The last few years have been challenging for him Brandi Glanvillebut it seems things are turning around for the mother of two.
While promoting her appearance on season 5 of Fox’s “Special Forces,” the former “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star talked about her health and her mounting medical bills.
During the interview, Brandi Glanville also thanked her “RHOBH” co-star, Kyle Richardswho donated publicly to GoFundMe, 53-year-old.
Brandi Glanville’s friend sets up GoFundMe to help cover her medical expenses
According to The Blast, Glanville’s friend Gina Rodriguez set up a GoFundMe page for the Bravo star to help cover her medical expenses related to a long-term illness causing facial disfigurement.
Rodriguez set the goal amount at $28,000 and encouraged Glanville’s supporters to “help Brandi on her journey to regain her health.”
“Brandi has been fighting this for years and has months of expensive treatments and surgeries ahead of her,” Rodriguez said.
Glanville previously revealed that her medical bills had reached up to $7,000 a week.
‘Real Housewives’ stars rally around Brandi Glanville
Kyle Richards, who has appeared on “RHOBH” since Season 1, donated $500 to the campaign, and other “Housewives” stars, including Leah McSweeney, Heather Gay, and Vicki Gunvalson, also donated.
Glanville appreciated the generous donations from her Bravo co-stars, telling Page Six that their support meant the world to her.
“I feel like we are sisters,” she said. “We’re family at the end of the day. They ride for me. And I’d do the same for them, for sure.”
Glanville also received support from Eileen Davidson, Claudia Jordan, and former New York City congressman George Santos.
Glanville hopes to pay everyone back
On her podcast, “Unfiltered,” Glanville said she was excited about the progress her GoFundMe was making, and revealed that she hopes to pay everyone back in the future.
She said her health is currently preventing her from taking on new work, but when she is healed, she will do “anything.”
“I appreciate everyone who’s helped me and you’re going to get it back. I know this. I’m going to get better. It might take a year, I don’t know, I’m going to get a payment plan for my credit cards,” she said.
Brandi Glanville has been forced to leave Fox’s ‘Special Forces’
Glanville’s GoFundMe comes amid her appearance on season 5 of Fox’s “Special Forces.”
She is one of the few members of the “Real Housewives” cast to appear, and although she had to withdraw from the competition due to a medical emergency, Glanville said she was “so proud” of herself for appearing.
“I wanted to prove to my kids that I could do it, but I had to go to the doctor. It was done. But I think this still proves to the kids that I was pretty bad,” she said of the intense reality series.
In the first episode of season 5 Glanville struggled to complete the first challenge, which required contestants to jump out of a helicopter into the water and swim back to the dock.
Glanville explained that she hit the water the wrong way, prompting agents to step in almost immediately. “It was like I got dizzy right away, and I thought my whole body was in the water. Then my body hit the water after that. It was just like being run over by a truck,” she said.
What could Glanville see herself doing next?
Her appearance on “Special Forces” comes years after the reality star left the filming of “Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip” early after attacking Caroline Manzo.
Although Glanville denied the allegations, her participation in the Bravo programming ended, prompting her to suggest that she had been blacklisted by the network.
And with “Real Housewives” seemingly out of the picture, Glanville said she would consider doing other shows, including “Mormon Wives.”
“Maybe I’ll be their military man on the show. ‘Get in, girls. No more babies. Too much soda,'” she joked.