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Kelly Dodd Sparks Controversy Reenacting Troubling RHOBH Incident Amid Abuse Allegations

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Reality TV star Kelly Dodd has stirred controversy after sharing a video on her Instagram page where she and her husband, Rick Leventhal, reenacted a tense moment from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills that has recently come back into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.

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The short clip shows Rick aggressively pulling Kelly up a flight of stairs, mimicking a scene in which Aaron Phypers threatened to “crush” Denise Richards’ hand.

What makes this video especially controversial is its timing. Just days before Kelly Dodd’s post, Denise Richards, 54, publicly accused her fiancé, Aaron Phypers, 52, of repeated physical abuse. Denise filed for a restraining order against Aaron, alleging a disturbing pattern of violence that includes choking, slapping, and even threats to kill her. The reality star has painted a harrowing picture of a toxic and dangerous relationship, sharing that the abuse was frequent and left her feeling terrified for her safety.

In light of these serious allegations, many have found Kelly’s decision to joke about the incident deeply insensitive. The original moment, which aired on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, saw Aaron Phypers threatening to crush Denise’s hand in a frightening display of intimidation and anger. Now, with those events resurfacing amidst Denise’s legal actions, the video Kelly and her husband posted feels especially tone-deaf.

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In her caption, Kelly wrote, “Denise and Aaron for Halloween??” — a comment that many fans perceived as mocking the very real and frightening ordeal Denise is going through. The backlash was swift, with followers criticizing Kelly for making light of a situation involving domestic abuse.

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Denise Richards has been open about the impact of the abuse on her life and has sought legal protection to keep Aaron away. Her case has sparked conversations about the importance of recognizing and taking domestic violence seriously, especially when it happens in the public eye.

