I REMEMBER very well the day I threatened to kill LeAnn.
It wasn’t long after Eddie, my husband at the time, left me for her.
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Brandi Glanville enjoys family life with LeAnn, Eddie and their sons Credit: Rex
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After years of feuding, LeAnn Rimes and Brandi are now friends Credit: Instagram
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Brandi’s ex Eddie, pictured, had an affair with LeAnnCredit: Getty
It was Eddie’s day with our sons, Jake and Mason, and he took them to a soccer game.
LeAnn was with them.
They are my children, so obviously I was going to go too.
When I arrived, I saw LeAnn. She shouldn’t have been there – it was too early in the relationship.
She’s sitting there, my two-year-old Jake on her lap. i lost it.
I walked over to her, grabbed Jake and told LeAnn, “I’m going to fucking kill you.”
I was furious – I really wanted to hurt her. You might think there’s no going back.
But here’s a surprise.
Today we are good friends.
I’m a guest at Eddie and LeAnn’s a lot. These days, when will I come?
LeAnn Rimes says affair with Eddie Cibrian was ‘worth it’ and the couple ‘earned’ a life together after falling out with his ex Brandi Glanville
I recently posted a picture of myself at Eddie and LeAnn’s house on Instagram. I had a lot of supportive comments, others less so.
One poster read: “Looks like a fun celebration with husband and ex-lover.”
Another said: “I don’t understand why she can’t have her kids in her house with his family – why does she have to sneak in there?”
But I believe I did the right thing.
Don’t get me wrong. It took years and years – ten years to be exact – to get to this point.
Honestly, what I lived through — I will never forget. It will always be part of my story.
But there is an old saying, time heals.
I forgave the two of them for tearing my family apart. we are friends. I like LeAnn.
‘We hated each other and fought all the time’
Well, there’s one thing I don’t like about her – she’s richer than me.
That’s the best way for all of us, especially for children.
So how did I manage to forgive the woman who stole my husband?
It was not promising at first. We only wished the worst for each other.
Eddie and I were happy, or so I thought. We met in a night club and got married in 2001.
There is one thing I don’t like about her – she is richer than me
Brandi Glanville
I married my prince. I had the best marriage, the healthiest children — I thought I was living my own fairy tale.
We got along great and had the best sex life.
We were always on vacation with friends, life was perfect. Or so it seemed. We had two beautiful sons, Mason, now 21, and Jake, 17.
Then in 2008, Eddie made a movie with LeAnn. I visited the set one day and I could tell they were attracted to each other.
I found out about the affair at the kiosk.
Pictures of Eddie and LeAnn kissing in a restaurant were plastered across the pages of a magazine.
It was devastating. I went straight home, passed out in the closet and cried and cried.
She was also married at the same time. This affair was destroying two families.
We had counseling, but Eddie continued to see LeAnn.
He told me he stopped seeing her, but magazines started calling me saying they saw him on a motorcycle with her. I knew we were done.
We separated in 2009 and divorced in 2010. LeAnn and Eddie married in 2011.
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Brandi says: ‘I spent Christmas with LeAnn and Eddie and the rest of our family. It’s all pretty relaxed’Credit: Instagram
My situation is not unusual, as about 20 percent of married men cheat. Only about five percent of affairs end in marriage, but Eddie and LeAnn’s was one of the few that did.
LeAnn and I hated each other, we fought all the time. It was really ugly.
I didn’t want my kids around me. She got my husband, but she didn’t get my children.
I wanted revenge.
She knew how to cheer me on. I don’t think LeAnn understood how she should treat the mother of her husband’s children.
She would say things like, “I can’t wait to be called mom” and “I can’t wait to make your kids sandwiches.”
You just don’t say things like that — you can imagine how that made me feel.
LeAnn and I hated each other, we fought all the time. It was really ugly
Brandi Glanville
She was ten years younger—she was used to getting what she wanted. She didn’t understand. It was really crazy to show up at football games – you just don’t do it at first.
We argued about everything, and I mean everything.
We argued about what clothes the kids would leave at dad’s house.
The children felt it, which was not fair to them.
I thought to myself, “I can’t make them do this.”
So I told Eddie and LeAnn, we need therapy.
They agreed, but it didn’t go well.
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LeAnn was ten years younger — and used to getting what she wanted Credit: Getty
Eddie and LeAnn didn’t like the first therapist, even though they chose them.
So we went to another therapist. And one more. It didn’t work, so after a few months we had to stop.
They didn’t like it when the therapist agreed with what I was saying.
I just wanted LeAnn to respect me. For example, one Christmas Eve, I’m sitting alone with a bottle of wine, and she’s spending time with my kids, writing about happy families. I wanted her to be more careful.
We fought for ten years. I thought, “we can’t go on like this.”
Jake and Mason hated it. They said, “Mom, all we want is for us all to get along.”
‘Figure out how to make a living yourself’
When I heard that, it became my goal. Mom will do anything for her children.
I knew it had to be up to me. Men are really proud. I just think us moms are built differently.
I’m very close to Eddie’s parents so I asked them to help me.
By that time, the boys would have had two birthdays, two Christmases.
Everything was separate. I was wondering, why are we having two separate parties? Why don’t we grow up and have parties together? That’s how it started.
LeAnn responded positively. However, I think she initially went along with it because she hoped it would fix what people thought of her.
They thought of her as an impostor, another second wife.
She said it was true love, but for a long time she got a lot of hate.
But I had to accept it and move on. So we started celebrating birthdays and Christmas at LeAnn and Eddie’s house.
They have a swimming pool, they have a nicer house, it is better for holding events. It has its advantages. I don’t have to host, cook or clean.
I forgave Eddie, although I don’t forgive him for taking my kids away half the time.
And I forgave LeAnn. You have to work around it somehow.
I would say to women going through what I went through, if you find out your husband is having an affair, don’t blame yourself. Everything is fine with you.
Something is wrong with the cheat. Usually they want to have their cake and eat it too.
I directed all my anger at LeAnn, but realized it takes two to tango. You have to let it go
Brandi Glanville
If you are dependent on your husband, figure out how to make a living on your own.
I had a career in reality TV. I was on The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills for a few seasons, I was on The Traitors US.
When you heal, start dating. Since I’ve been single, I’ve dated people and had a lot of fun.
Be civil to each other for the sake of the children — children hate to see their parents fight.
But it’s hard. You have to be at the stage where it doesn’t bother you anymore – you’re not angry or jealous anymore. You have to finally get over that person.
I spent 13 great years with Eddie, but he wasn’t the person I married.
I would always love him as the father of my children, but he has evolved into a different person that I did not know.
We all change. I’m not the same person I was ten years ago.
I like LeAnn. We are both obsessed with beauty products. We’ll talk about it, tell each other about the products we’ve found.
If I need to talk to Eddie about the kids, I’ll text LeAnn and say, “Can you ask your husband to answer my fucking text.”
We do things together as a family. If Jake has wrestling, all four of us will go. It’s a family thing.
I spent Christmas with LeAnn and Eddie and the rest of our family. Everything is pretty relaxed.
Mason is 21 years old and now mostly lives with his father. He has his own space, his own bathroom. He has a girlfriend. I am satisfied with the arrangement.
Jake will be 18 in April. We are considering colleges for him. I think LeAnn, Eddie and I might go look at colleges soon.
There were many years when I thought I would never get over a broken heart, but it happened.
Things are great — I’ll take modern family over warring family any day.
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I directed all my anger at LeAnn, but I realized it takes two to tango, says reality star BrandiCredit: LeAnn Rimes Cibrian/Instagram
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