RHOC alum Kelly Dodd’s former Newport Beach home lists for $4.3 million

A Newport Beach home linked to Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Orange County” alum Kelly Dodd and her husband, ex-Fox News correspondent Rick Leventhal, has hit the market for $4.285 million.

Spanning 3,597 square feet, the house has five bedrooms and five bathrooms and backs up to a palm tree-lined yard with a pool and spa.

According to the listing, improvements have been made to the home concealed in the heart of the inner loop within the highly-coveted “Port Streets” neighborhood on a large lot.

The all-white interior has distressed mahogany floors. There’s a built-in banquet in the gourmet kitchen, which flows into the great room.

A fireplace anchors the living room under a half-vaulted ceiling. In the dining area, an orange statement chandelier has been viewed on Rick and Kelly’s Daily Smash YouTube videos as recently as February.

According to a March 2020 article at BravoTV.com, Dodd and Leventhal moved into the home for $10,000 a month. But the house is now vacant.

Other features of the ground floor include an office, living area, bonus room and guest suite.

On the second story, the primary suite contains a fireplace and an ample bathroom with a walk-in closet. Another three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a laundry room and a bonus room that can double as a home gym, study or game room complete the floor.

The outdoor amenities include a hardscaped pool terrace with room for lounging, a fireplace, a built-in barbecue and a shower.

Robert Pfeif and Tim Smith of Coldwell Banker Realty have the listing.

Dodd, 47, appeared on “The Real Housewives of Orange County” for five years, starting from season 11 in 2016. Her exit came after facing backlash for her controversial views on Covid-19, from flouting pandemic safety guidance to calling it “God’s way of thinning the herd,” for which she later apologized. But the damage had already been done.

Positive Beverage, the immunity-boosting beverage company she joined in 2019 and promoted, also cut ties with Dodd. “Kelly’s stance is no longer congruent with our core values,” COO Zach Muchnick told BevNET in February 2021.

Records name Shannon Argyros, CEO of Positive Beverage, as the owner of the Newport Beach home. Argyros’ late husband, George Argyros Jr., bought the home in Jan. 2016 for $2.565 million.

Argyros Jr., who died in August 2020 at age 55, is the son of O.C. billionaire philanthropists Julia and George Argyros. His father is a real estate tycoon who served as U.S. Ambassador to Spain under George W. Bush and, during the 1980s, owned the Seattle Mariners.