“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’” Taylor Armstrong is all over the place promoting her memoir, which details the physical and emotional abuse she suffered at the hands of her late husband Russell, who committed suicide last August. I haven’t really wanted to cover that story as we’ve heard a lot of the details already and it’s just sad and scary to imagine. Plus I don’t like Taylor at all. I hate that she was a victim and I’m glad that she’s no longer subjected to that, but it’s hard to see her practically selling the story. That’s pretty much what Brandi Glanville told Taylor on last night’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion show. This was the second of a three-part reunion series in which they scratch up old wounds and create new ones. Just watching the video clip that’s online is giving me a headache as I hate drawn-out “he-said” “she-said” fights, which is basically what this whole show is about. Here’s Radar’s report:

The tension mounted during a segment in which host Andy Cohen asked the ladies questions from viewers. When one wanted to know what Brandi’s issue has been with Taylor this season, things got tense in a hurry: Brandi told Taylor she’d run into Russell, who told her it was actually Taylor who made him send an email threatening Camille Grammer with legal action for discussing their marital issues.

Taylor shot back at Brandi, questioning her credibility by pointing out she slit ex-husband Eddie Cibrian’s tires.

“I own them too!” Brandi said. “I just took the tires and I put the knife into his motorcycles, and then I told him, ‘Don’t ride them, you’re probably going to get hurt.’”

Brandi then threw a stiff jab, insinuating Taylor’s been trying to capitalize off Russell’s death.

“When does the book come out anyway? How long has it been?” Brandi said in a snarky tone, before noting it took a “hot minute” for Taylor to begin marketing her memoir.

Kyle Richards repeatedly jumped to Taylor’s defense throughout the exchange, reminding Brandi, “Somebody died here!”

Brandi replied, “Yeah, exactly: then let him rest in peace!”

Kyle, calling Brandi “Angry Spice,” reminded her she should be considerate of Taylor considering she was left a single mom when Eddie ditched her for LeAnn Rimes.

“She’s been through enough this year — be a little sympathetic,” Kyle said.

Elsewhere in the episode, Taylor said she found a briefcase found next to Russell’s body that contained data on about 10 different bank accounts, a Rio de Janeiro office and flash drives she’s reticent to open based on legal worries.

“Um, he had a lot of things going on that I didn’t know about,” Taylor said.

When Cohen brought up that Russell’s business partner killed himself shortly after Russell did, Taylor said she’d have felt better knowing Russell was killed by someone else than so distraught as to take his own life — implying she felt that scenario was feasible.

[From Radar Online]

I love how Brandi was all “yeah, I slit his tires. I warned him ahead of time, whatever.” Then she tells Taylor that it’s been a “hot minute” since Russell died and Taylor gets all indignant acting as if she’s single-handedly solving the issue of domestic violence. It’s like Taylor believes taht every victim out there depends on her famewhoring. Look, I agree with Brandi and I like her style. She tells it like it is. I don’t think she should have brought up the email that Russell sent her in which he claimed Taylor made him threaten Camille. That’s old news, but Brandi knows she’s got to bring the drama if she wants to stay on reality television. She’s doing her best to hang in there and keep her job. I know that I would hate having co-workers or a job like that, even if I didn’t have to see those catty bitches every day. I can’t even stand watching them on TV at this point.

Photo credit: Fame, WENN and Pacific Coast News

Brandi Glanville is doing what she needs to do to ensure that her gig on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills continues into next season. She staged a fake wedding, she revealed a fling with Gerard Butler, she defended revealing her fling with Gerard Butler after he denied ever knowing her, and now she’s issuing some “no sh*t” advice to LeAnn Rimes: that Eddie will cheat on her too. Somewhere in her fat-starved self-obsessed brain, LeAnn knows this and it’s driving her every f’ing decision. It’s got to eat away at her, leading her to cling and clutch and obsess like Gollum next to his dark lake.

“He will be with her until he cheats again,” Glanville tells me. “They won’t be together forever. I’m totally over Eddie. I’ve moved onto Ken. Ken is a better looking Eddie,” she teased about fellow Real Housewife Lisa Vanderpump’s husband, Ken Todd.

But in actuality, Glanville said it hasn’t been easy having her husband leave her for another woman, especially when children are involved.

“We share custody, it’s difficult,” she said. “I think it was more difficult in the beginning to all of a sudden not be with your kids half the time. But now the kids are at my house and say, ‘can we go to dads?’ and when they are at their dad’s house they say, ‘can we go to moms?’”

