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EXCLUSIVE: Russell Armstrong’s Grandmother Reveals His Final Moments

Posted on August 18th, 2011 at 3:57 pm
- Ferozan@rumorfix.com
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Russell Armstrong’s beloved grandmother, Jean Anders, was possibly the last person to speak to Russell before he ended his life on Monday. In an exclusive interview with RumorFix, Jean says she was very close to Russell and Taylor, and believes that their participation on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills led to the end of their marriage, and ultimately to Russell’s tragic suicide.

“We spoke on the phone on Friday night and he said ‘Grandma, I have the biggest decision to make, I’m out of options, I need help and I just don’t know what to do anymore’. And I told him to trust in Jesus, put your faith in him and it will be OK. And I said I was praying for him and he said he was praying too.”

She continues, “And then on Saturday at around 7 p.m. I spoke to him again, and he seemed much more calm. He said he had come to a decision at last. He said he was going to leave. And I thought he meant leave California, or maybe his marriage – I didn’t realize he meant he was going to end his life. I didn’t think he would ever do that.”

Jean says that despite online reports to the contrary, her grandson wasn’t the monster some in the press are making him out to be. “He was such a wonderful person, such a loving father and husband. He looked after his children, Aiden too. He loved them so much.”

As for his troubled marriage with Taylor, Jean adds, “He gave her everything. She used to be such a very sweet, normal girl but then they went on that show and he couldn’t give her what she wanted anymore. He told her they couldn’t afford it – when you start spending $6000 on a handbag, that’s a big problem. She would leave Kennedy with the nanny all day while she was filming, that’s all she did. She just got too involved and she was spending so much money.”

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While no one can argue that their relationship was trouble, Russell’s grandmother says their feelings for one another were certainly genuine. “They really did love each other very much. I’m sure there were spats, but I never saw him violent towards anyone. Not ever. My heart goes out to Taylor, I don’t think she really understands what has happened yet. It’s all such a shock. I don’t think she will ever find a man who will love her as much as Russell did and take care of her the way he did. His family was his life.”

As for how she’s coping with things, Jean reveals, “I have no bitterness in my heart. When things like this happen you just have to stand still and have faith. We all loved him so very much.”

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    • Cchjrj

      Family must not have been the most important thing in his life. If it was he would still be here. I believe people can only handle so much and he chose the easy way out. Sorry just my opinion.

      • Tiff

        Maybe he thought he was such a failure that his family would be better off without him? I think your opinion kind of sucks after someone just took there own life, kind of cold. Maybe you would like to explain your comment to his daughter? Thats just MY opinion.

        • cmf

          Couldn’t agree with you more Tiff.  Some people can be cold and callus, it’s just amazing that they can be that way in the wake of a person’s passing.

        • aemish

          Right??  Since when is suicide “easy’?  Can you imagine?  Horrific desperation more like.

    • Mrs. Smith

      Poor thing. God bless their family. 

    • diane

      I think there is a lot of blame to go around.  Let’s just hope people learn from this but unfortunately that rarely happens.  Bravo needs to end this series or at least change the way they target and then bully one or two people.  It was getting old even before this.  And the people that sing on (Taylor) should make sure they really think it out and realize that there will be a lot of bad.  You can only make it if everything in your life is really solid and theirs was far from it so she should have declined.  And I still am in shock she spent 50K for her 5 year old daughters BD party.  Why would you ever do that but esp. when your family is in dire financial situation?  That’s just plain stupid and selfish!!

    • Kengel77

      Suicide is the most selfish and arrogant thing a person can do. To kill yourself shows no regard for your loved ones. I think everyone is a good person in their grandma’s eyes, but people should not comment on what went on between a man and wife. Only those two people really know everything about their relationship. The guilt and pain Taylor feels is probably great, and a poor little girl is left fatherless. No matter what money troubles a person has, suicide is never an option. I feel bad for the pain he must have been feeling, but I feel much worse for the loved ones he harmed.

      • Wendt70

        Unless someone you care for deeply has chosen suicide as his or her demise; you haven’t a clue. My uncle took his life and it was a horrible day. He is an amazing man and I loved him like a father. I worried about heaven and hell and thankfully that turmoil was put to rest by our priest. There are many questions left unanswered but thankfully with the love and support of the entire family we all made it through…he is gone but never forgotten…

    • EffieBoots

      Cchjrj and Kengel77.  I think your posts are very cold hearted,  

    • Anonymous

      Some of us do know what it is like to lose a loved one to suicide; and it is truly unfortunate that others look for someone to blame for what is essentially mysterious.  Many in this world experience all sorts of trauma and horror; but don’t kill themselves.  No one is responsible for the CHOICE to end your life but you.  And it has been well-documented that some suicides–as evidenced by the circumstances of the death, the notes some leave, etc–want their deaths to act as some kind of “punishment” to those left behind.

      There is no person who is all bad; and we often show our best faces to some and our worst to others, especially our intimate partners.  Even if I had been inclined to abuse my partners; I certainly wouldn’t want my grandmother, mother, etc to witness it or even learn of it.  Some abuse victims coverup for their abusers; in part because they still love the person and have a false sense of shame–you see this all the time with abused children clinging to their abusive parents and not wanting to be separated from them; just for the abuse to stop.