Taylor Armstrong: 'I Wanted To Hug Russell’s Body, But They Wouldn’t Let Me'
Posted on Sep 22, 2011 @ 04:00AM
Taylor Armstrong’s no-holds-barred sit-down with Entertainment Tonight’s Nancy O’Dell continued Wednesday night, and things got even more emotional as the reality star spoke about her late husband, Russell Armstrong’s shocking suicide.
Russell was found hanging at a friend’s home on August 15, and Taylor was there when the gruesome discovery was made.
However, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star tells O’Dell that she didn’t actually see Russell’s body, despite wanting to take a last look at her estranged husband.
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"I did not [see his body] I asked the...and I'm sure a lot of people won't understand this...but I asked the emergency workers if I could go in and hug him before they took him away but they wouldn't let me,” a tearful Taylor shares. “I just felt like I needed to see him one last time, but they wouldn't let me."
Taylor also explains why she is still wearing her wedding ring, along with her late husband’s. "I'm now wearing his wedding ring and mine together. Right now I'm still doing anything I can to figure out how to get close to him. I still have the last shirt he wore before the night of and sometimes I sit in my closet with it 'cause maybe I think I'm gonna get insight or maybe I just need to feel close to him."
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Thankfully though, Taylor shares that her and Russell’s young daughter, Kennedy was not in the house when her father’s body was found. "Kennedy was (in the car) sitting on Julie's (Taylor's assistant's) lap pretending to steer and she said 'Julie, did my daddy do something dumb?' "
For the full interview tune into Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday — check local listings for time.
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The Daily Juice
Apr 13, 2012 @ 06:30
Traylor Trash was abusive on that show, and she continues to abuse the poor man after he's dead
Posted Thu, 09/22/2011 - 8:56am
Why would she want to hug him if he abused her?
Posted Thu, 09/22/2011 - 8:29am
I cant stand this crying drunk
Posted Thu, 09/22/2011 - 7:29am
She cant keep her stories straight. She said Kennedy was in the car the entire time.
Posted Thu, 09/22/2011 - 7:06am
ROL, PLEASE GOD STOP PUTTING THIS VERY SICK, AND UGLY, AND HATEFUL WOMANS VENOM ON YOUR WEBSITE. EVERYONE IS SICK OF HER HATEFUL AND VINDICTIVE LIES ABOUT HER POOR LATE HUSBAND.
Posted Thu, 09/22/2011 - 12:30am
I wish for her child that Taylor would take all of this private and work through it with a psychiatrist. Love your child enough to leave the show and public forum, stop selling and exploiting your child's father's death, seek help privately.
Posted Wed, 09/21/2011 - 11:07pm
She should follow his steps and kill herself. I'm sick of seeing this narcissistic drama queen playing this death up.
Posted Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:34pm
she's going to be on phuckwit phool's show tomorrow.
Posted Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:00pm
She’s from Oklahoma and she’s changed her name from Shana Hughes to Shanna Taylor to Taylor Ford to Taylor Armstrong.
Posted Wed, 09/21/2011 - 9:40pm
A complaint filed in July in Superior Court of California says Russell engaged in “self-dealing” and, “in concert with Taylor,” the couple “secretly funnel[ed]" money to themselves to fund their “lavish lifestyle.”
Posted Wed, 09/21/2011 - 9:38pm