Taylor Armstrong
Taylor Armstrong (born Shana Lynette Hughes; June 10, 1971) is an American television personality and socialite. From 2010 to 2013, she was a starring cast member on the first three seasons of the Bravo reality series "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills". Armstrong also made guest appearances during the fourth through sixth seasons between 2013 and 2016. Armstrong is due to feature in Season two of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip filmed in September 2021. Biography. Armstrong was born Shana Lynette Hughes in Independence, Kansas, on June 10, 1971. Her family later left Kansas for Tulsa, Oklahoma , where Armstrong attended Union High School and was a cheerleader. She graduated in 1989. She later changed her name to Taylor Ford and moved to Beverly Hills, California, after starting her own e-commerce business. She met her future husband, venture capitalist Russell Armstrong, at a local restaurant in Beverly Hills while waiting to be seated. The two married less than a year later and gave birth to their only child, a daughter named Kennedy Caroline Armstrong, who was born in 2006. Armstrong first appeared in the public spotlight in 2010, as part of the cast of the Bravo reality  television series "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills". During the series' run, Armstrong's appearance on the show was plagued by rumors of financial issues and domestic violence, and she later confirmed that she had been physically abused by Russell Armstrong and had to undergo reconstructive surgery for an orbital fracture after being hit by him. In July 2011, after the filming of the second season of "Real Housewives", she filed for divorce, citing verbal and physical abuse. The next month, her estranged husband died by suicide; she found his body on August 15, 2011, dead from an apparent hanging , at a home he rented on Mulholland Drive following their separation. Armstrong is currently married to John Bluher, an attorney, whom she wed on April 4, 2014, in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. Armstrong is due to star in Season two of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip. Filming was completed September 2021 at Dorinda Medley’s Blue Stone Manor in The Berkshires. Internet meme. In 2019, a screen-capture of Armstrong on the second season of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" was used in an Internet meme called "woman yelling at a cat". The meme depicts an upset  Armstrong during a heated discussion about her husband's alleged abuse juxtaposed with a photograph of a cat named Smudge. Armstrong reacted positively to the meme.