Brandi Glanville Unfiltered

Erika Eleniak joins Brandi, and it goes somewhere most guest episodes don’t. Erika talks about the version of her life nobody sees: fifteen years without dating, by choice, because she didn’t want her daughter watching people come and go. Now her daughter’s moved out, the house is quiet, and Erika’s figuring out what she actually wants — romance, intimacy, a life that belongs to her again. She and Brandi get into how strange it is to rebuild in midlife and how little anyone prepares you for it. She also opens up about losing her father and her best friend, and what it’s like to carry grief for the first time — including the guilt of having a good day. Brandi knows that one firsthand. Lighter ground too: how a modeling career she never planned turned into everything that followed, the jobs she once imagined instead (psychology, law, driving a big rig), the story behind her Día de los Muertos ink, and the puppy that showed up and made the empty house less empty. Candid, funny, occasionally too honest. As usual.

Brandi’s got a surgery date. Dr. Carlo Henrado is going in on Friday to figure out what’s actually going on under her skin — two specific spots, already marked, exploratory. She’s calling it great news, which tells you everything about how the last few months have gone. James has a date of a different kind. Joey from Instagram said yes, and it’s happening on the podcast. Brandi is deeply invested. Elsewhere: why celebrities handle divorce so badly and who actually pays for it, the Fendi clutch that didn’t stop a store from treating her like she wandered in off the street, the viral Nicole Kidman song and whether anyone’s actually embarrassed, a celebrity encounter that went sideways, Sai and Carole getting into guilt by association, and Brandi’s theory about what people buying shovels at Walmart are really up to. Candid, funny, occasionally too honest. As usual.

Brandi’s face is rattling. That’s not a metaphor. She’s got some kind of fungus situation going on, it’s moving down her body, and she has photos she’s threatening to share with everyone. Recovery continues to be a journey of surprises. Then it gets worse: somebody leaked her personal information — the full file, medical records included. She and James walk through how she found out and what was in it. James has an update of his own on where he’s at and what he’s doing about it. Brandi’s in his corner. And then, because life is a lot: the Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez custody filings and what’s actually in them, Puff Daddy’s reportedly very comfortable accommodations, a Jeff Lewis prank war involving thrown wine and fake crying, the viral Nicole Kidman corset song, some truly savage Joan Rivers stories, and a conversation about how two people can grow apart without either of them being the villain. Candid, funny, occasionally too honest. As usual.

Brandi's giving the real update — where she actually is with recovery, what the bills look like, and the part nobody asks about: what it feels like to owe that many people and mean it when you say you'll pay every one of them back. She and James get into when she's getting back to work, and what "back to work" even looks like right now. Speaking of work — Brandi's episode of Special Forces airs tonight on Fox. Watch it, then come back and tell her whether she was right. From there it's a full grab bag: the Dorit and PK child support math that isn't mathing, celebrity charity theater and the people who got dragged for $5 donations, Carolyn Bessette and that dinner scene, and whether everyone secretly needs a burner account to yell about reality TV in peace. Plus Taylor Frankie Paul's love for toxic relationships,, a girlfriend who made her boyfriend dress up as a pirate. Candid, funny, occasionally too honest. As usual.

Brandi finally has an answer. After three years of being told it was anxiety, stress, or all in her head, an ultrasound showed fluid on her brain — and suddenly every doctor who brushed her off had some explaining to do. She and James get into what those three years actually cost her: the appointments that went nowhere, the $7,000-a-week treatment her insurance barely dents, the creditors calling, and the GoFundMe her friend Gina set up because Brandi was too proud to ask. It's not all heavy. They also get into the Alex Earle family circus and whether they're the new Kardashians (Brandi has notes on the dad), plus a full Housewives autopsy — Julia's settlement money and the way she talks to people, Ashley Darby's boundary problem, and whether the "sisterhood" was ever real. Candid, funny, occasionally too honest. As usual. This week's episode is brought to you by AdultFriendFinder. Use Brandi's code for 20% off a new membership #ad