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"Monday night&amp;apos;s season-two premiere of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was more heavily anticipated than most.\r\nFrom the first frame, the Bravo hit directly and immediately addressed the mid-August suicide of Russell Armstrong, the estranged husband of star Taylor Armstrong and father to Kennedy, their 5-year-old daughter.\r\n\r\nMinus Taylor, the core cast was shown gathering at the home of Adrienne Maloof on Aug. 29 to hash out the tragic news.\r\n&amp;quot;A lot of us have some guilt about not seeing this coming,&amp;quot; admitted a tearful Kyle Richards. But, she cautioned of Russell, who hanged himself at age 47 amid his crumbling marriage and financial woes: &amp;quot;You cannot feel responsible for that, nobody can. It was his choice. As difficult as that is, life goes on. It has to.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAnd the show goes on too -- but with major, ongoing alterations in light of Russell&amp;apos;s death.\r\n&amp;quot;We&amp;apos;ve completed editing on the first few episodes, but are still reviewing the rest of the season,&amp;quot; the show&amp;apos;s executive producer, Douglas Ross, tells Us Weekly. &amp;quot;Russell does not appear in the first several episodes. At this point, I can&amp;apos;t say if Russell will appear at all.&amp;quot;\r\nWhat scenes were definitely left on the cutting room floor for sensitivity&amp;apos;s sake? The premiere episode originally featured Taylor, 40, shopping for lingerie in an attempt to spice up her flagging marriage to Russell. &amp;quot;You&amp;apos;re not going to see anything like that,&amp;quot; a show insider says.\r\n\r\nOne scene that fans did see on Monday&amp;apos;s premiere was an awkward dinner moment at the Maloof house -- in which Lisa Vanderpump&amp;apos;s husband Ken Todd calls the Armstrong&amp;apos;s decision to try couple&amp;apos;s therapy &amp;quot;weak.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;Lisa was very upset that the producers weren&amp;apos;t taking out that part,&amp;quot; admits the insider.\r\nBut Taylor&amp;apos;s big-time meltdown -- &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m breaking!&amp;quot; she cries in a teaser for the season -- will indeed see the light of day later this season.\r\n\r\nIn the meantime, behind the scenes, the Housewives are rallying around their grieving friend.\r\n&amp;quot;They all asked that her story be handled delicately,&amp;quot; the source says. &amp;quot;This has brought them all much closer together.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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