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Express Tribune
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Judds reflect on family struggles and Naomi's legacy in lifetime docuseries
Wynonna and Ashley Judd share personal and previously private memories of their late mother Naomi Judd in the Lifetime docuseries The Judd Family: Truth Be Told. The four-part series, which began airing on May 10, covers Naomi's rise to stardom, her mental health struggles, and the emotional legacy left behind after her death in 2022. The first two episodes document Naomi's early ambition to succeed in country music, a drive that shaped her life and relationships. 'She loved that feeling that she got in that moment [of being on stage],' Wynonna said. 'It hooked her, and I think that became her drug of choice.' While Naomi found success, Ashley recalled the cost behind closed doors: 'Mother lived with a constellation of sufferings and with a secret.' Wynonna reflected on her own regrets, admitting she was unaware of the extent of Naomi's mental health challenges. Both sisters spoke candidly about difficult childhood experiences, including Wynonna's confrontation with an abusive figure in Naomi's life and Ashley's reflections on emotional neglect. Ashley explained why she never joined the family band, saying she never had the same musical passion: 'I look as miserable as it sounded,' she remarked of an early photo of her playing the fiddle. Instead, her path led to acting, though she remained emotionally connected to the family's journey. Naomi's complicated relationship with her mother, her own parenting style, and the generational trauma she carried are key themes explored in the series. The documentary also highlights how Wynonna took on a parental role, coping through food and emotional withdrawal. The Judd Family: Truth Be Told continues on May 11 on Lifetime.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Judds: See Trailer for Lifetime's ‘Truth Be Told' Docuseries About Family
The Judd family — mother-daughter singing duo Naomi and Wynonna and actress Ashley — will be the focus of an upcoming Lifetime docuseries arriving next month. The Judd Family: Truth Be Told, premiering May 10, 'reveals the complex story of the Judds' including their triumphs and tragedies across several decades,' Lifetime said in a synopsis. More from Rolling Stone MusiCares' Grateful Dead Gala Full of Good Vibes, Hope for 'Stronger, Shinier' Los Angeles Lifetime's Taylor-Travis Knockoff Movie Is the Preposterous Laugh We Need How to Watch 'Christmas in the Spotlight,' the (Maybe) Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce-Inspired Holiday Rom-Com Online 'From Naomi's beginnings in Kentucky as a young teen mom, then known as Dianna, struggling to survive with her young daughters, the doc illustrates how the famous country music mother-daughter duo of Naomi and Wynonna Judd came to be and where Ashley stood at the height of Naomi and Wynonna's fame. Untold truths emerge, illustrating what tied them together, and what also drove them a part.' Lifetime also shared the new trailer for the docuseries, which, in addition to new interviews with Wynonna and Ashley, features interviews with family and friends like Reba McEntire, who says in the trailer that the Judds made 'heavenly music' together. The Judd Family: Truth Be Told also boasts 'exclusive access to rare family footage and photos, unreleased songs, and voicemails that the Judd women left for one another further illustrate the unique relationship between mothers and daughters, the cyclical nature of generational trauma and the strength of familial bonds,' Lifetime said. Naomi Judd died in April 2022, with Ashley later revealing that her mother 'used a firearm' and died by suicide. 'My mother — our mother — couldn't hang on until she was inducted into the [Country Music] Hall of Fame by her peers. That is the level of catastrophe of what was going on inside of her,' Ashley said a few weeks later in a Good Morning America interview. 'Because the barrier between the regard in which they held her couldn't penetrate into her heart, and the lie that the disease told her was so convincing.' Ashley specified 'the lie' was 'that you're not enough, that you're not loved, that you're not worthy. Her brain hurt. It physically hurt.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
