Doctors are stumped about what’s plaguing Brandi Glanville.
In a Tuesday interview with ET, the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum stated the face-altering situation she has been investigating for the previous yr seems like one thing “s–ing or having infants in my face.”
Glanville stated the thriller ailment has left her with recurring facial swelling, speech issues, lacking tooth and a reluctance to exit in public.
“I’ve been on meds this entire yr. I don’t socialize. I don’t exit,” Glanville instructed ET, estimating that her complete medical prices — together with medicines, physician visits, MRIs, X-rays, and CT scans — have surpassed $70,000. She stated that at one level, she was on IV antibiotics that helped her facial swelling however had been too costly to keep up.
The “Brandi Glanville Unfiltered” host added that she’s consulted “each physician beneath the solar,” from immunologists to rheumatologists to infectious illness docs. While none have equipped a definitive rationalization, some have recommended her points may stem from a “new parasite.”
Glanville instructed ET she may have contracted the parasite whereas filming in Morocco for “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip” in January 2023. On set, she stated, “We had meals sitting out for hours on finish, and a few of it was meat.”
Glanville’s face swelling and speech struggles started six months later, she stated, “and we’re nonetheless right here, making an attempt to determine it out.”
Bravo didn’t reply instantly Thursday to The Times’ request for remark.
The “Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip” in query, which might have been the spinoff sequence’ fourth, by no means aired. While Bravo didn’t verify why they axed the season, People reported on the time of filming that solid members Glanville and Caroline Manzo left the set early after an alleged incident.
Manzo later filed a lawsuit accusing Glanville of harassment throughout final yr’s filming, in keeping with courtroom paperwork reviewed by The Times.
Glanville stated that her medical points, mixed with the lawsuit from Manzo, have prevented her from taking over new work lately.
“Generally, I’m the primary name [for Bravo gigs],” she stated. “But now I’ve, like, a scarlet letter and the medical stuff so even when I may go to work, my face can be doing gymnastics.”
Medical interventions have been noninvasive to date, Glanville stated, however surgical procedure could possibly be subsequent. The actuality star joked that opposite to well-liked perception, she has not but had cosmetic surgery on her face.
“I can’t afford it if I needed it,” she stated.
