{"id":7344,"date":"2024-06-28T14:31:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T14:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/?p=7344"},"modified":"2024-06-28T14:31:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T14:31:30","slug":"wynonna-judd-says-she-still-talks-to-late-mother-naomi-while-performing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2024\/06\/wynonna-judd-says-she-still-talks-to-late-mother-naomi-while-performing.html","title":{"rendered":"Wynonna Judd Says She Still Talks to Late Mother Naomi While Performing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wynonna Judd recently opened up about how she still feels her late mother’s presence when she’s performing. Judd and her mother, Naomi, comprised the Grammy Award-winning mother-daughter country duo The Judds, which they formed in 1980. During a recent interview with US Weekly<\/em>, Judd was asked if she still talks to Naomi, who died in April 2022. Judd said, “I do. Onstage, I look up a lot because I see angels. Now, I do it with Mom. I’m like, ‘What the hell are you doing? Where are you, and why are you not here? And why are we not singing together again?'”<\/p>\n

The “I Saw The Light” hitmaker told the outlet that she feels closest to Naomi onstage and when she is spending time with her granddaughter, Kaliyah, whose mother is Judd’s 27-year-old daughter,\u00a0Grace Kelley.\u00a0Judd is currently taking care of the 2-year-old for Grace, who has been embroiled in a string of legal troubles. Judd said of Kaliyah, “She carries a picture of Mama around and a picture of her and her mom. I talk to her about them and say, ‘They love you very much.'”<\/p>\n

Naomi died by suicide at age 76 on April 30, 2022, the day before she and Judd were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. While speaking with US Weekly<\/em>, Judd reflected on how she is coping with the loss of her mother two years after her death. She said, “I\u2019m in a really good place. I\u2019ve worked on forgiveness and my anger and frustration with suicide. [At a fan club party] last night, everyone had on Judds’ T-shirts from the \u201980s and \u201990s. I thought, \u2018I have a choice. I can either be better or bitter.\u2019 My grief comes and goes. I see it as a gift in terms of the healing part.”<\/p>\n