Brandi Glanville’s Unexpected Plea: The GoFundMe Confession That Left Her in Tears
Have you ever had one of those days where you wake up and think, “Please let nothing catastrophic happen to my face today”? Well, Brandi Glanville could write the manual on those mornings. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum—she’s practically reality TV royalty—has been battling a bizarre and relentless facial parasite (I know, right?!) that’s turned her world upside down, inside out, and emptied her bank account along the way. Between “sexually transmitted ringworm” rumors and the downright frightening saga of ruptured breast implants, clogged lymph nodes, and a so-called “fungal ball” making itself at home on her cheek like an uninvited guest crashing an Oscar party, Brandi’s journey reads like a medical mystery no one would sign up for.
And now—get this—she’s crowdfunding her fight for survival, joining the countless Americans tossed into the GoFundMe ring because of sky-high medical bills. Is it just me, or does the U.S. healthcare system need its own intervention episode? Brandi’s unfiltered honesty (and wow, her podcast is aptly named) is laced with embarrassment, a dash of defiant humor, and a whole lot of grit. She’s fighting to get her life (and her face) back, one IV medication at a time. If you think your week’s been tough, wait ’til you dive into this wild, sometimes darkly funny, definitely poignant tale of celebrity, illness, and the price tag that comes with both.
Brandi Glanville has shared more details about the facial parasite that’s continuing to plague her life and her finances, with the internet personality forced into a GoFundMe.
The former Real Housewives of Beverley Hills star has been open about her health struggles in recent years, which included ‘sexually transmitted ringworm‘ as well as her facial disfigurement.
It all started for the 53-year-old when her breast implants ruptured, which she claimed had caused her lymph nodes to become ‘clogged’.
Glanville has since had the implants removed but maintains that they were the cause of the facial parasite, which she also revealed had spread down her right arm and caused a ‘fungal ball’ on her face.
It’s been a long and arduous journey for Glanville and as she has begun treatment, it’s been tough for her to admit that she might now need financial help in order to continue that treatment.
During Friday’s episode of her “Brandi Glanville Unfiltered” podcast, she said: “I’m embarrassed, honestly, because I don’t like to ask for help.”
“I never thought I would do this,” she added, noting that her close friend Gina Rodriguez, who set up the GoFundMe told her, “You have no choice.”
Co-host James Maas replied: “It’s not embarrassing. What’s embarrassing is the whole medical system … You need a GoFundMe.”
She claims the issue was caused by old breast implants that ruptured (Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Rachel Strauss)
Glanville joins a long list of Americans who are seeking financial aid in the face of serious medical bills, and she’s clearly extremely frustrated with the whole situation, as she threatened to cut the fungal ball out of her own face if she can’t find a doctor who will.
The GoFundMe, which has already raised over $15,000, states: “For the past three years, RHOBH Alum, Brandi Glanville has been fighting an illness that has completely changed her life. She has gone from doctor to doctor searching for answers while her health continued to decline. Now, after years of uncertainty, she finally has diagnoses and a treatment plan, but the road ahead is long, painful and incredibly expensive.
“Brandi has been diagnosed with highly resistant ESBL Klebsiella and Enterobacter with biofilm, Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever), Demodex dermatitis and mononucleosis.
“Doctors have also identified a fungal ball in her face that needs to be removed. Her treatment plan requires months of daily IV medication through a PICC line, and she is expected to remain on treatment for at least 4–6 months, possibly longer depending on how her body responds.
“And the IV treatment is only part of what lies ahead. Brandi has multiple procedures and surgeries ahead of her. She needs the fungal ball removed from her face, old metal dental work removed and her breast implants removed as part of the treatment plan recommended by her doctors.
“Unfortunately, treatment has not been easy. Despite enduring 12 hours of IV medication daily and everything that comes along with it, she has experienced very little improvement so far. She is exhausted, in pain and trying to mentally prepare herself for months more of treatment and surgeries.
“The financial toll has become overwhelming.
“Even with insurance, Brandi’s treatment alone is costing approximately $3,300–$6,000 every month. That does not include all of the additional expenses associated with her upcoming surgeries, procedures, medications, doctors, dental work and everyday living expenses while she is unable to work normally.
“Right now, the only work Brandi is able to continue doing consistently is her podcast. The illness and daily treatment have made it extremely difficult for her to work and earn the income she normally would, at the exact time her medical expenses have become enormous.”
Although it suggests that ‘asking for help is not easy for her’, the toll has become too much for Glanville both physically, financially and mentally, and she clearly just wants to ‘get her life back’.
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