Wynonna Judd Admits She Feels ‘Incredibly Angry’ Following The Death Of Mother Naomi Judd
25.09.2022 - 19:25
/ etcanada.com
Wynonna Judd is speaking out for the first time since the death of her mother, and music partner, Naomi Judd in April. During a sit down with “CBS Sunday Morning”, the 58-year-old country music superstar revealed that she still feels anger following the loss of her mother.
“Incredibly angry,” she said. Adding that she doesn’t think that the feeling will pass “not for a while.”
Wynonna revealed that her anger stems from not being able to help her mother — prior to her taking her life.
“I did not know that she was at the place she was at when she ended it,” she said.
“Because she had had episodes before and she got better. And that’s what I live in is like, was there anything I should have looked for? Or should I have known I didn’t?”
Naomi died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in her Tennessee home on April 30. She was 76. Wynonna said that she made it to the house to see her mother, after her sister Ashley discovered her body.
“I got the call, and I went over, and I saw her,” she shared about the moments following her mother’s death.
“And I said goodbye to her in the hospital and I closed her eyes, and I kissed her forehead. And that was that. And next thing I know I’m sitting here on the side porch. And I’m just trying to figure out what’s next.”
Wynonna admitted that although her mother is gone, she still feels her presence.
“I feel her nudging me and sometimes,” she said. “I laugh and sometimes I say ‘I really miss you, why aren’t you here so we can argue?’”
Wynonna and Naomi — who went by The Judds onstage — had a tumultuous relationship at times.
“We were incredibly close, and then she’d get mad at me… and we’d not get along and be disconnected and then we’d come back together and hug and cry,” she said.
“It was