Singer Wynonna Judd paid tribute to her late mother Naomi Judd during the 2023 CMT Awards performance on Sunday night.
On April 2, live from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, the 58-year-old country star gave an emotional performance of Foreigner’s “I Want to Know What Love Is” with Ashley McBryde.
In the middle of her performance, Wynonna pointed to the sky and said, “Mom, you need to be here” while remembering her late mother Naomi Judd, who killed herself at the age of 76 in May 2022.
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The performance was especially emotional, as the 2022 CMT Awards marked Naomi’s last public appearance. During last year’s ceremony, Naomi and Wynonna, who once performed together as the country music duo The Judds, performed their hit song “Love Can Build A Bridge.”
On Sunday evening, Wynonna spoke with Entertainment Tonight before her performance. “I will use my time to talk to anyone out there who is struggling,” he said. “It’s an opportunity to help someone.”
Wynonna also said that it was a “bittersweet time” and noted that her grandson will celebrate his first birthday in April without his grandmother there to celebrate. “I had both the agony and the ecstasy going on,” Wynonna explained.
Wynonna Judd Creates New Song ‘Broken and Blessed’ To Honor Naomi Judd
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At the time of Naomi’s departure, the fate of The Judds: The Final Tour was left up in the air. However, Wynonna quickly assured her fans that she would be performing on her own, with the help of legends in the country music community, such as Brandi Carlile.
In January, Wynonna revealed that she had created a new song called “Broken and Blessed” in the wake of Naomi’s death while preparing for the final show on The Judds: The Final Tour, which ended in February.
At the time, Wynonna told Entertainment Tonight, “I just wrote a song called ‘Broken and Blessed,’ and that’s how I feel on this tour,” adding, “‘I’m between hell and hallelujah’ is one of the lines on inside.”
Wynonna Says She’s Getting Closer With Sister Ashley ‘More’
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She also told the outlet that she finds comfort in her sister, actress Ashley Judd, as the two continue to mourn the loss of their mother together.
“I’m an orphan now, and I know it,” Wynonna said. “I also have a sister who is closer to me than before. It’s an amazing thing to have someone in your life that you’re so different from, but you can meet somewhere in the middle, and it works.”
In October 2022, Wynonna made it clear that there was “no dispute” over her late mother’s will, despite reports to the contrary. Almost immediately after her mother’s death, reports surfaced that Wynnona, 58, and Ashley, 54, were fighting over being kicked out of their late mother’s will.
Wynonna and Ashley Have No Plans to Contest Their Mother’s Will
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“Someone told me when I was at Ashley’s house, ‘Hey, do you know they’re saying this about you?’ I go, ‘Huh? I had a fight with Ashley? Oh. More?’” Wynonna told PEOPLE magazine at the time. “Fighting what? I have such a great life. Ashley has a great life. Why do we fight because of will?”
According to court documents, Naomi has appointed her 33-year-old husband, Larry Strickland, as the sole executor of her estate. Wynonna told the magazine that when Larry dies, she and Ashley will “break up” the estate, and thus has no plans to go against Naomi’s wishes.
“I’m the last one in this family – and if Ashley was here, I hope she would agree with me – who knows something like this,” he told the publication. “I wasn’t smart enough to go, ‘I’m going to contest the will.’ It never occurred to me.”
Wynonna And Ashley ‘Have More In Common Than We Don’t’
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Wynonna also admitted to getting a life coach to make sure her relationship with her sister is the best it can be. “Ashley and I are very different people, and we learned that we have more in common than we don’t,” she said. “That’s really interesting because when you’re young, you think there’s more of a divide. We had a really deep conversation the other day, and we got through it and nobody got hurt.”
“We’ve been able to implement the process our life coach gave us: communication, compromise and compassion,” Wynonna continued. “In my disagreements with Ashley and Mom, I never gave up on loving them, because I knew that behind it all, there was a place to meet and connect. I tell people: Try to find something you have in common. Ashley and I, when everything goes to h—, can play cards and hang out.”
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