Will Taylor Armstrong Return To 'Real Housewives'?

Following her tumultuous year, will Taylor Armstrong return for another season of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills"?

The reality star stopped by Access Hollywood Live on Thursday, where she chatted with Billy Bush and Kit Hoover about her future in front of the cameras.

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"We're gonna see. We haven't been picked up for a third season, so were gonna see how the year plays out," Taylor said when asked if she would return to the hit Bravo series.

Taylor explained that the suicide of husband Russell Armstrong, whom she was divorcing at the time of his death, is something she still deals with every day.

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"I spend sleepless nights trying to figure it all out," she said. "I haven't been able to put all the pieces together, but I think there were some bigger things at play... I'm gonna talk about a lot of it later."

"On the show?" Billy asked.

"No, just in life," she continued, adding that her emotions surrounding the tragic situation can come up at any time. "Sometimes I'm just curling my hair and I start to ball. It just comes out of nowhere. I'm just keeping myself busy to avoid feeling a lot of it... Sometimes you just break down and cry."

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Taylor, who told Billy and Kit that daughter Kennedy is her "focus" at the moment, said dating is not on her radar.

"I'm not ready, I just need to focus on me and Kennedy and my friends," she explained. "I'm just trying to get strong as a woman."

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In addition to "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," which airs Monday's on Bravo at 9 PM, Taylor is hosting a Bravo/Ciroc Vodka-sponsored New Year's Eve event in Chicago. Other Real Housewives" franchise stars will also be hosting events in Houston, Miami, New York and Los Angeles to celebrate 2012.

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Two funerals planned for "Housewives" star Russell Armstrong (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Russell Armstrong, the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" husband found dead by suicide Monday, will receive two funeral services -- one in Los Angeles and one in Texas, his attorney confirms to TheWrap.

The plan for dual services follows a bitter dispute between Armstrong's family, who wished for the reality-TV personality to be buried in Texas, and his widow, "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Taylor Armstrong. Friday night, attorney Ronald Richards told TheWrap that Taylor had divulged the funeral plans to a relative of her estranged husband at 4:30 p.m. -- after Richards publicly said she was not sharing the funeral plans with his family.

Armstrong's family grew increasingly angry as they waited for word on the service, Richards said.

"His sister specifically said Taylor can go to hell," Richards told TheWrap. "They're past the mad point."

According to Richards, it's not yet certain if Armstrong's family will attend the Los Angeles funeral.

"The remains will be given by myself or to his nephew or mother to be flown back to Texas," he told TheWrap. "If his mother or nephew attend the L.A. service, they will take them back. If they don't, I have agreed to return them to Texas."

Armstrong, a venture capitalist, was found dead in a Mulholland Drive residence Monday night. The Los Angeles County Coroner determined that his death was a suicide by hanging. He was 47.

Armstrong, who had been separated from his wife since July and had been experiencing financial and legal difficulties, was reportedly concerned about how he would be portrayed in the upcoming season of the series. His mother, John Ann Hotchkiss, told HLN earlier this week that her son had told her before his death, "Mom, they're just going to crucify me this season. I don't know what to do. I'll never survive it.'"

Bravo has confirmed that it is re-editing segments from the upcoming season of the series -- which was slated to premiere September 5 -- in the wake of Armstrong's suicide.

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Bravo to edit `Housewives' after Armstrong death (AP)

LOS ANGELES – Bravo plans to re-edit "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" after the death this week of the husband of one of the housewives.

"We have not made a decision to change our original premiere date but we are in the process of re-editing the show," said network president Frances Berwick.

The second season of the reality show that follows the lavish lifestyles of six women in Beverly Hills, Calif., is set to premiere Sept. 5.

Russell Armstrong, the estranged husband of TV housewife Taylor Armstrong, was found dead Monday of hanging. No suicide note was found.

The couple's marital troubles were a central storyline of the first season of the show and that was set to continue for season two. A copy of the season-premiere episode filmed months ago and provided to press last week showed Taylor Armstrong crying and sharing with the other housewives that she and her husband were going to counseling. She was also shown shopping for lingerie to help spice up the marriage.

Taylor Armstrong filed for divorce on July 15. Russell Armstrong had yet to respond to her petition.

Berwick did not specify how the show would change.

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"Real Housewives" to be tweaked after Armstrong suicide (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Reality show "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" is being re-edited following the suicide of Russell Armstrong, a Bravo cable channel source said on Friday, in an indication that the network plans to go ahead with the second season.

