Real Housewives of Orange County’s Kelly Dodd’s Family Guide: Daughter, Ex-Husbands and More

Kelly Dodd has had some ups and downs with her family throughout the years.

The Real Housewives of Orange County alum — who starred on the Bravo show from season 11 to season 15 — was born in 1975 in Scottsdale, Arizona, to parents Frank Meza and Bobbi Meza. She has two brothers: JR Meza and Eric Meza.

After her marriage to Scott Silva from 2001 to 2004, Kelly moved on with Michael Dodd and the pair tied the knot in 2006. They welcomed a daughter, Jolie Dodd, in 2006 before ultimately divorcing in 2018. (Kelly later married Rick Leventhal in 2020.)

While Kelly’s relationship with her family has been tumultuous at times, the Bravo personality made headlines in November 2025 after an alleged voicemail message that Kelly left for Jolie went viral.

Although it’s unclear when the message was sent, the voicemail was allegedly for one of Jolie’s friends to pass on to Jolie after her daughter blocked her “from everything.”

“You just opened a Pandora’s box Jolie. I have recordings of you, screaming at your dad because he isn’t taking you on vacation, screaming that he didn’t buy you a car,” Kelly said in the voice note footage that went viral on social media. “Do you remember those recordings that I saved? I have those and I’m going to publicly put them out there. Do you understand?”

Although Kelly has yet to say anything about the leaked voicemail, her younger brother, Eric, claimed in a social media video that he was glad that the “truth prevailed.”

Keep scrolling to learn more about Kelly’s family:

Bobbi and Frank Meza

Kelly’s parents, Bobbi and Frank, share three children: JR, Kelly and Eric.

Throughout the years, Kelly has spoken about her strained relationship with her mom at times.

During season 14 of RHOC, Kelly shared that there was a rift between her, Bobbi and Eric after they lived in Kelly’s house in the OC.

“My mother was telling sensitive information to my brother and then causing problems,” Kelly explained on RHOC’s season 14 “After Show” in December 2019.

However, in late 2019, Kelly revealed that things were “very good” between her mom and Eric.

“I’m on really good terms with my brother and my mom,” she shared with Entertainment Tonight in September 2019. “There’s this really good thing about the show is that it really brought my mom and my brother [and me] back together.”

Nearly six years later, Eric alleged on social media that “nobody talks to” Kelly, including their mother and their father, who Eric said claimed Kelly was a “horrible daughter.”

“I don’t talk to her, her nieces and nephews don’t talk to her, her mother doesn’t talk to her,” Eric shared in several social media videos in August 2025. “That’s self-explanatory. Doesn’t that tell you something about somebody?”

In response to Eric’s claims, Kelly shared a video of her calling her dad.

“He said that you said that I’m a terrible daughter and that I’m the worst person on the face of this earth,” she said on the phone, adding that she knows “why Mom doesn’t talk to me — it’s because of him.”

“He is so full of s***,” Frank responded in the video before noting that Eric is “worse than s***” and that “he’s sick.”

Atop the video posted via Instagram, Kelly wrote, “My brother is a psycho! His own dad can’t stand him!”

JR Meza

Kelly’s oldest brother is JR. While not much is known about his personal life, JR is a franchise business consultant for SafeSplash Swim Schools in Scottsdale, Arizona, per his LinkedIn profile.

Eric Meza

Kelly’s youngest brother is Eric. Things went downhill between her and Eric after Kelly revealed that he and their mom stayed at her house for nearly a year and a half — however, Eric claimed that was false.

“Kelly begged me and my mom to move into her house when Bravo hired her, because our family was part of a package deal,” Eric claimed in an interview with AllAboutTheTea.com in September 2018. “The only reason she got on the show was because Bravo interviewed me and my mom for five hours, and they were sold on our unique family dynamic. That’s the only reason we lived with her, not because we needed a place to stay.”

Eric alleged that he moved him and his mom out of Kelly’s house because Kelly was “mentally, emotionally and physically” abusing Bobbi.

Following Eric’s allegations, Kelly said that initially Eric and her mom were only supposed to stay at her house for a few months, which “turned into a year and a half.”

“I felt like my mom and Eric were taking advantage of me, and it caused my mom and me to get in a big, huge fight. They moved back to Arizona,” she shared on an episode of RHOC in September 2019.

Things seemingly were good between Eric and Kelly up until he claimed in August 2025 on social media that “nobody talks” to Kelly in their family and that Kelly is a “terrible mom.”

Kelly went on to deny the claims with her dad in an Instagram Story, alleging that Eric is “so full of s***.”

Meanwhile, after the alleged voicemail from Kelly to Jolie was released in November 2025, Eric revealed via social media videos that he was happy that the “truth prevailed.”

“You can obviously see the projecting that she’s done on me, my mom, Jolie, her nieces, nephews, everybody, brothers, JR, everyone … You can see the demonic entity coming out, spewing out of her mouth,” he claimed. “It’s evident that everyone can see she has a black heart.”

While Eric noted that “it’s pretty incomprehensible” why she would say things like that to Jolie, that he’s been trying to “tell everybody” about how Kelly is for years.

“She’s been projecting that onto me, trying to make me look like the bad guy, but we all know who the bad guy really is. So the truth comes out,” he alleged, adding that Kelly has “some serious problems” and was “severely mentally ill.”

Scott Silva

Kelly was married to Arizona lawyer Scott Silva from 2001 to 2004.

Michael Dodd

Following her divorce from Silva, Kelly moved on with Michael Dodd. The pair got married in 2006 before welcoming their daughter, Jolie, that same year. Although the couple briefly split in 2012, they rekindled their romance up until 2017 when Kelly revealed she was planning to file for divorce from Michael.

“Our marriage is over, I’m out of there!” Kelly told the Daily Mail in an interview published in September 2017. “We’ve had problems for years and I’ve had enough. I’m done with our marriage. It’s just a case where two people can’t get along. It’s best if we went our separate ways and concentrate on our daughter.”

Jolie Dodd

Kelly and Michael welcomed daughter Jolie in 2006.

In November 2025, video footage was leaked of an alleged voicemail that Kelly sent Jolie’s friend after her daughter blocked her “from everything.”

“You just opened a Pandora’s box Jolie. I have recordings of you, screaming at your dad because he isn’t taking you on vacation, screaming that he didn’t buy you a car,” Kelly said in the voicemail. “Do you remember those recordings that I saved? I have those and I’m going to publicly put them out there. Do you understand?”

Kelly went on to express her disdain that Jolie did this “after I bought you a car, paid for your college, paid for your health insurance, took you to the doctors, got you all your clothes, I did all that.”

“Meanwhile, your dad was being some f***ing loser and put those three kids first before you,” she said. “I have all of those so what you just did right now, you’re going to look like a fool, you dumb little girl. You’re stupid, OK? For even thinking that you’re going to win.”

Kelly noted that her criminal attorney was “laughing at you.”

“You’re a joke and so is your dad. And for you to even take his side after what he has done to you since 7th grade is absolutely crazy,” Kelly claimed.

Kelly has yet to release a statement following the leaked footage.

Rick Leventhal

Kelly started dating reporter Rick Leventhal in summer 2019 after meeting at a barbecue in the Hamptons. The couple got engaged in November 2019 before tying the knot in October 2020.

Rick and Kelly continue to show moments of their marriage on social media.

“You are my everything @kellyddodd ❤️,” Rick wrote via Instagram in February 2025 on Valentine’s Day. “Thank you for bringing such incredible love, joy, adventure & energy to my life! Every dad is a blessing with you & I can’t wait to celebrate with you tonight 🔥.”