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    Brandi Glanville has "exhausted [her] savings" amid her health struggles

    The 52-year-old TV star admits she hasn't felt "normal" in two years, and that her kids have helped her through her darkest moments.


    Brandi - who has sons Mason and Jake with ex-husband Eddie Cibrian - told Us Weekly: "I've never felt suicidal before, [but earlier this summer], I didn't want to be here. And if it wasn't for my kids, I don't know that I would be here."

    In 2023, Brandi was accused of sexual misconduct by her former co-star Caroline Manzo. The reality star subsequently fell into depression and then contracted a parasite.

    She recalled: "Almost immediately upon landing, my phone started blowing up about these articles that were incorrect and not true about what happened in Morocco with Caroline, and I immediately took on a ton of anxiety. And I was just trying to get my head around what was happening and why it was happening. I was on the couch in a fetal position for four months."

    And when Brandi tried to return to socialising, she suffered a health setback, revealing that "crazy lumps" started to appear on her face.

    She shared: "My face started, like, moving around and doing things. I started to lose my eyesight in my left eye. It's insane.

    "At first, my face was blowing up and getting really swollen. Then it started sinking in, and I felt like something was just eating me from the inside. I'm like, 'It's eating my flesh.'"

    Brandi has subsequently spent more than $130,000 on medical bills and the reality star is now in a financially perilous situation.

    She said: "I'm paying the minimum on my credit cards. I've exhausted my savings.

    "At my age, I feel like such a loser in a way, because I was taking care of everything. I was together. I had great credit. Now I'm scared about every little thing."

    Brandi now describes herself as a "hopeful wreck".

    She explained: "I stay in this house every day. I'm paying crazy amounts of rent. I'm worrying about money all day long. I have brain fog. I get one thing done a day, and I'm just frazzled."

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