No decision has yet been made about whether the drama-filled show will premiere as planned on September 5, but the source said the process of re-editing has begun.

Bravo declined to say which parts of the show -- filmed earlier in the summer -- were being tweaked. But they are likely to involve appearances by Russell Armstrong, whose crumbling marriage to "Housewives" star Taylor Armstrong was expected to be a dominant theme of the upcoming season.

The 47 year-old venture capitalist was found hung by an electrical cord on Monday a month after his wife filed for divorce citing verbal and physical abuse.

Russell Taylor was also facing huge financial problems and his mother said this week that her son feared the new season was going to "crucify" him.

The original second season opener shown to TV journalists had Taylor Armstrong talking about being in marriage counseling and shopping for sexy underwear in a bid to improve their relationship.

"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" features the lives of six wealthy women and is one of the most popular of the drama-filled "Real Housewives" franchises.

Armstrong's suicide stunned Hollywood, and claims by friends and family members that his suicide was prompted partly by the pressure of being on the show have only attracted more interest in the new season.

(Reporting by Jill Serjeant)

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Coroner confirms "Real Housewives" husband suicide (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The husband of Beverly Hills "Real Housewives" television star Taylor Armstrong committed suicide by hanging, coroner officials said on Wednesday.

An autopsy on Russell Armstrong, 47, also found no preliminary traces of drugs or alcohol in the body of the venture capitalist who died on Monday, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office said.

No suicide note was found with his body.

Armstrong's death came three weeks before the scheduled start of the second season of the reality TV show about six rich women in Beverly Hills.

Taylor Armstrong had filed for divorce in July and her husband was facing a $1.5 million breach of contract lawsuit. His lawyer told reporters on Tuesday that Russell Armstrong was facing huge financial problems and said the apparently wealthy couple were living way beyond their means.

Cable channel Bravo has yet to say whether it will go ahead with "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" as planned on September 5, or how it will deal with the tragedy on screen.

"We're all still trying to process yesterday's very sad news, and looking at how to proceed with the series, which has finished primary production and was set to premiere on Labor Day. We'll let you know what we decide when we do. In the meantime, we're sending our thoughts and prayers to Taylor and the rest of Russell's family," Bravo's original programing executive Andy Cohen said on his blog on Wednesday.

The marital problems of Taylor and Russell Armstrong emerged in the first season of the show earlier this year, and were expected to be a key theme in the upcoming season.

(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)

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Suicide rocks Beverly Hills "Real Housewives" (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The estranged husband of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" cast member Taylor Armstrong has been found dead in what police on Tuesday said appeared to be a suicide.

Venture capitalist Russell Armstrong was found dead on Monday evening at a house on Los Angeles' famous Mulholland Drive, a Los Angeles police spokesman said.

Celebrity website TMZ.com said Armstrong, 47, was found hanging in a bedroom. Police could not confirm details but said Armstrong's death was being treated as an apparent suicide.

Armstrong's wife Taylor filed for divorce in July and her struggle to keep her six year marriage alive was expected to be a key theme in the second season of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills", which is due to start on September 5.

Russell Armstrong was hit with a $1.5 million breach of contract lawsuit in July by a company that claimed it hired him to expand its business but alleged he had misused the funds to redecorate the mansion he shared with his wife.

Armstrong's lawyer Ronald Richards told TMZ on Tuesday that Armstrong had huge debt problems, but Richards said he had no idea Armstrong was depressed.

"His credit cards weren't working...He had tremendous financial problems," Richards was quoted as telling TMZ. "He was also extremely bummed out about the divorce with Taylor."

Taylor Armstrong told People magazine last month that the couple had explosive arguments and accused Russell of pushing and shoving her. Russell Armstrong admitted things had become heated but told People "this (TV) show has literally pushed us to the limit." The couple have one young daughter, Kennedy.

The popular reality show about the lives of rich and pampered women in the Beverly Hills area was filmed over the summer.

"All of us at Bravo are deeply saddened by this tragic news. Our sympathy and thoughts are with the Armstrong family at this difficult time," the cable TV channel said in a statement.

Fellow "Housewives" cast members were stunned by the news. Camille Grammer, whose divorce from "Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer played out over the first season of the TV show, said in a Twitter message, "My sympathy and condolences go out to Taylor and Kennedy. My thoughts and prayers are with them."

Danielle Staub. a cast member of the New Jersey version of the TV franchise, said in a Twitter message to Taylor Armstrong "Love and prayers to you and your family. I pray your privacy will be respected in this great time of need!"

(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)

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