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Positive Beverage is no longer connected to Kelly Dodd.
In a statement released Sunday, the liquor company said it did not want to be associated with them. The Real Housewives of Orange County star’s “controversial views” on COVID-19.
“Our core values of well-being, community, diversity and inclusion must be reflected by our brand and all that goes with it,” Brand positive drink chief Zach Muchnick said in a statement on Instagram. “It has become clear over the past few months that Kelly’s controversial views and opinions have been diverted from our primary goals, which are so effective today that we are no longer connected to Kelly Dodd-Leventhal.”
CEO Shannon Argyros said in her own statement: “We welcome all people – whatever it is and whatever they are about – to Positive Beverage. But there must always be an underlying layer of respect. Unfortunately, we feel that Kelly’s attitude is no longer consistent with our core values, we value her contributions during our commitment, and she will always be part of the history of Positive Beverage, but we do not agree with her opinions or global views while maintaining our own values. ‘
Dodd (45), who has had a partnership with Positive Beverage for the past two years and even bought a stake in the company in February 2019, responded to the news on Twitter.
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I’m glad I was able to help put Positive Drinks on the map and wish them well. I am also very excited about my next venture in the beauty industry, which is my true passion. Stay tuned!
Kelly Dodd (@RHOC_KellyDodd) 31 January 2021
“I’m glad I was able to help put positive drinks on the map and wish them well,” she wrote Sunday. “I’m also very excited about my next venture in the beauty industry, which is my true passion. Stay tuned!”
Dodd’s split from Positive Beverage comes after the reality star commented on the coronavirus pandemic during her recent visit with friends. In several videos on her Instagram story over the weekend, Dodd shared scenes from her and large groups of friends for dinner and drinks in Newport Beach, California.
Positive drink / Instagram
When she started receiving messages from fans worried about eating protocols COVID-19, Dodd and her friends commented on the fact that they were ‘allowed’ to be at the restaurant and how they could have ‘normal lives’.
“I’m not a super-distributor because there’s nothing to distribute,” Dodd later said in a separate video, claiming that she and her friends “all the [COVID-19] vaccine. “
A Rep. For Bravo, PEOPLE were told that Dodd ‘did not get the vaccine’.
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At present, California is only in Phase 1B of vaccine deployment – which means people over the age of 65 are eligible for vaccinations, as well as anyone working in education, child care, emergency services, and food and agriculture.
In another video posted Saturday, Dodd and her friends compare COVID-19 restrictions to those of living in Russia.
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This is not the first time Dodd has made dubious allegations about the ongoing pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 439,000 Americans. In December, the mother of one appeared in an episode of Watch what happens to Andy Cohen live to express her remorse for the fact that COVID-19 was ‘God’s way of thinning out the flock’.
“At the time, it was a question, ‘Why are all these people dying? … Why [do] pandemics happen like that? Is this God’s way of thinning out the flock? “Dodd said about the comment she made on Instagram in April.” That was a stupid thing for me to say. It was insensitive and I apologize if I hurt or insult someone because that was not really my intention. I raved about it and afterwards, it was the dumbest thing I’ve ever said. ‘
“Initially,” the Bravo star added, she was “misinformed” about the virus, saying, “You must realize that it was already January when it happened and that I was misinformed.”
“I’m claustrophobic and can’t wear a mask – and now I understand the science behind it and I’m willing, willing and able to wear a mask,” she said. “And I know it’s important because I do not want to get sick and others do not want to get sick. I’m just a human being; I make mistakes.”
The estranged mother of reality star Bobbi Meza contracted the virus in November and was admitted to hospital.
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