And although it is awkward when both ladies are forced to interact for the sake of the ex-couple’s children, Glanville said her kids will always be more important than what she thinks about Rimes.

“It was my son’s last soccer game and [Rimes] was there,” she said. “Everyone is making a big deal of it because of the picture [which shows the ladies ignoring one another], but this has gone on for two-and-a-half years. So, for me, I really don’t put too much energy into it because it will eat you alive.”

[From Huffington Post]

I believe that Brandi is right, and “Once a cheater…” comes to mind. Brandi later backtracked on Twitter, though, and wrote “I haven’t talked about them specifically! I was talking cheating in general. Uggggg.” But she was quoted as saying (see above) “He will be with her until he cheats again. They won’t be together forever.” How can that be a general comment about cheaters?

Also, I doubt that LeAnn will dump Eddie when he cheats. She’ll believe his excuses and lies and he’ll get better at hiding his side pieces. He’s got too easy of a gig with her fawning all over him and paying for everything. He’s not going to ruin that unless he finds a richer and more naive sugar mamma. They don’t come more eager to please or easier to take advantage of than LeAnn.

LeAnn is shown on 1-29-12 and with Eddie on 1-7-12. Brandi is shown on 8-13-11. Credit: Fame Flynet

I cannot believe we’re still talking about Gerard Butler and Brandi Glanville’s alleged or not-so-alleged hookup last year. For the record, I believed (and still believe) that they boned at some point. I also believe that Gerard Butler bangs anything with two legs and a pulse (although amputee strange is still welcome), and that G-But probably doesn’t remember who or what he banged and how. Last week, Brandi talked about their “week long” hookup while she was on Watch What Happens Live – Brandi rated Gerard an “11 out of 10” in the love-making department. Then, a few days later, TMZ’s cameras caught up with Gerard and asked him about Brandi’s comments. His reply? “Who’s Brandi Glanville?”

So, was Brandi lying? Or did Gerard just “forget” Brandi’s name? God knows. Brandi went to RumorFix and gave them an exclusive statement: “He called me last night and told me he said it. He is upset because he is a private person. I don’t lie so I don’t really care.” She also tweeted, “I don’t lie. So he can suck it!” And now there’s ANOTHER interview. LynnNChicago, a self-proclaimed “Real Housewives Expert,” sat down with Brandi for an extensive interview – you can read the whole thing here. There’s a lot of stuff about RHOBH, but I couldn’t care less. What I found interesting was the Gerard Butler stuff:

Brandi did admit to having a week long fling with Gerard Butler, he later denied knowing who she was but he certainly got the name right when he repeated it twice. (after the reporter said her name vaguely and while barely breathing.)

It was interesting that when Andy questioned Brandi further, it turned out her fling was during last season’s filming, how did Bravo’s cameras miss that?

Brandi told me that she’s spoken with Gerard on the phone and have had numerous text messages, she’s apologized to him and if she could take it back she absolutely would. ”If there is one thing I regret and would take back, it’s that!” (telling the world about their week long fling) Brandi told me that when Andy Cohen asks you a question his eyes are like truth syrum.

“His eyes get really big and you have to tell him the truth.” she laughed.

“One thing I am not, is a liar, I said it and I can’t take it back.” Brandi told me. ”What am I going to do now, go back and say I lied about it? No, I’m not going to do that!”

It’s out there and Gerard is going to have to deal with it. You can only apologize so much then you have to move on. Gerard tried to deny he even knew Brandi by telling a TMZ reporter, “Who’s Brandi Glanville?” but it was pretty clear when he repeated it the second time that he knows exactly who Brandi is. He overplayed his hand a bit! Yes, he’s upset with Brandi but as I told her, he’ll get over it! Two consenting adults, both single, they did nothing wrong so why deny it?

[From LynnNChicago’s Blog]

So she would take it back, although she’s not lying about it. Whatever. I’m struggling to understand whether this is a smart or a stupid PR move. Does it help Brandi’s image if everyone thinks she slept with Gerard and he just forgot her name? Or does it ultimately hurt her image? Ugh. I KNOW it hurts Gerard’s image. He’s going to have to drown himself in nameless amputee strange now.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

…And just like that, I’m back in love with Gerard Butler a little bit. Earlier this week, Brandi Glanville finally “dished” about her rumored hookup (or series of hookups) with Gerard Butler. They were allegedly “together” for a hot minute last year, and Brandi claimed that they had a week-long fling and she rated him an “11 out of 10” in the sex-making department. The Department of Boning? The Masters Class of Bangin’? Whatever. Anyway, Brandi said it and it was out there, for Gerard to confirm or deny. When he was way-laid by a TMZ video-razzi yesterday, he was asked about the hookup. His response? “Who’s Brandi Glanville?”