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25 comments

Rowan Smith July 24, 2025 - 3:26 pm
it's a shame Kelly doesn't have a real job or any talent
michers July 23, 2025 - 12:35 pm
One thing about Dodd is she gives zero fuqs .
Evil Queen July 23, 2025 - 12:33 pm
Sorry. I found it quite funny ?!
Champagne Hangover July 23, 2025 - 10:47 am
Meh….Kelly courts this kind of attention, she always has. I think people getting their panties in a bunch and screaming their faux rage (by proxy, no doubt ?) at her are unwittingly giving this woman EXACTLY what she wants which is hilarious in itself even if the original joke fell flat. And not gonna lie, I’m here for it…?
Champagne Hangover July 23, 2025 - 10:47 am
Meh….Kelly courts this kind of attention, she always has. I think people getting their panties in a bunch and screaming their faux rage (by proxy, no doubt ?) at her are unwittingly giving this woman EXACTLY what she wants which is hilarious in itself even if the original joke fell flat. And not gonna lie, I’m here for it…?
AnEnigmaWrappedInSnark July 23, 2025 - 5:12 am
I think it's worth noting that none of Penise's accusations have been proven. Anyone can get a restraining order for an alleged black eye. BTW, that black eye was a little too "proverbial black eye" that looked like it could have been drawn on by any skilled makeup artist. Also, I'm always suspicious of real life imitating art that has been conveniently documented on these shows. BTW, I'm not ruling out the possibility that Aaron is a total asshole abuser ... I'm just not there yet.
Champagne Hangover July 23, 2025 - 11:04 am
Two things can be true at once. Denise could be a hot mess (speaking of real life imitating art ?), a cheater (Brandi counts and I’ve always believed Brandi), not ? the bill of goods we’ve been sold (inevitable and not just Denise either) AND Aaron can STILL be, nonetheless, an asshole abuser. Erbody always wants to look for the ‘good guy’ in every he said/she said situation. What I’ve discovered that sometimes in true life as it INEVITABLY is in politics (only WITHOUT any exceptions re: the latter), there is no ‘good guy’. ? That being said, unless Denise pulled an Amber Heard, this dude ain’t washing the sh*t stain out of his chonies on this one. Nope. A-A-ron done f*cked up. ? Zero sympathy for him and his merry band of parasitic family members. Let’s see how they ALL fare without Denise’s WALLET. ? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5070dcadbb6a92f2cb74a673a9c38d66b6968e75268c55d649dff700c81c1572.gif
AnEnigmaWrappedInSnark July 23, 2025 - 12:52 pm
I don't know what the situation is with his parents, sounds sketchy for sure. But then again, I don't get the condo/apt. building (seen on the show) that the kids were all living in either ... they showed the proverbial aerial drones, but never really explained it. Then again, I thought her one-and-done show was beyond stupid and just rather pointless. I think Aaron started to refer to the building here as their "real estate", because they apparently have another home or home(s) as well. My point is, although I've always liked her, nothing has ever really made sense with DR.
Champagne Hangover July 23, 2025 - 1:08 pm
His parents and seemingly able bodied brother are living in the main house while Denise et al live in condos. ? Now that Aaron, the Neanderthal head case, ain’t working cuz he shut down his sketchy azz health clinic amidst a myriad of still active lawsuits, who’s feeding the parasites? ? You know Denise either financed them entirely from the jump or AT LEAST contributed heavily to it (besides surrendering her own home, that is ?) while Aaron still presumably had income. Yeah, I’ll believe Denise is a complete and total mess, no arguments, but this scumbag is just the kind of parasite who targets low hanging fruit and sucks it dry. So, I’m thinking again, two things can be true at once…and probably are.?
Champagne Hangover July 23, 2025 - 1:08 pm
His parents and seemingly able bodied brother are living in the main house while Denise et al live in condos. ? Now that Aaron, the Neanderthal head case, ain’t working cuz he shut down his sketchy azz health clinic amidst a myriad of still active lawsuits, who’s feeding the parasites? ? You know Denise either financed them entirely from the jump or AT LEAST contributed heavily to it (besides surrendering her own home, that is ?) while Aaron still presumably had income. Yeah, I’ll believe Denise is a complete and total mess, no arguments, but this scumbag is just the kind of parasite who targets low hanging fruit and sucks it dry. So, I’m thinking again, two things can be true at once…and probably are.?
AnEnigmaWrappedInSnark July 23, 2025 - 10:30 pm
I really don't know. With our own eyes, and on more than one occasion, we've seen DR as a completely incoherent/catatonic mess on screen. Her personal and financial life has always been a mess as well. Then one time, after defending his wife against the pack of bitches, Aaron makes an albeit weird threat that he's going to crush Denise's hand. Based on that, we're supposed to label him as a psycho abuser who has been beating the sh out of a very famous actress for years? BTW, I am reading that as far as the black eye goes, Denise claims he slugged her ... Aaron claims she fell and hit it on the stairs (in a drunk stupor at his clinic), and then treated her face with ice. https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTg5OGZmOWM5N2xhZ3g0NWMxcDZiNzBkNHdtZ2c0a2ZnZWQ0aGxicWEwd2hvOGh3ciZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/l4pTqajdnOEerWFWM/giphy-downsized-small.mp4
