Brandi Glanville’s son gets into USC as she makes jab about college admissions scandal

Brandi Glanville took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce that her oldest son Mason had been accepted into USC, while taking a comedic crack at fellow stars Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, who were both convicted for their actions in the college admissions scandal.

The 48-year-old reality star said, ‘Amazing news my baby got accepted to the University of Southern California and I didn’t even have to fake any rowing pictures or bribe anyone,’ adding emojis of a heart and hands in prayer.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum was lauded by her one-time Bravo co-star Heather Dubrow, who responded, ‘Congrats!!! THAT IS AMAZING! Although you’d look good in orange.’

Some felt the tweet was a cheap shot that revealed a character flaw in Glanville, who shares sons Mason, 17, and Jake, 13, with ex-husband Eddie Cibrian.

‘And this is her problem…she makes light of other to make herself feel valid,’ one user wrote. ‘Great news for the child but once again the mother uses it as another opportunity to knock others that made one mistake…where as she has made hundreds in public.’

The scandal remains a hot topic amid the release of a Netflix docudrama titled Operation Varsity Blues; and the book Guilty Admissions: The Bribes, Favors, and Phonies Behind the College Cheating Scandal from author Nicole LaPorte.

In the scandal, which broke in 2019, Huffman, Loughlin and Loughlin’s designer husband Mossimo Giannulli were all convicted as result of the federal probe dubbed Operation Varsity Blues.

In May of 2020, Loughlin and Giannulli both pleaded guilty in connection with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, admitting they paid an admissions fixer $500,000 to arrange for the University of Southern California to recruit daughters Isabella Rose, 22, and Olivia Jade, 21, onto the school’s rowing team, despite that they had no background in the sport.

Huffman admitted to paying admissions official William Singer $15,000, via his nonprofit Key Worldwide Foundation, for a proctor to correct wrong answers on her daughter Sofia’s SATs. The Emmy-winning actress shares daughters Sofia, 20, and Georgia, 19, with husband William H. Macy.

Huffman appears to be on the comeback trail, as she’s been cast in an ABC comedy about a minor league baseball team, Deadline reported last fall.