‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’ Adds Former ‘Beverly Hills’ Cast Member Taylor Armstrong

variety.com:

Kate Aurthur editorTaylor Armstrong, an original cast member of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” is joining the upcoming season of the “Orange County” version of the franchise, though she won’t be a full cast member.

Armstrong — according to People magazine, which broke the news of her casting — lives in Orange County with her husband John Bluher and her daughter, Kennedy, now 16.“The Real Housewives of Orange County” premiered on Bravo in March 2006, and Armstrong is the first “Housewives” cast member to jump from one series to another.Armstrong appeared on the first three seasons of “Beverly Hills,” and has been seen on it since as a guest star, never leaving the Bravo-verse.

Of late, she starred on the recently concluded Season 2 of “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip,” as a member of the “Ex-Wives Club.” Armstrong’s time on “Beverly Hills” took place during a calamitous period in her life.

In August 2011, two weeks before the premiere of the second season of the show, her husband Russell Armstrong died by suicide, reportedly because of financial problems he was having.Right before he died, Armstrong had filed for divorce, citing verbal and physical abuse.