Taylor Armstrong is finally coming to terms with her own reality.After a tumultuous time on this season of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," Armstrong finally cracked in one of the most memorable, bizarre breakdowns on reality TV to date.
The Housewife chatted with Andy Cohen on "Watch What Happens Live" after the episode aired Monday, admitting that she was "a trainwreck" during the disastrous get-together, and saying that at the time, "I was losing my mind...I was really terrified."
Armstrong, who launched into a frightful tirade against Camille and her friend Dedra before turning on all the other women in the house, said she was reacting against her fellow Housewife for talking about her domestic abuse issues on national television.
"For me, admitting that I was being abused on national television was something that I didn't think would ever happen," she told Cohen.
When asked how she felt as she watched her own meltdown after the fact, Armstrong remained composed.
"I see a woman who was out of control...about to go off the deep end," she said. "My biggest fears were unraveling. For me it was as though I lived my life for quite a long time with a boiling pot I was holding a lid on top of, and it was starting to boil over."
Armstrong also revealed that part of her frustration was rooted in fear for her young daughter's life - domestic abuse charges could have meant that Kennedy would be sent away.
And the 5-year-old already has enough to deal with.
According to an emotional Armstrong, Kennedy was actually with her when she discovered her husband Russell's body hanging at their friend's L.A. home.
"She knew something was bad. The first thing she said was, 'Did Daddy do something dumb?'" Armstrong recalled. "We talk about it a lot...It hasn't been easy."
But Armstrong, who also briefly promoted her new memoir, "Hiding from Reality: My Story of Love, Loss and Finding the Courage Within," is working hard to make life as normal as possible for her daughter.
"The cycle of violence in domestic violence is so hard to understand and I wanted people to see me for who I really am," she said. "And to understand that this started at a very young age for me, I ended up in this situation because of my own flaws and my own insecurities."source
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