Taylor Armstrong: I Might Be Dead If Not For ‘Real Housewives’
Posted on Oct 17, 2011 @ 03:00PM
Taylor Armstrong made the startling claim Monday that she might not be alive if she didn't join the cast of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, as the six years of domestic violence she suffered at the hands of her late husband Russell could have escalated to deadly proportions.
"If cameras were not in my life, there's a good chance I wouldn't be sitting here today," Armstrong told KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, noting she could have died via murder or murder-suicide.
Armstrong said if the show wasn't filming, it's quite possible Russell's violent events could have even involved their 5-year-old daughter, Kennedy.
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"I'm thankful to be here especially for my daughter," Armstrong said. "Imagine if she had two less parents instead of one."
Armstrong said she feels she pursued a spot on the show "subconsciously" to allow her problems to be in the public eye.
"I was handed a very specific mission, by the grace of God, through a tragedy," Armstrong said.
Watch the video on RadarOnline.com
Russell, 47, was found dead at a Los Angeles home August 15. He is survived by wife Taylor and three kids: son Aiden (with ex-wife Barbara Fredrickson); son Griffin(with former fiancée Milette Fields); and daughter Kennedy (with Taylor).
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Bravo Mondays at 9/8c.
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Has anybody considered that she pushed him to the edge with her lavish spending and hoped he would strike her so she could back up her claim and remain relevant to the show and once he did, he couldn't live with himself?
Posted Wed, 11/23/2011 - 8:11am
Nothing she says adds up...she was in Dallas in September dating a member of the A List Dallas cast. Dispicable that she speaks ill of the dead, only after the fact. Photos were from surgery not abuse!
Posted Wed, 11/23/2011 - 8:08am
it's awful if its true but you really shouldn't speak poor of the dead.. he has family who love a mother I presume... she really needs to shut up for awhile
Posted Tue, 10/18/2011 - 6:38am
No one can milk a dead man like this super slut.
Posted Tue, 10/18/2011 - 4:45am
If she were drowning, all she'd have to do is keep her lips above water to stay afloat
Posted Tue, 10/18/2011 - 4:30am
Who cares!!! Go away SKANK!!!! ,date Jon Gosselin or something...
Posted Tue, 10/18/2011 - 1:15am
I'm glad to see Taylor/Shana isn't fooling most people. She'll fade fast.
Posted Tue, 10/18/2011 - 12:40am
This woman really needs to shut up about her deceased husband, this is so far beyond bad taste that I can't even think of a word for it!
Posted Mon, 10/17/2011 - 11:59pm
He most likely abused her the only thing about this that disgusts me is all the negative comments regarding abuse. Let her live her life. He took his life away...not her!
Posted Mon, 10/17/2011 - 7:50pm
Wow, that's a post-hubby's-suicide facelift. She must have rushed into the surgeon's office just as her late hubby's creditors were catching up with her!
Posted Mon, 10/17/2011 - 7:45pm