AnEnigmaWrappedInSnark July 23, 2025 - 10:30 pm
I really don't know. With our own eyes, and on more than one occasion, we've seen DR as a completely incoherent/catatonic mess on screen. Her personal and financial life has always been a mess as well. Then one time, after defending his wife against the pack of bitches, Aaron makes an albeit weird threat that he's going to crush Denise's hand. Based on that, we're supposed to label him as a psycho abuser who has been beating the sh out of a very famous actress for years? BTW, I am reading that as far as the black eye goes, Denise claims he slugged her ... Aaron claims she fell and hit it on the stairs (in a drunk stupor at his clinic), and then treated her face with ice. https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTg5OGZmOWM5N2xhZ3g0NWMxcDZiNzBkNHdtZ2c0a2ZnZWQ0aGxicWEwd2hvOGh3ciZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/l4pTqajdnOEerWFWM/giphy-downsized-small.mp4
Champagne Hangover July 24, 2025 - 10:20 am
I don’t think there’s any defending the ‘I’ll crush your effing hand.’ I literally can’t think of a scenario where that would NOT be straight up ALARMING that a man says that to his wife except in legitimate self defense. So yeah, that and his cancer scamming (complete with lawsuits) SCREAMS ‘psycho’ to me. Idk about the black eye BUT if Denise fell down the stairs, or what have you in his office, one would expect to see other injuries even minor ones consistent with that. There would be no reason for her not to document and release at least one of those other injuries which could also be blamed on Aaron, speaking even more to his brutality. That she didn’t do that MAY be because there were no other injuries cuz Aaron popped her in the eye which is THE most common way someone receives a black eye. IJS. ? Again, I concede Denise is a mess and has been for a while. You don’t MARRY Charlie Sheen if you’re not a mess, point blank period. That said, horse/track record. Denise’s picker is BROKE. It actually makes sense she’d pick another freak, and imo, she did. This dude’s marriage to Nicolette Sheridan, another aged out ingenue, lasted six months because of course it did. ? Seems he has a type, the low hanging fruit of Hollywood’s discarded vixens, ripe for the taking. He wasn’t letting Denise off so easy as Nicolette is all…?
Champagne Hangover July 24, 2025 - 10:20 am
I don’t think there’s any defending the ‘I’ll crush your effing hand.’ I literally can’t think of a scenario where that would NOT be straight up ALARMING that a man says that to his wife except in legitimate self defense. So yeah, that and his cancer scamming (complete with lawsuits) SCREAMS ‘psycho’ to me. Idk about the black eye BUT if Denise fell down the stairs, or what have you in his office, one would expect to see other injuries even minor ones consistent with that. There would be no reason for her not to document and release at least one of those other injuries which could also be blamed on Aaron, speaking even more to his brutality. That she didn’t do that MAY be because there were no other injuries cuz Aaron popped her in the eye which is THE most common way someone receives a black eye. IJS. ? Again, I concede Denise is a mess and has been for a while. You don’t MARRY Charlie Sheen if you’re not a mess, point blank period. That said, horse/track record. Denise’s picker is BROKE. It actually makes sense she’d pick another freak, and imo, she did. This dude’s marriage to Nicolette Sheridan, another aged out ingenue, lasted six months because of course it did. ? Seems he has a type, the low hanging fruit of Hollywood’s discarded vixens, ripe for the taking. He wasn’t letting Denise off so easy as Nicolette is all…?
AnEnigmaWrappedInSnark July 24, 2025 - 2:56 pm
Good point about the black eye; I actually thought of that when I wrote my response. The eye is such a specific part of the body, not usually associated with falling down stairs. We all know that the eye bruises so easily, but I have to agree ... Denise's looks like a direct pop in the eye (and with a fist). On a lighter note, I always think of I Love Lucy, the classic "The Black Eye" ep when no one would believe the Ricardo's story on how Lucy got her black eye (from Ricky tossing her a book).
Champagne Hangover July 24, 2025 - 6:09 pm
Freak accidents do happen, so who knows? ???? Both these two seem nutty as a couple of squirrel turds, quite frankly. Tbh at this point, it could still go either way. As unlikely as it is (imo), it’s not impossible that Denise’s black eye happened due to the fall in Aaron’s office. I’m not buying it, but it’s not impossible. Then there’s the Amber Heard angle. She’d be stupid to try it so soon after, but again with the pill head accusations…???? I don’t buy that either, though, cuz I thought I detected just enough swelling to be convinced that ain’t just make up. The two most likely scenarios are: accident and an enraged Denise is using it to smear him (when he’s done a pretty good job of doing that himself ?) OR he popped her, and she’s been covering for this Neanderthal all this time and footing the bill for his freeloading family too. ? My money’s on the latter but again, who the eff really knows with these two? ????
AnEnigmaWrappedInSnark July 24, 2025 - 10:29 pm
I'm reading this happened in Jan of '22 at his clinic He claims her eye caught the corner of a step (because she was wasted and wobbly), she claims her eye caught the heel of his palm. The cops just happened to be there in the parking lot eating dinner and doing paperwork. They heard yelling and checked to see if everything was ok. The black eye then happened later after they left. Seems very unlikely to me that Aaron would slug a woman in the face after cops were just there. You mention it being an accident ... now that never even occurred to me.
