Brandi Glanville

Brandi Glanville
Born November 16, 1972
Salinas, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Model
  • television personality
Years active 1988-present
Television The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,
The Celebrity Apprentice 7
Spouse(s) Eddie Cibrian (m. 2001; div. 2010)
Children 2

Brandi Glanville (born November 16, 1972) is an American television personality, author and former model. She appeared on the reality series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in its second season on the Bravo cable network. She also hosts a podcast called Brandi Glanville Unfiltered and appeared on Season 7 of Celebrity Apprentice which premiered on January 4, 2015.[1] Glanville progressed through the competition with ease, making it to the final four and being fired two weeks before the finale.

Early life

Glanville was born in Salinas, California, the middle child of Judith and Guy Glanville, and was raised in Sacramento, California. She has an older sister, Tricia, and a younger brother, Michael.[2]

Career

Modeling

At the age of 16, Glanville moved to Paris, France and began modeling. Glanville was signed by Elite Model Management and flown to work in Europe, Los Angeles and New York. By the next year, she was taking part in Paris runway shows.[2] During a 17-year modeling career, she appeared in the pages of Glamour and Cosmopolitan and worked for design couture houses including Chanel, Giorgio Armani, and Gucci.[3]

Television

Glanville has appeared in the second season of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and made her initial appearance in episode four, "Gossip Girls".[4] She made several appearances throughout the season and was included in the three-part season two reunion episode that aired between January 30 and February 13, 2012. On April 29, 2012 Bravo announced that cast member Camille Grammer would not return for a third season and that Glanville would join the cast as an official Housewife.[5]

Glanville was introduced to the show through Adrienne Maloof and during her time on the show has had confrontations with several other cast members, including Lisa Vanderpump. During season four Glanville caused controversy by a comment she made to fellow cast member Joyce Giraud over her inability to swim, joking that Giraud (who is Puerto Rican) could not swim because she was black.[6] Glanville later apologized for making the comment, stating that she did not intend it to be seen as racist.[6]

Podcast and magazine column

On November 4, 2013 Glanville began a weekly podcast show entitled Brandi Glanville Unfiltered.[7] On the podcast Glanville discusses her life, popular culture, and holds interviews with various personalities. She has received criticism over several remarks made on the podcast, including calling her son profanities and on another episode made jokes about "[wanting] to be molested as a child" while holding an interview with comedian Jim Florentine.[8][9] Glanville later apologized for the jokes.

Glanville writes a weekly column for an Australian celebrity magazine "NW".[10]

Personal life

On May 12, 2001 Glanville married actor Eddie Cibrian and during their marriage the couple had two sons, Mason Edward and Jake Austin.[11] During their marriage Cibrian had affairs with both Scheana Marie Jancan and country singer LeAnn Rimes, his costar in the Lifetime made for TV movie Northern Lights.[12] Cibrian initially denied these reports and with Glanville, was seen attending counseling together.[13] However in August 2009 Cibrian and Rimes made their relationship public, shortly after Rimes separated from her husband.[14] Glanville then left Cibrian and they filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. Their divorce was finalized on September 30, 2010.[15]

Glanville was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on October 29, 2010.[16][17][18]

Bibliography

Filmography

Film
Television

References

  1. ↑ Harnick, Chris. "Celebrity Apprentice Cast Revealed! Kate Gosselin, Brandi Glanville, Kevin Jonas and More Enter the Boardroom", Eonline, November 4, 2014
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "PHOTOS VIDEO Brandi Glanville bio, new cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills". Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  3. ↑ "'Brandi Glanville - The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season Two - Bios - Bravo TV Official Site'". Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Cat Fight! Watch Brandi Glanville's Real Housewives Debut". Us Weekly. September 23, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  5. ↑ Reality Tea. "Report: Glanville a Full-Time Housewife on RHOBH". Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Brandi Glanville Apologizes for Her Racist Joke on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | E! Online UK". Eonline.com. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  7. ↑ Glanville, Brandi. "BRANDI GLANVILLE UNFILTERED". PodcastOne. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Webber, Stephanie. "Brandi Glanville Defends Calling Son Jake, 7, an "A--hole," "D--k" on Podcast". US Magazine. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Brandi Glanville Apologizes for Joke About Wanting to Be Molested as a Child". US Magazine. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Brandi Glanville Exclusively Chats to Us at NW Magazine's 21st Birthday Bash", The Australian Reporter, November 14, 2014
  11. ↑ Chiu, Alexis (2009-08-29). "Eddie Cibrian Is 'Committed to Being a Devoted Father'". people.com. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  12. ↑ "Brandi Glanville Confronts Ex-Husband Eddie Cibrian's Mistress Scheana Marie: "I Had So Much Anxiety" About Meeting Her". US Magazine. January 8, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  13. ↑ LAUDADIO, MARISA. "Eddie Cibrian Denies Affair with LeAnn Rimes". People. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  14. ↑ "'Eddie Cibrian's Wife Sensed Attraction Between Husband & LeAnn Rimes'". People. August 25, 2009. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Eddie Cibrian and Brandi Glanville Officially Divorced". Us Weekly. October 1, 2010.
  16. ↑ http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/04/eddie-cibrians-ex-brandi-glanville-escapes-jail-time-dui
  17. ↑ http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/report-brandi-glanville-arrested-for-dui-20102910
  18. ↑ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20437945,00.html
  19. ↑ "‘Drinking and Tweeting’: Life lessons from a ‘Real Housewife’". Today. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  20. ↑ Trachta, Ali. "Brandi Glanville's Book Drinking & Tweeting: 8 Incredible Revelations". LA Weekly. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  21. ↑ "Best Sellers March 03, 2013". New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

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