Real Housewives Of Orange County star Kelly Dodd announces engagement to Fox News correspondent Rick Leventhal: ‘My dream come true!’
- The 44-year-old Bravo star made the revelation on social media Wednesday
- Leventhal, 59, said of engagement, ‘Dreams do come true’
- Fox personality ‘got down on one knee and pulled out this giant ring,’ Dodd said
- RHOC star divorced ex-husband Michael Dodd last year
The Real Housewives Of Orange County’s Kelly Dodd is engaged.
The 44-year-old reality star made the revelation on social media Wednesday, taking to Instagram with a romantic selfie in which she showed off her diamond engagement ring while snuggled next to her new fiance at his New York City apartment.
‘I can’t believe I just got engaged!!’ Dodd said. ‘@rickleventhal you are my Prince and my dream come true!!!’
The latest: The Real Housewives of Orange County’s Kelly Dodd revealed she was engaged on social media Wednesday, taking to Instagram with a romantic selfie in which she showed off her diamond engagement ring while snuggled next to her new fiance
Kelly, who divorced ex-husband Michael Dodd last year, added the hashtags, #love #engaged and #myprince.
Leventhal, 59, posted the same shot to the site with the caption, ‘Dreams do come true.’
Dodd told People Wednesday that she’s ‘beyond excited’ about her future with Leventhal: ‘Rick is my best friend. My partner in crime.’
She added, ‘I’m so in love. I can’t believe this happened to me. I feel like I just won the lottery.’
Ecstatic: Dodd displayed her ring in a clip on Instagram Stories following the engagement
Happy: Leventhal said of his new engagement, ‘I feel like the luckiest guy on earth’
Past romance: Leventhal split with poker player Beth Shak in 2017 after tying the knot in 2016
She described the romantic circumstances of the broadcaster’s proposal to her.
‘He said this amazing speech about our love and then got down on one knee and pulled out this giant ring,’ she said. ‘I couldn’t believe it!’
Leventhal told the outlet of his new engagement: ‘I feel like the luckiest guy on earth.’
Romantic: The pair enjoyed a warm fire on the balcony of the broadcaster’s Manhattan home
Good fortune: Dodd said of her surging romance, ‘feel like I just won the lottery’
She detailed the romantic evening in a series of frames on her Instagram Stories, showing off her ring and her luxe surroundings of Leventhal’s apartment, and later, The Polo Bar Restaurant.
‘I got engaged,’ she said. ‘Look at that, it’s a little big. Engaged! Oh my God, look at that, right there. Look at how he did it! Look how bada** that ring is – bam!’
Leventhal told his bride-to-be in the clip, ‘You deserve a big ring.’
New York State of Mind: Dodd detailed the romantic evening in a series of frames on her Instagram Stories, showing off her ring and the Polo Bar restaurant
A toast: Dodd and her dinner party clanked their glasses together as the celebration continued
Dodd and Leventhal told the outlet they were eyeing a potential wedding date of October 10, 2020.
Dodd and Leventhal met at a Hamptons bash this past summer, according to the magazine, and were brought together by a mutual friend in the show’s Ramona Singer.
‘They’ve known one another for a short time but it’s been a very deep connection,’ an insider told People. ‘They are in love. It’s special. They have great chemistry.’
Dodd was romantically linked to San Diego-based surgeon Brian Reagan from January thru August of this year. Leventhal divorced poker player Beth Shak in 2017 after tying the knot in 2016.
Dodd had traveled across the country to attend BravoCon 2019, which has a number of events splayed across multiple Big Apple locations, including the Manhattan Center (both the Hammerstein Ballroom and the Grand Ballroom), Union West and Skylight Modern.
