Brandi Glanville Says She’s Been ‘Hiding Out’ Due to ‘Cruel Comments on My Appearance’ amid Facial Disfigurement

The ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ alum said she’s ready to come back to social media “without all the filters and heavy edits”

Brandi Glanville admits that she’s hiding as she continues to deal with unexplained health issues. 

On May 21, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum posted on X and explained that she’s going to start getting back on social media and interacting with her followers. The 52-year-old said she took a brief hiatus because of the negative comments she’s gotten while struggling with facial disfigurement from suspected “parasites.”

“I haven’t posted much on any social site lately because I’m hiding out and don’t want to deal with the cruel comments on my appearance,” she wrote. “But I’ll be posting and sharing authentically without all the filters and heavy edits..” 

Glanville has been open about her ongoing struggle with a suspected facial parasite, which she believes she contracted in Morocco while filming the Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip.

The Bravo star said she’s spent “over $113,000” of her own money seeking treatment for the mystery condition outside of her health insurance plan. However, she’s seen no improvements since.

Last month, she posted a photo of a tub with a brown liquid substance, which she said was drainage from her face.

“The clear plaque sitting on top like oily wax is produced all day by my face,” she wrote at the time. “It drains down, eroding my teeth. I can’t see & have 2 hard lumps under my left cheek bone. 1 on back of neck & jawbone. I need infectious disease Dr. that specializes in fungal infections? HELP.”

Earlier this year, the reality star said she’ll “do anything” to resolve her facial disfigurement.

“I'm sick of hearing myself complain. I'm sick of everything. I'm sick of the way I look. I'm sick of, like, just hiding out in my house,” Glanville said on the Jan. 13 episode of her podcast Brandi Glanville Unfiltered.  “I'm sick of being sick. So if it bothers you and you're my friend and you call me and tell me we have to get over this, like, sick talk, I agree. I would like to get over the sickness altogether.” 

But, Glanville said, “Let's try to be more positive moving forward. I'm saying that to myself right now … I mean, we have nowhere to go but up.”