LeAnn Rimes ‘holds Brandi Glanville directly responsible’ for failure of ‘Spitfire’

This Star Mag story was written before LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian’s VH1 reality show was confirmed. But the story is basically saying that the show is a go, and that “actors” are going to play Brandi Glanville and Mason and Jake Cibrian. Which is interesting. In Deadline’s exclusive about the reality series, sources confirm that the show will be about how LeAnn & Eddie “navigate their careers while also co-parenting Eddie’s two sons. It also promises for the duo to poke fun at what it’s like to be a high-profile couple with more than a little misinformation out there about them.” So will the show feature the real Mason and Jake or what?

LeAnn Rimes is looking to muscle in on archenemy Brandi Glanville’s territory, with a TV show of her own! A source reveals that LeAnn is keen on creating a scripted series based on her life with hubby Eddie Cibrian that would skewer Brandi. “Actors would play LeAnn, Eddie, the kids and Brandi,” explains the insider, noting that LeAnn is in “total meltdown” over the abysmal failure of her latest album, Spitfire, and blames Brandi entirely.

“LeAnn holds Brandi directly responsible for the album tanking because of all the bad publicity from their constant Twitter fights,” details the tipster. Brandi hasn’t minced words when it came to LeAnn’s album, sniping “These are the worst songs I’ve ever heard” – and it seems listeners agree: Spitfire sold a measly 10,798 copies in its first week.

But that’s not the only thorn in LeAnn’s side, admits the source: “To make matters worse, Brandi is flying high – her first book is a best-seller, and she’s already writing a second one!”

[From Star, print edition]

Sure. I believe all of this (except for actors playing LeAnn and Eddie because that would just be dumb). I think they’re really going to try to “cast” an actress to play “the horrible ex-wife who destroys the glorious Bonus Mother’s life by merely existing.” And it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that LeAnn blamed Brandi for the failure of Spitfire too. While I think Brandi played a small role in the failure of Spitfire (Brandi was giving interviews about it!), somebody needs to tell LeAnn that her publicity tour was just awful and no one really needed to hear “her side” of things because we’ve already heard her side for years.

LeAnn and Eddie released a statement to Deadline too, saying: “We are really excited to be working together on a unique show that will give you a glimpse into who we really are or better yet who we’re really not. We’re thrilled to partner with VH1 and The Gurneys to put our spin on a project full of love, humor and music.” Love, humor and music? Crap. LeAnn is going to be yodeling the whole time, you know it. It’s going to like her dumb Vine videos stretched into 24 minutes of dumb programming. And LeAnn had to chime in again on Twitter too, writing: “That’s a record! It was only 2 seconds before it got twisted LOL EXACTLY why we are doing the show. Good times to be had! Can’t wait!”