Brandi Glanville
Appearances
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Uncovering Financial Infidelity with a Forensic Accountant and Brandi Glanville's Real Story
So my divorce was extremely public. And I still worry, you know, all of our bills went to another address. So even if I wanted to, and at a point I wanted to check his phone bill, I couldn't. And for some reason, I was okay with it. I just was madly, blindly in love.
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Uncovering Financial Infidelity with a Forensic Accountant and Brandi Glanville's Real Story
Yes, absolutely. It's wrong on so many levels and it's almost like it's preconceived. Like they know that at a point they may be getting out and they're protecting themselves. And that to me, that's worse than a prenup. Honestly, like I would rather have a prenup and know what I get at the end of it than having someone always planning for when it's over. That hurts.
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Uncovering Financial Infidelity with a Forensic Accountant and Brandi Glanville's Real Story
And then, you know, when I left the situation, I had to ask my dad to co-sign on a car for me at 36 years old. I was so embarrassed. I couldn't even lease a house without my parents co-signing. And it was horrible and embarrassing. And at that moment, I'm like, I am working on my credit. I went and saw a credit counselor. And I started doing everything I was supposed to do to get my credit better.
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Uncovering Financial Infidelity with a Forensic Accountant and Brandi Glanville's Real Story
And right now, I have great credit. Great. But it's still very expensive to live here. And it's still a struggle. I got alimony for four years because we were married for eight. And it was... sucked actually because it was – if he was working, I would get it based on what he was making. And for a lot of the four years, he wasn't working. So I wouldn't get anything for my alimony.
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Uncovering Financial Infidelity with a Forensic Accountant and Brandi Glanville's Real Story
Child support was different. It was always varying. Never great. And even now when he told me he was taking, you know, cutting it in half, I was like, all right. Like I got this, but it's also just kind of like – Ladies out there, no. They will not take care of you forever. Even if you're the mother of their children, you have to take care of yourself.
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Uncovering Financial Infidelity with a Forensic Accountant and Brandi Glanville's Real Story
Do you advocate for this? I do. I mean, I know a lot of women that have. They were upset about it. And I told them my story. I said, listen, I didn't have one. And everyone thought I was going to be great. And I left with nothing. No credit, no money. We were living out of my range over the back of my car for couch surfing on my friend's couches. Me and two little babies.
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Uncovering Financial Infidelity with a Forensic Accountant and Brandi Glanville's Real Story
It was, I can't even tell you. I'll cry about it if I think about it. But what was the question again?
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Uncovering Financial Infidelity with a Forensic Accountant and Brandi Glanville's Real Story
So I thought it was going to be great for me not to have a prenup. Unfortunately, when I didn't know about our finances and we were pretty much mortgaged to, you know. Yeah. Extreme. So there was nothing to even get, which I, of course, I didn't know. So I thought everyone's like, you're so lucky. I'm like, what? I'm going to get part of his debt? Great. Yeah. You unfortunately get debt too.
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Uncovering Financial Infidelity with a Forensic Accountant and Brandi Glanville's Real Story
You can, yes. Did you take on any of that? We did not. We had an apartment building I didn't even know about that we sold and it covered the divorce expenses and lots of secrets, lots of secrets.
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Uncovering Financial Infidelity with a Forensic Accountant and Brandi Glanville's Real Story
Yes. So I hired a forensic accountant, which was very expensive because I really thought there was a lot of money. I did. I'm like, he's hiding it. We live this lifestyle. We have this house. We have these cars. You know, I'm driving my Range Rover everywhere and like living the life. Like there's no way we don't have any money.
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Uncovering Financial Infidelity with a Forensic Accountant and Brandi Glanville's Real Story
And, you know, $12,000 later, we don't have any money and I still have to pay the forensic accountant.
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Uncovering Financial Infidelity with a Forensic Accountant and Brandi Glanville's Real Story
I'd never saved money before I had modeled and basically what I made, I spent. And then I met my ex-husband and I had a credit card with my name on it. And I put everything on that credit card and I trusted him. I was madly in love. And I never questioned anything. And I signed everything that was put in front of me. And I think that happens to a lot of trusting wives and partners.
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Uncovering Financial Infidelity with a Forensic Accountant and Brandi Glanville's Real Story
And I came out of the divorce with nothing. What kind of papers did you sign? I wish I knew. No, I signed my name off of our house right before he filed for divorce. Like six months prior, it was like Christmas. He's like putting all these things in front of me. And I trusted him.
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Uncovering Financial Infidelity with a Forensic Accountant and Brandi Glanville's Real Story
And I think that happens like in the Teresa Giudice situation and a lot of these things that we're seeing play out in the media. I think a lot of times women can be naive because we have love goggles on and trust goggles on. Not that we're stupid by any means, but we're fooled by love.