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Former Real Housewives of Orange County star Kelly Dodd congratulates husband Rick Leventhal on his new job at Newsmax - three years after he left Fox News


Former Fox News reporter Rick Leventhal is returning to the news business with his own show on Newsmax2. Kelly Dodd, 48, publicly congratulated the Rick on his new gig on Monday.

A number of Dodd's fellow Real Housewives alumni congratulated Leventhal in the comments, including Gretchen Rossi, Leeanne Locken, and Peggy Tanous. Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy said, 'Newsmax is proud to have a first-class, world-class journalist like Rick Leventhal join our Newsmax2 team.' 'From being one of the first reporters at the scene on 9/11, to covering the Iraq War, the War on Terror in Afghanistan, decades of major hurricanes, the death of Osama bin Laden, the Sandy Hook massacre, the Boston Marathon bombing, and a prisoner manhunt at Dannemora — he delivered vivid and powerful journalism that became a signature part of the network’s history.'

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