OK, so if he doesn’t know who she is and they never banged, then this is on Brandi. If they actually did have a fling, then Gerard’s just being rude. But isn’t it possible that they banged and he simply didn’t catch her name? I mean, the man loves strange. He goes trolling for strange as soon as he hit’s a new city. He picks up girls by the side of the road and bangs ‘em. He’s a flagrant womanizer, and you can’t expect him to remember every girl’s name, you know.

As for some of your comments on the earlier post that I seem to have fallen out of lust with Gerry – well, Fassbender has been taking up a lot of time and energy. But I still have a great deal of affection for this filthy Scottish man-slut.

PS… these are some new photos of Brandi “launching McDonalds Chicken McBites.”

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I’m so sorry that Kaiser is still recovering today and can’t cover this story, because we definitely need to get her take on it. Last night was the big finale of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. I haven’t been keeping up with the show, but I’ve read that it wasn’t as explosive as it the finale last year, which is good news I guess considering how uncomfortable it was. Well on “Watch What Happens Live,” Brandi Glanville got asked about the “most famous person” she’s hooked up with and she admitted to a week long fling with Gerard Butler. She says it was really good too, and rated him an “11.” We heard rumors about this in late August. Brandi was seen making out with Gerard at a “beach party” on August 27, and then in early September US Weekly ran a story that Brandi and Gerard were “friends with benefits,” well the benefits were short-lived, because Brandi admitted that they only lasted one very fun week together. Is that Butler’s limit or did Brandi blow it because she blabbed?

If you missed Watch What Happens Live last night on Bravo, then you missed a hook-up bombshell. Guests Lisa Vanderpump and Brandi Glanville of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills had to play a game, “Plead the Fifth,” and Brandi admitting to hooking up with a true Hollywood hunk!

“I have three questions,” host Andy Cohen explained on his show,” Watch What Happens Live. “You may ‘Plead the Fifth’ on just one question.”

1.) “If you could have ten minutes alone in a room with LeAnn Rimes and suffer no repercussions, what would you do or say to her?”

“Plead the Fifth,” Brandi said.

2.) “When was the last time you watched porn?”

“I don’t watch porn,” she said. “A year ago. Maybe. Randomly.

3.) “Who is the most famous person, besides Eddie Cibrian, that you have hooked up with?”

“I can’t Plead the Fifth,” Brandi said with a laugh. “Uh, Gerard Butler.”

Andy couldn’t control his excitment and had to keep asking Brandi more questions on her Hollywood hook up.

“Was that more than once? Was it a relationship?”

“No, no, no. It wasn’t a one nighter, it was like a little week of fun.”

Brandi explained the hook up happened in the last year over the summer. So, on a scale from 1 to 10 how fun was it?

“Eleven,” Brandi said with a big smile.

[From OK! Magazine]

I bet Butler is a hell of a lot of fun in bed, but we’ve seen some evidence and he doesn’t seem to be well endowed, not that it makes a “big” difference, I’m just putting that out there. I think that after learning that Kaiser moved on from Butler to Fassbender.

Good for Brandi for getting hers though. Not many of us would turn that down at all. You know that LeAnn is going to have a sh*t fit over this on Twitter, whether she refers to it directly or not. Maybe she already is reacting the only way she knows how – by being territorial. She’s been calling Brandi’s kids her bonus boys and getting her panties in a twist over people calling her out on it.

Here’s Gerard acting like a ham at the Golden Globes. Credit: WENN.com and FameFlynet. Brandi is shown outside Madeo on 12-11-11. Credit: PER/Fame Pictures

This has to be one of the most random stories, and one of the most random denials, in the entire history of celebrity gossip. Where to even start with this one? OK, you know how there are lots of rumors about Demi Moore “secretly” being into ladies? Something about Demi and Ashton being swingers, and they were always having threesomes with ladies and Demi might even prefer the company of ladies? I’ve always half-believed, half-didn’t care. It might be true, and if it is, more power to Demi. I hope she’s getting laid, you know? Anyway, The National Enquirer has a story this week in which they claim that Demi had a torrid affair… with Brandi Glanville. Random, right?

