Kelly Dodd Defends Herself After Being Removed From Gay Event Guest List Over 'Offensive' Joke
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When standing up for herself in a video she shares on her YouTube channel, the former star of 'The Real Housewives of Orange County' insists that she is not 'a bigot' nor 'a homophobe.'

AceShowbiz - Kelly Dodd has spoken out after facing backlash over her alleged "offensive" joke. The former "The Real Housewives of Orange County" star defended herself after her insensitive social media post made her being removed from a gay event.

On Sunday, April 10, the former Bravo star posted a video on her YouTube page, Rick & Kelly UNMASKED, in which she and her husband Rick Leventhal addressed the matter. In the beginning of the nearly 14-minute clip, she said that she received heavy backlash from LGBTQ community after she posted a "joke" on her Twitter account.

The said joke was an image of hand-drawn pictures of several women's genital areas from different decades. One of the illustrations saw a penis between a woman's leg. "Payback is a b***h. How women have changed over the years," read the text over the graphics.

"I thought it was funny. Half of the people thought it was funny," Kelly told the viewers. Rick then chimed in, "Kelly didn't mean anything. There was no mean spiritedness behind it. It's just like something [Kelly] thought was funny."

Kelly and Rick stressed that it wasn't Kelly who created the meme. "It's funny because the bush has evolved over time," Kelly pointed out, while Rick said, "My point is, the person who created that meme might be a transgender. We don't know what their motivation was for making that meme. They might have been poking fun at themselves. We don't know."

"The point is, [Kelly] should not have been uninvited to an event," Rick noted. "They should have encouraged people to come to the event to have dialogue with [Kelly] because that's what this country was based on."

Kelly later said, "I just want everybody to know that I'm not here to hate on anybody. I'm here to love everybody. I want everybody to be happy and that's the truth." She further highlighted, "So for people to take this little meme and turn it into something as if I'm a bigot or I'm a homophobe is completely and utterly wrong."

Kelly received an invitation from DJ Ryan to help host the gay event at a gay club in Los Angeles on Sunday at 6 P.M. "I was happily to celebrate this gay event," Kelly explained in the clip. "I was here to help the LGBTQ community. That's what I went there for. I wasn't getting paid to do it. I went just to celebrate the LGBTQ community."

Unfortunately, Kelly's invitation was pulled last minute by the people running the party after she was called out for her "transphobic" social media post. "King Sundays has postponed the invite to Kelly Dodd to join us tomorrow," read a statement from the event on Saturday night, April 9. "We do not condone Kelly's recent post. However, we are happy to help educate her ... Kelly has invited myself and a member of the trans community to join her on her podcast to talk about LGBTQ+ issues, in an effort to learn how she can be a better ally."

Upon learning of the sudden cancellation, Kelly turned to her Instagram page to slam "the intolerance." The 46-year-old reality star wrote, "Cancel culture strikes again !!! Was looking forward to helping host this event with my very good friend @djryankenney but apparently some people have lost their sense of humor… swipe right to see why I got disinvited."

"The intolerance is so sad & counterproductive since we can't have conversations and share thoughts & perspectives if we're not together," Kelly added. "I love all people & just wish tolerance worked both ways. The hypocrisy is real !!!"

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