Wynonna Judd Reflects On Her Difficult Relationship With Mom Naomi Before Her Suicide Ahead Of New Album
The country singer says she has spent $500,000 on treatment and is raising her 4-year-old granddaughter while her daughter serves a 15-month sentence.
- On Friday, country music star Wynonna Judd releases her new album, "The Hard Truth," exploring her complex bond with her late mother, Naomi Judd, who died by suicide in 2022. The 62-year-old artist describes the creative process as "painful and healing."
- Songs on the album were partly inspired by Judd's daughter, Grace Pauline Kelley, 30, who is currently serving a 15-month sentence at Rockingham County Jail for driving with a suspended license. Kelley has a history of drug use and legal troubles.
- Raising Grace's 4-year-old granddaughter, Kaliyah, Judd has spent half a million dollars on treatment programs for her daughter's methamphetamine addiction. She raises Kaliyah with her husband of 14 years, musician and producer Cactus Moser, at their Tennessee home.
- Though estranged, Judd told PEOPLE she remains hopeful that Grace will eventually "find healing" and "quit blaming me." She said there comes a point when one must "take a look at yourself."
- The album also addresses deep-seated pain from Naomi's decision to conceal Wynonna's biological father's identity for decades. Wynonna stated she has forgiven her late mother "as much as possible," though she has "wondered a million times why she didn't tell me.
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Wynonna Judd Confronts Her Family Secrets
Each day, Wynna Judd would walk to the studio on her Tennessee farm, and each night, she'd "cry the whole way home." In new interviews with People and the New York Times, the 62-year-old country star writers making The Hard Truth —her first record in 10 years and "first ever...
Wynonna Judd Makes Rare Comment About ‘Devastating’ Estrangement From Daughter Amid Jail Sentence
Wynonna Judd opened up about her admittedly difficult dynamic with her estranged daughter, Grace Kelley. “Grace is my love, she is my daughter and I love her dearly,” Judd, 62, told People in a profile published Wednesday, September 30. “She’s got an addiction to meth, and it’s devastating.” Kelley, 30, is currently serving a prison […]
Wynonna Judd Reflects On Her Difficult Relationship With Mom Naomi Before Her Suicide Ahead Of New Album
Wynonna Judd is opening up about her “complicated” history with her late mother, Naomi Judd, as she releases The Hard Truth, her first album in over a decade. The music was shaped by years of love and hurt that resurfaced after Naomi died by suicide in 2022 at age 76. The 62-year-old country singer said […] The post Wynonna Judd Reflects On Her Difficult Relationship With Mom Naomi Before Her Suicide Ahead Of New Album appeared first on uIntervi…
Country music icon says daughter cut off contact after Alabama arrests: ‘Meth is a b----’
Wynonna Judd is channeling heartbreak into her music while raising her granddaughter as her daughter Grace Kelley serves time in a Virginia jail.The 62-year-old country music star told PEOPLE in a new cover story that songs on her album “The Hard Truth” were partly inspired by Kelley, 30, who has a history of drug use and is currently serving a 15-month sentence.
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Wynonna Judd reveals why she still carries anger toward late mother
Country singer Wynonna Judd has transformed years of emotional turmoil into her first album in more than a decade, offering an unflinchingly honest examination of her relationship with her late mother, Naomi Judd, Entertainment Weekly reports.
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