She filed for divorce from her husband of six years in November after claims he had cheated on her. But now it has been claimed that Demi Moore was herself unfaithful and it has been alleged she had a lesbian tryst with reality TV star Brandi Glanville.

It has been claimed the fling occurred in March 2009 at the Turks & Caicos island estate of Demi’s ex Bruce Willis, according to National Enquirer. The tabloid claims that the Real Housewives star bragged about the liaison to friends including Emma Heming, who was celebrating her marriage to Willis at the time of the alleged hook-up.

A source told the Enquirer: ‘After she got back home from the wedding, Brandi confessed to me, “I hooked up with Demi Moore.” Brandi was quite proud of what happened. She was bragging as she recounted every sordid detail. Brandi said they stopped what they were doing because Ashton interrupted them,’ the paper reported.

At the time of the claimed liaison Brandi was married to ex-husband Eddie Cibrian who was said to be in the next room at the time. Eddie Cibrian left the reality star for country singer LeAnn Rimes, whom he subsequently married.

Demi filed for divorce from Ashton in November and hinting at Kutcher’s infidelity, Demi said: ‘As a woman, a mother and a wife, there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life’.

However shortly after news of their split emerged there were reports that their marriage broke down, in part, because Demi was attracted to women. Comedienne Chelsea Handler seemed to echo the sentiments, speaking to Piers Morgan on CNN.

While she admitted she didn’t know them well personally, she said: ‘I think it’s pretty obvious that they’ve probably had a lot of open marriage type situations. I think they probably had a lot of good times with some other women… Clearly they had a lot of threesomes, that led to twosomes without Demi and that leads to a divorce. I absolutely feel for her.’

[From The Mail]

March 2009 would have been around the time that Us Weekly was getting ready to expose LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian’s affair – Us Weekly published those photos in April of 2009. I’m not saying there’s anything to it, I’m just clarifying the timeline.

In any case, Brandi denied the Enquirer’s story. She tweeted, “An untrue story is circulating that I had an affair with Demi Moore. While I have met her briefly and she is a beautiful woman, it’s 100 percent untrue.” I know Brandi has a lot of supporters here, but I kind of wonder if Brandi wasn’t the source of this rumor. Or did someone at The Enquirer just pull names out of a hat? Either/or.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

You know what? I generally come down on Brandi Glanville’s side in the whole “white-trash uncool Bermuda Triangle” situation, but this week’s Brandi-centric storyline is exhausting. First, Brandi “got married” in Las Vegas to her self-described BFF of 20 years, Darin Harvey. Her Twitter page was full of photos from her wedding night, and it really seemed like she and her girls had gotten hammered and Brandi thought it would be “fun” to marry Darin and then hang out with strippers. A day later, Brandi and Darin were both claiming that the “weddding” wasn’t really official and that it was just a ceremony with no paperwork. Okay… sure. But some of us still have questions. Questions like, “What was the purpose of this nonsense?” And “Drunken publicity stunt much?” And now there are new questions. Like, “Was Brandi screwing her best friend’s ex-husband?”

Brandi Glanville got married over the weekend in a spur-of-the-moment Vegas ceremony and RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned her new husband’s ex-wife is fuming over the stunt!

“She was my best friend until she started an affair w my ex hus Darin behind my back!!!!” Darin Harvey’s ex-wife, Michelle Harvey posted on her Twitter account Tuesday afternoon.

“All our sons are paying the price… BG marriage to Darin Harvey wasn’t funny to our son tanner!!!! She was my BFF until she stated [sic] affair w my ex husband!!!”

Although Brandi’s marriage to Darin isn’t legal because no paperwork was filed, Michelle doesn’t find it funny and is unleashing on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star.

“I was BG BFF for 12 yrs b4 betrayed by her n my ex Darin!” Michelle tweeted.
“Brandi doesn’t care about me or my son… But Darin should!!!!”

Michelle also goes on to allege that Brandi and Darin participated in the drunk wedding ceremony just for publicity.

“Darin told me they did it for the publicity!!! Pathetic fame wh*res. All 3 kids are devastated,” she wrote.

“They are both back peddling…Darin admitted to me it was her idea for publicity.”

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Brandi and Darin tied the knot at the Spearmint Rhino strip club on New Year’s night.

[From Radar]

OK, Michelle is mad because she was friends with Brandi and then Brandi slept with her EX-husband? Correct? Michelle isn’t claiming that Brandi homewrecked her marriage or anything, just that Brandi was boning Darin when he was officially single. I mean, sure, there are rules about boning your friend’s ex. But I don’t see the big deal in general.

