&#8217;s so difficult. We&#8217;re worrying about December and January.&#8221; As Leventhal chimed in, &#8220;And moving,&#8221;&nbsp;his fianc\u00e9e echoed, &#8220;And moving.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, it looks like her move to New York could be a definite thing. Let&#8217;s just hope that means her move to the NY show is also a definite.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Dodd did reveal what fans can expect to see throughout the rest of the current&nbsp;<em>RHOC&nbsp;<\/em>season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"61\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"12\">\n<p>As she revealed, &#8220;Oh my God. I mean, it&#8217;s not what you expect! You see [<strong>Tamra Judge<\/strong>] going in the bushes, crying hysterically. [<strong>Emily Simpson<\/strong>] and I are going through therapy. It&#8217;s so unpredictable. You think something&#8217;s going this way, and it throws you for a loop. You have to watch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a surprising turn of events, the infamous TV personality divulged that she&#8217;s in a better place with Judge and&nbsp;<strong>Vicky Gunvalson<\/strong> than she is with <strong>Shannon Beador<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"59.235849056604\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"15.044025157233\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m in a good place with Vicky right now for the reunion,&#8221; she dished. &#8220;I&#8217;m not really in a good place with Tamra and Shannon as much. I guess I&#8217;m <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/shows\/hollywood_medium\/news\/1027005\/tyler-henry-assures-tamra-judge-she-ll-have-an-opportunity-to-make-amends-with-her-estranged-daughter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">okay with Tamra<\/a> more than I am with Shannon, shockingly, when I thought Shannon and I were better friends. I don&#8217;t know, it&#8217;s weird. I think Tamra has more of a forgiving heart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1076757\/kelly-dodd-i-wish-i-hit-real-housewives-of-orange-county-s-shannon-beador-harder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">than Shannon<\/a>. I mean, she really does. I think she knows how to pivot. She knows how to make a show. Like she said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1093854\/real-housewives-stars-take-a-walk-down-memory-lane-at-bravocon-regrets-and-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at BravoCon<\/a>, &#8216;I can do my job.&#8217; I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Oh! Okay.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope fans will get to see Dodd show her own show-making skills on future seasons of&nbsp;<em>RHONY.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(E! and Bravo are both part of NBCUniversal.)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"><i>E! News<\/i> returns Monday, Jan. 6 at 7 a.m.!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1099897\/real-housewives-of-orange-county-s-kelly-dodd-says-being-engaged-feels-so-liberating?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Housewives of Orange County&nbsp;star&nbsp;Kelly Dodd is in engagement bliss. The reality star and her fianc\u00e9, Fox News correspondent&nbsp;Rick Leventhal, announced their engagement in November on Instagram. And now, in an interview with E! News, the 44-year-old revealed she feels a newfound feeling of freedom&nbsp;following the happy event. 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