'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills': Taylor Has A Black Eye (VIDEO)

The well-documented tragic conclusion to the Armstrongs' marriage -- Russell committed suicide in August 2011 -- has made this season of "The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills" (Mon., 9 p.m. EST on Bravo) hard to watch at times.

On last night's episode Taylor Armstrong arrived at Lisa Vanderpump's party with what looked like a black eye, covered by make-up. "Is this what it took for you to leave?" Lisa asked her.

Taylor, who publicly accused Russell of domestic abuse in July 2011, then explained to the other "Housewives" what had happened. "We had been fighting for a couple of days prior, we got into a big fight, and things got physical, and I got hurt."

Explaining why she had stayed with Russell, a distraught Taylor said that "I wanted it to work. Even though it's so sick." After hearing how she hadn't felt like she deserved better, the other women rallied around and guaranteed her their support.

"The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills" airs Mondays, 9 p.m. EST on Bravo.

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Comments

[nawlinznative]

04:58 PM on 04/19/2012

i think i would come seriously close to punching some of these housewives in the face too. ridiculous wastes of humans. why do i watch? i'm a psych major. great stuff for subject matter.

[mtknibbesr]

02:13 PM on 01/24/2012

TAYLOR IS A PERSON WHO NEEDS MANY FRIENDS AND A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL HELP. NOT TO MENTION, AN INFUSE OF MONEY. SHE IS FINANCIAL STRAPPED. IF YOU WANT TO HELP HER, BUY HER BOOK. THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. I DON'T KNOW HER BUT I'D LIKE TO HELP HER. MY HEART BREAKS FOR HER. I REALLY THOUGHT WITH ALL OF THE WELL-HEELED FRIENDS SHE HAS THAT THEY WOULD BE HELPING HER, BUT FROM WHAT I HEAR AND READ, SHE IS HARD UP FOR MONEY. I KNOW SHE IS HAVING A ROUGH TIME. IT'S VERY SAD STORY.

[nawlinznative]

04:59 PM on 04/19/2012

you reap what you sow. God bless her. may she find him.

[Mellowcat]

12:03 PM on 01/20/2012

I dunno laurenproof12..repetitive much?? You're starting to sound like a FOT (Friend of Taylor) or the president of the wack jobs fan club...or better yet, maybe Taylor herself..we all know how much she likes to change her name and create her own mythology. I know that these shows are not necessarily taped in the order presented, but why didn't Taylor have a black eye when she was lunching with Dana? The lunch was while the other housewives were in Hawaii, and supposedly just prior to the Sur event...

[kellyspeaksinfo]

10:46 PM on 01/19/2012

Well there are some questions that need to be answered... First Russell moved out in June, she filed for divorce in July and he died in August... Throughout this time, there is no evidence of any bruises and neither the women nor Bravo make any statements that they can verify her story.. Now the opening for Sur Lounge was September 22, and what is being reported is they had to delay the opening because of Taylor's injuries, because she was in a hospital for a month, after Russell beat her up... But that doesn't add up because he died on August 15th and she had a black eye on September 22nd... Some photos that have emerged show that she possibly had cosmetic surgery, and the black eye is from some form of lasix surgery, that she had... The fact that she wanted the girls to see her black eye, so they would believe her.. Well that doesn't make any sense either because they all went to the funeral, so they would have seen the black eye then, if she had one...Whatever the reason, the time frame does not add up to Russell giving her the black eye...

[sunnielynn2]

01:23 AM on 01/18/2012

she should blame her self for her husbands death, tellin the world their buisness, Im sure half of it was lies, puttin their most deep issues out for the world to see... Making him look like a monster and having to hear about it every where he went.....All we heard and hear from her is her annoying ass is crying, how awful her life is, I cant see how any show would want to put a Debby Downer on. I cant believe the other housewives would even invite her to their social functions..That winey party pooper would drive me to wanting to kill myself.........

[sandc411]

11:19 PM on 01/17/2012

since when does a therapist take out a client on a date?

[Trisha57]

10:08 AM on 01/26/2012

Highly unethical, to say the least.

[clematisvine]

04:55 PM on 01/17/2012

It will take a while but I hope she can pull her life together and her daughter's. God Bless them both.

[Yeah I did]

04:52 PM on 01/17/2012

Bad reputation, no self respect, no dignity. No problem, but a black eye? Arrrrgh!!!

[dmm1047]

04:05 PM on 01/17/2012

What's the other side of the story? I wouldn;t trust any of these psychos to walk my dog. These are some sick phonies.

[laurenproof12]

04:28 PM on 01/17/2012

Before Russell killed himself he was quoted in People magazine admitting to knocking her around at times. Google it.

[tsunamicoming]

03:54 PM on 01/17/2012

Taylor is out for publicity anyway she can get it. One can smell a con a mile away.

[sweetpea10]

03:51 PM on 01/17/2012

I don't know what to believe. I mean when she was around the other housewives they say they never saw any bruises and then after their legal advisers tell them to stay away from her and Bravo doesn't film her as much after that whole incident when kyle wouldn't allow her to come into her house party than she splits from her husband and shows up at this event with a black eye. I mean this was the 1st time they saw any physical evidence, but than again she could be lying looking for attention. I don't think anyone will ever really know.

[James F Barry]

02:44 PM on 01/17/2012

MOB WIFES..................now thats drama.......lol

[TMS333]

03:45 PM on 01/17/2012

You;re so right, James! I love my MOB WIVES....those women are whacked! It's like a bad wreck----you can't stand to look, but you can't take your eyes off it either. Love the comment friend!

[sparkybrown7877]

04:23 PM on 01/17/2012

OMG! Love to see them kill each other, lol, they are NUTS! Drama all the way around! lol

[vampyreangelus]

02:43 PM on 01/17/2012

As much as she lies she may have done it for sympathy.

[laurenproof12]

04:30 PM on 01/17/2012

That's terrible.

Russell was quoted in People Magazine, before he died, stating he knocks her around. Google it.

[Mister Serene]

02:04 PM on 01/17/2012

Heard Taylor is dating already. If this is true, she is truly a train wreck.

[sandc411]

01:54 PM on 01/17/2012

hey what's with the cheesy music? budget issues??