“The Real Housewives of Orange County” alum Kelly Dodd says her connection to Trump donor and Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool contractor John J. Cafaro begins and ends with one factor … she thought the man seemed like a villain.
Kelly tells TMZ she has no private relationship with Cafaro in any respect … regardless of a December 2025 photograph exhibiting the 2 collectively at Trump Nationwide Golf Membership in Florida.
Try the pic … Cafaro seems like Ron Burgundy in a purple blazer with a giant ol’ cigar hanging from his mouth … and Kelly says that is precisely what caught her eye.
In line with Kelly, she was attending an occasion with husband Rick Leventhal alongside Newsmax executives, President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani when she noticed Cafaro and requested to take a photograph with him.
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She tells us she thought he seemed uncommon and “funny” … evaluating his look to a villain straight out of central casting.
Kelly says she had completely no thought who Cafaro was on the time and wasn’t conscious of his title, background, or enterprise dealings.
The truth is, Kelly says she did not even be taught Cafaro’s identification till TMZ contacted her Monday to ask whether or not there was any connection between them.
The outdated photograph has drawn contemporary consideration as Cafaro finds himself enjoying a real-life villain function … in some headlines, at the least. The longtime Trump donor has come underneath scrutiny over a $1.7M no-bid contract tied to the troubled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool undertaking.
The undertaking has been underneath the microscope after algae confirmed up within the newly renovated pool … sparking questions concerning the overhaul and prompting officers to maintain testing the water.
So far as Kelly is worried, although, the story behind the photograph is so much easier … she says it was merely a snapshot with a man whose look was memorable, however whose bio escaped her.
