Wynonna Judd is setting the record straight about some rumors that she and her sister, actor Ashley Judd, are in disagreement over their mom’s will.
Together, Wynonna and Naomi Judd made up legendary country duo The Judds. In April, Naomi died by suicide at the age of 76 after a lifelong battle with mental illness; her famous daughters’ grief has been relatively public from the start. One day after her death, The Judds were scheduled to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and both Wynonna and Ashley spoke emotionally about their mom from the stage.
Now, rumors are flying about how Naomi’s estate will be divided up — and how Wynonna and Ashley feel about it. But Wynonna tells People that there’s no truth to those claims.
“Fighting over what? I have such a great life. Ashley has such a great life. Why would we be fighting over the will?” the singer asks.
Wynonna adds that Naomi appointed her husband, Larry Strickland, as the executor of her will; when he dies, the estate will be split between her and Ashley.
“I am the last person in the family — and if Ashley was here, I hope she’d agree with me — who knows stuff like this,” Wynonna continues. “I’m not savvy enough to go, ‘I’m going to contest the will.’ It never occurred to me.”
Earlier this week, Ashley made an onstage cameo during a show on The Judds Final Tour, which Wynonna is helming solo with help from a rotating cast of country stars.
As the two sisters stood onstage together, Wynonna said, “I’m sick and tired of the press saying a bunch of c*** about us.”
“We love each other,” she continued, according to fan-captured video.
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