Taylor Armstrong has exited The Real Housewives of Orange County after just one season.
The star, 52, made her RHOC debut this season, becoming the first of Bravo’s Real Housewives to switch from a different show, moving from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, where she was an original cast member.
She wrote on Instagram on Wednesday: ‘Loved spending time with the ladies of #RHOC and thankful I got to give the viewers an update on my life.
I’ve made some real friendships that I cherish. Wishing the ladies all the best for season 18.
P.S. Adding season 17 to my IMDb.’
Taylor Armstrong has exited The Real Housewives of Orange County after just one season.
She arrived on the show with a bang as she revealed to the group that she’s bisexual.
Over dinner, Tamra addresses both Armstrong and another new cast member – Jennifer Pedranti – asking, ‘Because some of the girls here don’t know you very well, tell us something that we don’t know.’
Taylor says, ‘Um, I’m bisexual,’ joking, ‘Now are you nervous about me being in the bunkhouse with you?’
She confirmed she had a five-year relationship with a woman before marrying her first husband, Russell Armstrong, who she was married to from 2005 until his death in 2011,
Taylor even joked about her five-year relationship with a woman that, ‘Hell, I know marriages that don’t last that long.’
Taylor adds in confession, ‘Most people are surprised to find out that I’m bisexual. Probably because just, like, stereotypes. I mean, it’s not something I broadcast, but I’m open to all people that have great souls and that you can love.’
Armstrong was an original cast member of RHOBH, starring in the first three seasons from 2010 to 2013. She later returned as a guest on the series in seasons four through six.
Her time on the series was fraught with personal drama as her marriage to Russell Armstrong ended with cameras rolling amid allegations of abuse.
She arrived on the show with a bang as she revealed to the group that she’s bisexual.e
OG: Armstrong was an original cast member of RHOBH, starring in the first three seasons from 2010 to 2013 and recently starred in season two of Peacock’s Ultimate Girls’ Trip (cast pictured L-R Jill Zarin, Taylor Armstrong, Tamra Judge, Vicki Gunvalson, Phaedra Parks, Brandi Glanville and Dorinda Medley)
The reality star claimed Russell became abusive while she was pregnant their daughter and said things got worse after Kennedy was born.
In her memoir, Hiding From Reality, Armstrong detailed Russell’s violent behavior during their marriage, which landed her in hospital after he suspected her of sleeping with a Chippendales dancer during Lisa Vanderpump’s daughter’s bachelorette party in Las Vegas.
At the time, tests on her battered eye – the result of Russell’s punch – revealed that 40% of the bone which supports the eye had been fractured and that Taylor would need reconstructive surgery which involved titanium implants.
Taylor had previously revealed that she wanted to be cast on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, in the hope Russell would control his temper.
Russell took his own life in 2011 shortly after Taylor filed for divorce.
Outside of the Housewives, in 2014 Taylor joined season four of the relationship rehab reality series Couples Therapy.
She also found unexpected viral fame when a screen grab from Housewives with Kyle Richards was used in a now infamous woman yelling at cat meme.
