The exchange echoes a long, messy history: Rimes and actor Eddie Cibrian met on the 2009 set of Northern Lights and later began a relationship while both were married to other people. Rimes and Cibrian married in 2011. Glanville and Cibrian share sons Mason, 22, and Jake, 19.
Rimes has publicly addressed the scrutiny, telling Flow Space in July 2025 that she felt targeted but tried not to absorb all the public anger. Glanville has also said she prioritizes co-parenting and even spends holidays at Cibrian and Rimes' home, per a December 29, 2024, podcast episode.