Anyway, Brandi is denying the part about the “affair”. She tweeted, “I didn’t legally get married and I won’t ever again in my life. Our wedding was our first kiss! We are just friends.” Regarding the criticism she received, Brandi tweeted, “Marriage mocks itself. I believe anyone and everyone should be able to get married! Why not me? In my head I was just having fun with my best friend who I adore and has been there for me during all my tough times. I didn’t mean to offend anyone! I believe everyone should be able to get married and maybe even embarrass themselves in Vegas.”

I was looking through Brandi’s most recent tweets, and she seems to be on the defensive a bit more. She says that she’s “never hooked up with D” and that Michelle “is not my friend & hasn’t been in over a year. Very sad woman.” Blah. Whatever.

Photos courtesy of Brandi’s Twitter & WENN.

As everyone reported yesterday, it seems like Brandi Glanville sort-of, kind-of got married on New Year’s. She got “hitched” to her self-described “BFF” Darin Harvey, who… I actually find attractive. Us Weekly’s source says Brandi isn’t hittin’ that, though. The source claims that Brandi and Darin have been tight for 20 years, but they’re “like brother and sister. They’ve never hooked up. He came along with her to Vegas and they both got really drunk and thought it was a good idea at the time to get married… They kissed for the cameras and that was it. There’s nothing romantically there.” Damn it, Brandi! Get on that. He has a job and he’s not some 20-something fey boy. Hit it!

Anyway, as it turns out, there might not be a need for an annulment. Brandi told Us Weekly, “[We're] married! But to make it legal, I have to go to the courthouse today and I don’t think we’re gonna. Super fun though! We’re not gonna stay married. But it was a fun way to start out the new year!” She went into greater detail on her Twitter page, where she wrote stuff like, “We’re just friends! I will get married for real when everyone in the world that wants to can!” and:

“we got carried away by getting married! I didn’t realize what we did wuld affect Others so seriously! in my head I was just having fun w/ my best friend who I adore & has been there for me during all my tuff times! I didnt mean to offend anyone! I beleive everyone shud be able to get married & maybe even embarass themselves in Vegas . This yr has been Great for me in many ways! Im gr8ful for all the ppl I met thru RHOBV. Bare w/ me, Im gonna make mistakes, but I always learn from them! xob

[From Brandi’s Twitter]

So, there you go. Brandi and Darin had a ceremony, but they didn’t fill out all of the paperwork and such, so they’re not legally hitched or anything, and it won’t affect her child support or alimony, I guess. It was just a drunken extravaganza, with strippers and friends and lots and lots of alcohol.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Brandi’s Twitter.

I can’t help it, this story made me laugh. It seems like Brandi Glanville, ex-wife of Eddie Cibrian and current reality star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, went to Las Vegas for New Year’s, and she ended up getting married. Seriously, it was a Vegas elopement, and from the look of the photos, Brandi and her new husband were completely sh-tfaced.

Brandi Glanville is once again a married woman — but “not for long.”

The 38-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star tied the knot on a whim with Mixed Martial Arts manager Darin Harvey over the weekend, Us Weekly can confirm.

The former model, whose ex-husband Eddie Cibrian famously left her for LeAnn Rimes, informed fans of her new relationship status via Twitter Sunday: “I’m married again- suuuuuuck it!”

The newlyweds celebrated by visiting a strip club, Spearmint Rhino. “Honeymoons with strippers are the best!” Glanville tweeted.

Glanville, who shares two sons with Cibrian, added that Harvey is her “best friend” and she’s now an “official housewife, for reals.”

“After some beer and strippers he is now my husband,” she said. “No joke!”

Calling their union “a drunken BFF thing,” Harvey told his Twitter followers that their booze-fueled elopement won’t last. “I had a crazy Vegas moment,” he explained Sunday. “Getting annulled tomorrow.”

[From Us Weekly]

I’m including some of the photos from Brandi’s crazy, alcohol-fueled extravaganza. It really does seem like two friends just got wasted and decided it would be funny to elope. I hope that this incident doesn’t have longer-term consequences for Brandi, though. Would this affect her alimony or child support from Eddie, even if Brandi and Darin get it annulled?

Photos courtesy of Brandi’s Twitter.

Thank you so much for visiting, reading and commenting! Kaiser, Bedhead and I appreciate it and hope you’re having a great holiday. Let’s all raise our glasses to the year in gossip and best wishes for a happy scandalous 2012. Have an excellent New Year!

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