In Touch has an interview and look inside Brandi Glanville’s home this week. Brandi is of course the new bitch on “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”. I haven’t been watching that show and will not watch it again after Russell Armstrong’s suicide, but I guess I should “never say never.” I do like Brandi and am still interested in seeing her (I emailed with her a little last year and she was so nice!) but I know that producers cook up so much fake drama on those shows. In the latest episode Kim and Kyle were seen ganging up on Brandi, sister style. We saw in the preview for this season that Brandi sniped at Kim “At least I don’t do crystal meth in the bathroom all night long, bitch.” In a later edit of that preview the quote has been removed, though, and I bet Kim and Kyle pressured producers to cut it. (I can’t confirm that it didn’t air during the show this week or that it might be shown at another date of course. All google searches on that phrase lead to the original story about the crystal meth quote in the first preview.)
Brandi may be holding her own against the nasty pieces of work on RHOBH, but she seems genuinely nice in the In Touch interview. That’s the impression I’ve always had of her, that she’s nice but will defend herself and her family when it comes down to it. She said her peace when Eddie first left her for Leann, but she didn’t go on about it. I doubt I would have been as reserved. In In Touch, Brandi says that she’s doing well in her life and that she’s “in a good place” with her ex Eddie. She also says her kids “adore” LeAnn Rimes. She could have made a snide remark about it, and one was definitely called for, but she didn’t. Here’s more.
“They are a very competitive group of women,” Brandi… tells In Touch [of RHOBH].
But when Brandi comes home to her sons, Mason, 8, and Jake, 4, she leaves the drama at the door. “I’m happy here,” Brandi says as she relaxes on the comfy couch in her new LA abode, a four bedroom escape that’s become her personal refuge from all the craziness that’s cropped up in her life.
Despite the drama, Brandi says she’s thrilled to be on the Bravo show. “This came along at a really amazing time for me,” says Brandi… “It was a difficult time” [in 2009 when Eddie left her for LeAnn]…
Not long after [her divorce], she fell in love again – but this time, with her new home, which is “humbling” in comparison to the mega-mansion she shared with Eddie. “At first, I worried the boys would be upset that we don’t have a pool and everything they had before, but they say, ‘We love this house! We don’t ever want to leave!:
Relieved that her sons are happily ensconed in their new home and that they’ve settled into a familiar routine of school, sports and “family movie nights,” Brandi says she can finally exhale and start enjoying life again. “I’m definitely dating,” she says, adding that she’s going to be a lot pickier when it comes to men this time around. “No actors, no athletes. And he’s got to love dogs.”
As time has passed, she’s grown far less resentful of Eddie’s new life with LeAnn, whom he married in April. “My kids adore her,” she says, “and Eddie and I are finally in a good place.”
Brandi’s not worried about her place on RHOBH or dealing with her “catty” castmates – in fact, they should be worried about her: “I’m pretty good at being a bitch!”
[From In Touch, print edition, October 24, 2011]
Brandi’s “downsizing” would be a nice improvement for me, but it sounds like she went through the same difficult transition that a lot of divorced women deal with, she just had the advantage of having a lot more money. Her decorating style is comfortable contemporary and I like her taste. In terms of her last comment “I’m pretty good at being a bitch,” I get the impression that she means that’s the role that producers gave her on the show and she’s working on it. I hope she can keep that drama from affecting her real life. It sounds like she’s doing a good job at that, or at least that she knows what to say to keep things peaceful with her ex and his batsh*t crazy new wife.
Brandi is shown at a party at Tao on 8/13 and out with a friend on 7/4. Credit: WENN
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