Taylor Armstrong Talks In Detail About Being Abused

Tell it Taylor! Sorry that he committed suicide but he obviously had some hidden demons. Sad...

im sorry the dead are dead therefore they care not what we say about them. the armstrongs lived in a world of lies. and he was an abuser so really who cares about respecting him, he didn't respect his wife, his daughter, his mom or any female for that matter. i feel she can say whatever she likes but i don't see why she would publicize these things. her daughter is too young to understand what happen and in the age of the internet she will most likely hear what her mom says. to me there is no need for that not as a 5 yr old. to each its own??? good luck to her and her daughter they are going to need it.

Wyo girl, it doesn't matter when she spoke out about the abuse, even if she talked about it a day after his death it would matter little or nothing to most persons because she suffered in that relation trying to pretend all was ok. What respect would he have earned for her to not have his dirty deeds known to everyone, some persons get out of the abuse alive and some don't, not every abusive relationship is the same and not everyone who has been abused is damaged beyond reach, love does not break a bone, give a black eye or end up killing a person. Sometimes it can take a month or even 10 years before the abuse start but its what you do when it happens that matters, that is, will you take being abuse because of what friends/family/co-workers will say or will you defend your self the first time it happens, fighting back is all it takes sometimes for the other person to wake up! I have never been abuse and some may not approve of my thoughts on this issue but i' have seen it from both ends with friends/family members who stood up and those who put up with. Once the guy /girl threatens to cause harm, no questions ask or "i didn't mean to", just end it whether you love or not people move on when a relationship ends--some times, but it is what we humans do, move on.

I think she paid as much respect as she could by saying he was remorseful. However, given that she was abused, it was truly her story to tell any way she chooses. It's up to her how she advocates and whom she tells in whatever way she chooses.

It's time that we begin to shed more light on this issue anyway because some people clearly think that our country isn't experiencing it that much anymore--that it was isolated to the old gender roles of the 1950's. But I know FAR too many women who have lived through domestic violence and it's time we start speaking about this as a community and country.

i dont believe anything she said the abuse was from to much surgery it looks like she was in to her self more then anything

It makes me sad for both of them. I don't think it's too soon, anyone who has been in this situation or grown up with domestic violence, this is their life and their story, this is their now. All of the info is already out there and I think her talking about it is part of her process. She isn't slamming him, nor does she ever appear to be painting him in a bad light, he did that for himself. I don't think what she is doing at this point is disrespectful. She clearly loved him, mourns his loss, a broken heart. It's a terrible loss and situation to be in, and I hope she isn't left with guilt. Many survivors of domestic violence feel guilt if they've left the person and the abuser dies/kills themselves. Sounds strange, but it's true.

Some things need to be kept private, go to therapy in private. The whole world doesn't need to know your business nor do we want too. That's why those shows on Bravo, all need to cancelled. It's a shame what people do for money. Sadly enough abuse happens every day to many.

Unless you are a victim of domestic violence, you can not judge what one would do in the situation. Speaking from personal experience I was terrified if I left FOR YEARS that he would kill me. Abusive partners are both mental and phyiscal abusers. I think she has every right to come out and talk about the abuse now, its her right for people to understand, it also is part of the healing process for her. She may live with this for years. I'm still not completely over my ordeal and after almost 2 yrs I have stopped the finching in fear that I'm going to get hit. Luckily, now I am with a MAN...not coward and he has helped me through alot of it. She did the right thing. I'm sure after the MRI like her story says she was done with the marriage and ready to move on from an abusive relationship. Not sure what prompted his suicide but I think he couldn't handle what he had become. Just my 2 cents.....

Many things make a person stay in a relationship. First, the abuser is not only physically abusive but they also mentally abuse their victim. They tell the "wife" that they are "damaged" or that who would possibly believe them. And money and family. It's obvious that he was the bread winner and no one wants to believe that someone they love can be so hurtful. And the "honeymoon" stage, (after the abuse) the person cries,or threatens to take your children. It's so complex. No one wants to admit that they are in an abusive relationship. But it will never get better only worse. So if you are in an abusive relationship GET OUT !!! while you can

It amazes me that people are trying to find fault in the victim. She is a victim. No one has a right to hit another person. Unless you have experienced it, you have no clue on the mental impact it has on a victim. I had a very abusive husband and after that boyfriend. I didn't have any abuse in my house growing up. And these men are very manipulative. On the "outside" they are charmers, and people may even question whether or not the person is telling the truth. She obviously tried to make her marriage work, but in the end, the guy had mental problems, because no one in their right mind would kill themselves. So stop blaming the victim, and look at the real cause. A man with low self esteem.

Get down girl go 'head get down...

I'm not a big believer in "respect for the dead" myself. But I wonder why she is coming forward now that he can't defend himself.

i don't believe her. at all.

Its easy to make lewd accusations when the other party is defenselessly dead and cant argue anything, especially when she stands to profit greatly from any kind of PR. People are quick to accept stories like this because it is sensational and they WANT to believe men are bad and to blame.

She sucks is my thought. The media lives for stories like this. One sides stories are inherently bias and unbelievable.

AND THIS IS WHY WOMEN DON'T COME FORWARD ABOUT ABUSE OR RAPE.. because of comments like these.

you should all be ashamed of yourself.. just because she wasn't a perfect angel her entire life doesn't make it okay for someone to abuse her.. it doesn't become excusable to hurt someone EVER. and literally why would you lie about it? why go through the trouble of getting a surgery for it? did she also pay off the doctors who came forward about the surgery?

people, seriously, get lives. Instead of trolling comment boards with your disgusting hateful ideas of when someone is deserving or believable, read a book.. or learn to be a bit more compassionate or idk.. human?

good freaking morning.

i think she has got to be one of the ugliest women i've ever seen!! why does she have such a BIG BIG ugly mouth?? ick and eeewwwwww. maybe he was trying to slap the ugly off her face!!

I don't think I have ever seen a mouth that wide.It's a wonder she didn't swallow him whole.

My husband's ex-wife has a mentally and emotionally abusive husband (although he was physically abusive one point early on in the relationship and spent a weekend in jail for it). He says things like "If you spank my son again (her son too, by the way), I'm going to call the cops on you." He's also told my step-daughter that he'd rather see her in pain than take her to a doctor. Who knows why she stays? She has no job, so I'm sure she feels completely dependent on him. But she also chose to quit her job. I think for her it's three-fold. Again, she depends on him completely, at least monetarily. She probably also must feel that she isn't worth much, or she wouldn't put up with it. And the saddest reality, she stays with him to prove a point to all the people in her life, including her own family, who don't like him and never have. She will fight tooth and nail to prove that their marriage will work, even though everyone knows it's just a big mess. None of us understand why she puts her kids through that, but none of us can do anything about it either.

I do believe her, every word. I also understand why she wasnt talking about the abuse publicly when her husband was alive. It is very hard to admitt that you are abused in the relashionship. She probably felt ashamed and scared that he would harm her even more if she would go public with the abuse issue. Whatever he did to her, was wrong, and maybe thats why he is not alive anymore. She is a brave woman and if she got paid certain amount of money for her story, it is okay. They will make more money from her interview, advertisement during the program. So, girl, get that money and move on with your life. I admire you.

Yes abusers ask remorseful. They also don't stop. Suicide? I'm going with one less abuser in the world. Far better than killing someone else or end up getting killed by some police responding to a domestic violence call.

My ex-wife was an abuser. It's why I got a divorce.