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Wynonna Judd is finally telling her story — even the parts that may be painful for her family to hear.
The country star revealed that she and her sister Ashley Judd are not speaking at the moment, explaining that the two are not “connected” at the moment and are focused on their separate lives.
“We’re taking a break that all families can relate to,” she told People. “She does her thing and I do mine.”
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Wynonna Judd revealed that she and her sister Ashley Judd are not currently speaking, saying they are “taking a break” while focusing on their separate lives. (Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Wynonna Judd shared the personal update while discussing her new album, “The Hard Truth,” which explores her complicated relationship with her late mother Naomi Judd, her long-held family secrets and her journey through anger and forgiveness. (Russell Einhorn/Liaison Agency)
The revelation comes as Wynonna prepares to release her deeply personal new album on October 2, a project that has prompted her to confront the complicated relationship she shared with her late mother, Naomi Judd, long-held family secrets and the anger and forgiveness she has struggled with over the years.
“I feel like this is the most honest and vulnerable time I’ve ever been,” she told the outlet about writing “The Hard Truth.” “It’s there for everyone to hear. So there are days when I’m like, ‘Oh my God, what have I done?’ And then other days I think, ‘There comes a time in your life when you are ready to tell your testimony.'”
Wynonna co-wrote the album alongside her husband, Cactus Moser. The music producer encouraged her to be vulnerable.
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Wynonna Judd said Naomi Judd’s years of battling severe depression and the secret she felt obligated to keep had devastated her, but insisted telling her own story was something she had to do. (Mickey Bernal/Getty Images)
“I knew it was going to be cathartic,” he told the outlet.
Wynonna rose to fame as one half of the mother-daughter duo The Judds, whose close harmonies and roots-driven sound helped define country music in the 1980s. Between 1984 and 1991, they scored 20 Top 10 country hits, including 14 No. 1 singles, and won five Grammy Awards, nine CMA Awards and seven ACM Awards.
But behind the Judds’ remarkable success is a mother-daughter relationship that Wynonna describes as filled with both deep love and turmoil.
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Wynonna Judd said the deeply personal project was the most honest and vulnerable work of her career, acknowledging that its revelations likely would have been painful for Naomi Judd to hear. (Jim Smeal Collection/Ron Galella/Getty Images)
“There was a lot of love there, a lot of drama but also a lot of love. It was really a paradox,” she said.
Part of that complicated dynamic, Wynonna said, stemmed from the struggles her mother faced behind the scenes — and the secrets she felt obligated to keep. Naomi suffered from severe depression for years before taking her own life in April 2022 at the age of 76.
“My mother had an illness, she had an illness. I kept it a secret and I was devastated by it,” Wynonna explained.
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“The Hard Truth” by Wynonna Judd will be released on October 2. (Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images)
Wynonna said Naomi’s death wasn’t what gave her the freedom to make such a personal album, insisting she would have told her story even if her mother was still alive.
“I think I would have been more determined,” she said. “This is my story and these are my feelings.”
Still, Wynonna acknowledged that hearing those feelings laid bare likely would have been difficult for her mother.
“I think it would be very painful for her. Very painful. But I also know that she knows me, that I’m so honest and so frank.”
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