Reality TV icon Brandi Glanville is facing what sounds like a real-life medical horror movie — and folks, it’s heartbreaking to watch unfold. The former “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star, now 52, found herself “rushed to the hospital” this week after waking up completely unable to move her head and neck. Yeah, you read that right — totally frozen in bed, terrified, and desperate enough to call 911 for help.
After a “four-hour wait” stuck in a wheelchair at the ER, Brandi shared updates straight from the hospital, IVs hooked up and everything, showing the raw and messy side of her battle. And y’all, it’s not just a random illness — Brandi believes a “parasite” is literally eating away at her face.
She’s been open with fans, posting photos and videos of brown fluid draining from her face, painful lumps growing under her cheekbone, and her teeth literally eroding from whatever infection is wreaking havoc under her skin.
But here’s the kicker: doctors at her insurance-covered facility, Kaiser Permanente, keep telling her she’s “fine.” Meanwhile, Brandi’s reality is the total opposite — deep depression, swelling, disfigurement, and constant pain.
She’s spent more than $70,000 trying to get real answers, going outside insurance, seeing specialists, doing biopsies — you name it. “Botched”’s Dr. Terry DuBrow even stepped in, pulling biopsies from her face and neck, suspecting not a parasite, but a “foreign body reaction” to something injected under her skin years ago.
And get this — the healing timeline? “Five years.” FIVE. Brandi, ever the fighter, isn’t having it. She’s got a life to live, kids to raise, and jokes about not having made out with anyone since last October.
Through it all, she’s been grinding away on her “Unfiltered” podcast, even using a red light therapy device mid-episode trying anything to heal.
But the emotional toll? Crushing. She admitted she’s been wearing masks around her sons to hide the “sinking” and “melting” effects on her face. Some days her face looks normal. Other days, it feels like her features are caving in. She’s facing infections, chills, ear ticking, swelling, drainage — a nightmare that just won’t end.
And the scariest part? She still doesn’t have a solid diagnosis. Cultures from her biopsies are still growing — results pending. Until then, Brandi Glanville is stuck in limbo, fighting for her health, her confidence, and her future.
Stay tuned, because this isn’t the last we’ll hear from her — Brandi’s a warrior, and she’s not backing down without a fight.
