Brandi Glanville, the former star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, recently found herself hospitalized after experiencing a significant health issue.

At 53, Glanville shared on her podcast that she attempted an unconventional remedy to tackle a cold she caught from her 18-year-old son, Jake.

Inspired by a TikTok video, Glanville decided to place a clove of garlic in her ear, believing it might alleviate her sinus congestion.

‘It really went down further and I had to go to urgent care the next day and get it taken out,’ she confessed on Brandi Glanville Unfiltered. 

“I was just trying to clear my sinuses,” she explained, cautioning, “Don’t trust everything you see on TikTok or other social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.”

Using garlic as a nasal remedy has gained viral attention, with claims that it can help clear sinuses.

Brandi Glanville revealed on her podcast that she landed in the hospital after sticking a garlic clove inside of her ear

Initially, Glanville inserted the garlic into her nostril, but she moved it to her ear after it began to irritate her skin.

‘It was burning too much so I moved it to my ear. It was like burning my skin because I’d just lasered it,’ she said. 

Doctors do not recommend putting garlic inside of your ears, nose, or anywhere else other than one’s mouth.  

Despite the setback, Glanville appears to be doing better these days after undergoing a ‘life-saving’ surgery to remove her ruptured breast implants.

Earlier this year, the mother-of-two went under the knife with Dr. Ariel Ourian to replace her leaky, ruptured implants – which she’d had for around 18 years.  

Glanville previously claimed that her face had been deformed by ‘parasites’ that she caught in Morocco in 2023 while filming The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club 2.  

The infection led to an extreme facial disfigurement, which Glanville spent around $200,000 trying to fix.

Last year she was informed that her ruptured breast implants had been blocking her lymph nodes, which was preventing her face from healing from the infection.

The 53-year-old recently showed off her new boob job after having her ruptured implants replaces in a ‘life saving’ surgery

The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star has been battling a facial disfigurement for the past two years

Speaking to TMZ about the ordeal, Glanville explained that she ‘definitely had a parasite,’ but that her implants were also ‘completely ruptured’ which had left her with silicone all over her lymph nodes.

She also spoke to In Touch Weekly, and said that a technician informed her that, ‘whatever’s going on in your face, it can’t drain because your lymph nodes are clogged with silicone’.

Glanville added, ‘It’s something that I could die from if I hadn’t figured it out.’

The reality star underwent the surgery in early February with Dr. Ourian, who gave her new implants after removing the old ones.

Although Glanville already feels much better since the surgery, she still insists that a parasite is the main cause of her many health issues.

The reality star has spent around $200,000 trying to fix her face

‘I’m paying out of pocket to see specialists, infectious disease doctors, you know, rheumatologists, like every doctor you can think of, I saw,’ she shared on the I Do Part 2 podcast. 

‘I went to 21 doctors and I’m telling you, $200,000 … the people at my insurance … let’s just say sucks.’

Glanville says that her ongoing health battle has destroyed her personal and professional life.

‘I haven’t had sex in three years. The whole time I’ve been sick because I’ve lost my confidence,’ she explained.

‘And I felt like I lost everything at once in a weird way. Like I lost my job, I lost my reputation, I lost my looks.’

Glanville was last seen on TV in season one of Peacock’s The Traitors in 2023.