Champagne Hangover July 25, 2025 - 8:58 am
Certainly if it was the possible result of abuse, people want to give Denise benefit of the doubt, myself included, but that’s not my only reason for doing so. Aaron does display some red flags that just cannot be ignored. HOWEVER, that said, so did Johnny Depp and we see how that turned out. ? I’m not opposed to giving Aaron a hypothetical benefit of the doubt (innocent until proven guilty and all), I just have my doubts he is truly worthy of it, and I have no remorse for those doubts due to his own questionable behavior.? If I’m wrong, I’m wrong and I’ll admit it. As of now, I think Aaron is a narcissistic and delusional brute even if Denise is a pill popping adulteress. Either way, this marriage had disaster written all over it from the jump imo. These two need to remain single. ?
AnEnigmaWrappedInSnark July 26, 2025 - 3:53 pm
I'm guessing Aaron will have no problem moving on to meal ticket wifey #3. Hollyweird has no shortage of past-their-prime actresses needing some D. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/16005b99cfc4eae8f2f5ffe7eb7a29fe8837f3f42fc3a74fd1779f6a136d5fc9.png
AnEnigmaWrappedInSnark July 26, 2025 - 3:53 pm
I'm guessing Aaron will have no problem moving on to meal ticket wifey #3. Hollyweird has no shortage of past-their-prime actresses needing some D. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/16005b99cfc4eae8f2f5ffe7eb7a29fe8837f3f42fc3a74fd1779f6a136d5fc9.png
Champagne Hangover July 25, 2025 - 8:58 am
Certainly if it was the possible result of abuse, people want to give Denise benefit of the doubt, myself included, but that’s not my only reason for doing so. Aaron does display some red flags that just cannot be ignored. HOWEVER, that said, so did Johnny Depp and we see how that turned out. ? I’m not opposed to giving Aaron a hypothetical benefit of the doubt (innocent until proven guilty and all), I just have my doubts he is truly worthy of it, and I have no remorse for those doubts due to his own questionable behavior.? If I’m wrong, I’m wrong and I’ll admit it. As of now, I think Aaron is a narcissistic and delusional brute even if Denise is a pill popping adulteress. Either way, this marriage had disaster written all over it from the jump imo. These two need to remain single. ?
AnEnigmaWrappedInSnark July 24, 2025 - 10:29 pm
I'm reading this happened in Jan of '22 at his clinic He claims her eye caught the corner of a step (because she was wasted and wobbly), she claims her eye caught the heel of his palm. The cops just happened to be there in the parking lot eating dinner and doing paperwork. They heard yelling and checked to see if everything was ok. The black eye then happened later after they left. Seems very unlikely to me that Aaron would slug a woman in the face after cops were just there. You mention it being an accident ... now that never even occurred to me.
Champagne Hangover July 24, 2025 - 6:09 pm
Freak accidents do happen, so who knows? ???? Both these two seem nutty as a couple of squirrel turds, quite frankly. Tbh at this point, it could still go either way. As unlikely as it is (imo), it’s not impossible that Denise’s black eye happened due to the fall in Aaron’s office. I’m not buying it, but it’s not impossible. Then there’s the Amber Heard angle. She’d be stupid to try it so soon after, but again with the pill head accusations…???? I don’t buy that either, though, cuz I thought I detected just enough swelling to be convinced that ain’t just make up. The two most likely scenarios are: accident and an enraged Denise is using it to smear him (when he’s done a pretty good job of doing that himself ?) OR he popped her, and she’s been covering for this Neanderthal all this time and footing the bill for his freeloading family too. ? My money’s on the latter but again, who the eff really knows with these two? ????
Champagne Hangover July 23, 2025 - 11:04 am
Two things can be true at once. Denise could be a hot mess (speaking of real life imitating art ?), a cheater (Brandi counts and I’ve always believed Brandi), not ? the bill of goods we’ve been sold (inevitable and not just Denise either) AND Aaron can STILL be, nonetheless, an asshole abuser. Erbody always wants to look for the ‘good guy’ in every he said/she said situation. What I’ve discovered that sometimes in true life as it INEVITABLY is in politics (only WITHOUT any exceptions re: the latter), there is no ‘good guy’. ? That being said, unless Denise pulled an Amber Heard, this dude ain’t washing the sh*t stain out of his chonies on this one. Nope. A-A-ron done f*cked up. ? Zero sympathy for him and his merry band of parasitic family members. Let’s see how they ALL fare without Denise’s WALLET. ? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5070dcadbb6a92f2cb74a673a9c38d66b6968e75268c55d649dff700c81c1572.gif
AnEnigmaWrappedInSnark July 23, 2025 - 5:12 am
I think it's worth noting that none of Penise's accusations have been proven. Anyone can get a restraining order for an alleged black eye. BTW, that black eye was a little too "proverbial black eye" that looked like it could have been drawn on by any skilled makeup artist. Also, I'm always suspicious of real life imitating art that has been conveniently documented on these shows. BTW, I'm not ruling out the possibility that Aaron is a total asshole abuser ... I'm just not there yet.
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