{"id":4957,"date":"2026-06-07T06:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kelly-dodd-fires-back-at-cancel-culture-says-shes-treated-like-an-outcast-in-hollywood\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T06:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:40:13","slug":"kelly-dodd-fires-back-at-cancel-culture-says-shes-treated-like-an-outcast-in-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kelly-dodd-fires-back-at-cancel-culture-says-shes-treated-like-an-outcast-in-hollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Dodd fires back at cancel culture, says she&#8217;s treated like &#8216;an outcast&#8217; in Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2Fnewspress-collage-xnhrexilq-1780812752455.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261780798375\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Kelly Dodd says she\u2019s still paying the price for speaking her mind.<\/p>\n<p>The former \u201cReal Housewives of Orange County\u201d star, who calls herself socially liberal but fiscally conservative, is sounding off on cancel culture, political division and the backlash that has followed her for years, saying she feels isolated for <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/01\/27\/kelly-dodd-blames-social-media-blunders-on-cancel-culture\/\">refusing to conform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like if you don\u2019t believe along the same lines they do, they don\u2019t like you \u2026 I feel like I am an outcast,\u201d Dodd said on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5FlOQlK67Ro\">Jamie Kennedy\u2019s podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel that I\u2019m getting\u00a0politically discriminated against.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reality television personality, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/06\/16\/kelly-dodd-not-returning-to-real-housewives-of-orange-county\/\">fired from \u201cReal Housewives\u201d<\/a> in 2021 after making controversial remarks about the COVID-19 pandemic and being accused of mocking the Black Lives Matter movement, suggested that ideological differences have become increasingly divisive in America, claiming that those with opposing viewpoints are often treated differently.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kelly Dodd told Jamie Kennedy she feels like she\u2019s an \u201coutcast\u201d in Hollywood for having conservative opinions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like rules for me but not for thee again,\u201d Dodd said.<\/p>\n<p>While criticizing what she sees as growing intolerance from the left, Dodd maintained that she respects the rights of people who disagree with her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re a Democrat and you believe in all these things, I don\u2019t hate you,\u201d she said. \u201cI respect your view. I don\u2019t hate you because you lean \u2014 you like the policies \u2026 That\u2019s your right as an American to feel that way. I don\u2019t politically hate you for that.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI feel that I\u2019m getting\u00a0politically discriminated against,\u201d Dodd said. <span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut they hate anyone that doesn\u2019t think along the lines as them. So, it\u2019s just so hypocritical. The hypocrisy is real, and I just don\u2019t understand that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dodd also spoke about her time living abroad and how things she saw during her time in China seem similar to things she\u2019s seeing in the US today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was always a Democrat, my whole life, and then I moved to\u00a0China,\u00a0and I saw how you\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/08\/opinion\/china-is-abusing-the-freedoms-allowed-in-the-us-to-run-a-massive-propaganda-operation\/\">not allowed to speak freely<\/a>,\u201d she said. \u201cOn Facebook, they would just watch every one of your moves. And I feel like this is where we\u2019re going. We\u2019re going into socialist communism territory, I\u2019m telling you right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dodd continued by drawing a comparison to developments she believes are occurring in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s what\u2019s happening now to our country. Our civil liberties are taken away from us that you don\u2019t even realize are happening,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think once you move away to a communist country, then you realize those policies are being inflicted right now in real time, and it\u2019s really freaking scary,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Dodd, second from left, was fired from \u201cReal Housewives\u201d after her remarks about COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter. <span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI have changed my perspective on policy \u2026 Those policies don\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her latest remarks come years after she found herself at the center of controversy over social media posts that sparked fierce criticism online.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2022,\u00a0the \u201cReal Housewives\u00a0of Orange County\u201d alum <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/05\/29\/kelly-dodd-slammed-for-comparing-texas-shooting-to-9-11\/\">drew backlash after sharing a message on X<\/a> comparing discussions about school security following the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting to security measures implemented after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The post said, \u201cAfter 9-11 we didn\u2019t ban planes. We secured the cockpits. Secure the schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post quickly sparked criticism from social media users, with some arguing that increased school security was not an adequate substitute for changes to gun laws.<\/p>\n<p>Following\u00a0the backlash,\u00a0Dodd clarified her position in a subsequent post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI NEVER said we shouldn\u2019t have STRICTER gun laws,\u201d she wrote at the time. \u201cI believe we should do a BETTER job of keeping WEAPONS out of the hands of CRIMINALS &amp; the MENTALLY ill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the meantime, while these people have GUNS &amp; CAN STILL BUY THEM, we need to BETTER PROTECT OUR KIDS.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/07\/celebrity-news\/kelly-dodd-fires-back-at-cancel-culture-says-shes-treated-like-an-outcast-in-hollywood\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Dodd says she\u2019s still paying the price for speaking her mind. 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