Taylor Armstrong, 51, chatted exclusively with DailyMail.com while attending BravoCon2022 and revealed that the number one topic people want to know about is her infamous viral cat meme.
Armstrong said she's constantly asked by reporters and by fans about the meme but she had no idea the image of her was actually taken from a DailyMail.com article.
The 'woman yelling at cat' meme, which first went viral in 2019, sees a screenshot from an episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills of Armstrong yelling paired with the face of an impassive cat named Smudge.
Meow! Taylor Armstrong, 51, chatted exclusively with DailyMail.com while attending BravoCon2022 and revealed that the number one topic people want to know about is her infamous viral cat meme
'It's the most bizarre thing on the planet. I have no idea where it came from,' Taylor said of the meme. 'I've been interviewed about it so many times and I never knew where it originated, so I don't know where the meme came from.'
The irony of ironies, the screen shot of Taylor screaming was actually taken from a DailyMail.com recap of a 2011 episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
'No way!' Armstrong was shocked to learn the origin of the photo. 'I never knew that came from DailyMail.'
She laughed and pointed - just like she does in the meme - and exclaimed: 'Well, I blame you, DailyMail!'
'It's the most bizarre thing on the planet. I have no idea where it came from,' Taylor said of the meme. 'I've been interviewed about it so many times and I never knew where it originated, so I don't know where the meme came from.'
The Bravo star totally embraced the viral internet fame that came from the meme and even knows Smudge the cat.
'Now I am actually friends with the cat's mother and we have a relationship,' she said. 'The Cat has 1.6 million Instagram followers and an agent. So that's the craziest thing that's ever happened to me.'
While the viral moment is in jest, the story behind why Taylor was yelling in the episode is far darker.
In season two of RHOBH, Taylor confronted Camille Grammer at a party in Malibu after Grammer sounded off on Taylor's troubled marriage and claims of abuse at the hand of her then husband Russell, who later died by suicide.
Origin story: The irony of ironies, the screen shot of Taylor screaming was actually taken from a DailyMail.com recap of a 2011 episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
The meltdown actually caused such a scene that the party's host, Brandi Glanville, had to kick Taylor out.
Armstrong recently returned to the Housewives franchises, swapping a diamond for an orange as a friend on the new season of Real Housewives of Orange County.
The blonde beauty was one of more than a hundred Bravolebrities who descended on New York City last weekend to attend BravoCon2022.
Bravoland welcomed fans into an immersive experience with legendary memorabilia from zillions of iconic show moments.
'Now I am actually friends with the cat's mother and we have a relationship,' she said. 'The Cat has 1.6 million Instagram followers and an agent. So that's the craziest thing that's ever happened to me.'
The three-day weekend put forth over 60 live events that gave devotees unparalleled access to the Bravo universe.
Fan favorites from across franchises like Teresa Giudice, Kandi Burruss, Erika Jayne, Kyle Richards, Tamra Judge, Cynthia Bailey, Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, Tom Sandoval, Tom Schwartz, Golnesa 'GG' Gharachedaghi, Josh Altman, Captain Sandy Yawn and Christian Siriano are among the more than 100 stars that took part.
Andy Cohen also hosted five episodes of his hit late night show, Watch What Happens Live, from BravoCon this year and welcomed fans for the first-ever WWHL Presents: Andy's Legends Ball.
While the viral moment is in jest, the story behind why Taylor was yelling in the episode is far darker: In season two of RHOBH, Taylor confronted Camille Grammer after Grammer sounded off on Taylor's troubled marriage and claims of abuse
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