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12-05-2025
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Naomi Judd's widower confirms late singer shot a gun at him after learning about his his infidelity
Editor's note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Larry Strickland, Naomi Judd's widower, confirmed the late singer once shot a gun at him after learning about his infidelity. In the Lifetime docuseries "The Judd Family: Truth Be Told," the 79-year-old – who was married to Judd for 33 years before her death in 2022 – briefly opened up about the incident. In a voiceover from her 1993 memoir, "Love Can Build a Bridge," Judd could be heard saying that she and Strickland were "wildly, madly, passionately in love," despite her husband rarely being home. At the time, Judd detailed the moment she learned about her husband's cheating after a woman continued to call their home and express her love for Strickland. A heartbroken Judd recalled tearing up photos of the pair and throwing Strickland's clothes and belongings out. At one point during the docuseries, Strickland rewatched a scene from the TV movie "Love Can Build a Bridge" in which Kathleen York, who played Naomi, shoots Bruce Greenwood, who played Strickland, after discovering his infidelities. "Well, it really happened," Strickland admitted. "That's all I can say. That's all I'm going to say. It happened." Judd and Strickland married in May 1989. The Judds member died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on April 30, 2022, one day before she was set to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. "I was really scared to death about her flying alone all the way from Vienna back to Nashville 'cause I knew how fragile she was," Strickland said of the days leading up to her death during CMT's "Naomi Judd: A River of Time" honoring Naomi shortly after her death. Naomi's daughter, actress Ashley Judd, appeared on "Good Morning America" at the time to discuss her mother's mental health and her manner of death. "She used a weapon… my mother used a firearm," Ashley said during the appearance. "So that's the piece of information that we are very uncomfortable sharing, but understand that we're in a position that if we don't say it someone else is going to." Ashley also shared details from Naomi's final day. "It was a mixed day," the actress explained. "I visit with my mom and pop every day when I'm home in Tennessee, so I was at the house visiting as I am every day. Mom said to me, 'Will you stay with me?' and I said, 'Of course I will.'… I went upstairs to let her know that her good friend was there and I discovered her. I have both grief and trauma from discovering her." Elsewhere in the documentary, Ashley and sister Wynonna Judd admitted that they had a complicated relationship with their late mother, who also dealt with her own trauma on her road to success. The sisters opened up in the first three episodes about growing up with a young mom, the abuse they experienced from one of their mother's exes when they were children, leaving Los Angeles behind to move home to Kentucky, and how Wynonna and Naomi found and dealt with superstardom in country music. "I've loved her more than I've loved myself, but Mother was both in love with me and terrified of me because I represented what she didn't know and couldn't control," Wynonna said at the beginning of the docuseries. Wynonna said she believes her mother's suicide was partly to blame on "generational trauma" her mother experienced. "One of the reasons I have decided that Mom left this world is because of trauma, generational trauma, family stuff that never got healed or fixed," Wynonna said in the first episode of the show. Ashley added that their mother lived with a "constellation of her sufferings" that spiraled into severe depression before her death. Strickland also admitted in the docuseries he was "jealous as crap" of Naomi's success early on in her career. Naomi wrote in her memoir that after she found out that their song "Mama He's Crazy" was No. 1, Strickland stood up and walked out the door. "I was jealous as crap of her, you know," he admitted, "so we just kind of fell apart a little bit." Fox News Digital's Brie Stimson contributed to this post.
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12-05-2025
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This singer and actress once shot a gun at her husband when she learned he cheated on her
Her husband was quoted saying, 'Well, it really happened. That's all I can say. That's all I'm gonna say. It happened.' read more American actress and singer Naomi Judd's widower Larry Strickland once made a shocking revelation of how she shot at him when she found out about his infidelity. The shocking revelation happened on In The Judd Family: Truth Be Told (airing Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11). He was quoted saying, 'Well, it really happened. That's all I can say. That's all I'm gonna say. It happened.' Back in 2022, Larry reflected on their relationship and said, 'For the past 13 years or more, I was with her 24/7. I never left the house without Naomi knowing where I was going and when I would be back. As far as taking care of myself, I'm not sure that fits my situation. When you have a mate that has a mental illness, you walk that path with them.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Naomi Judd , whose family harmonies with daughter Wynonna turned them into the Grammy-winning country stars The Judds, died in 2022. She was 76. Her daughters, Wynonna and Ashley, announced her death in a statement provided to The Associated Press. 'Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,' the statement said. 'We are shattered. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public. We are in unknown territory.' Naomi Judd died near Nashville, Tennessee, said a statement on behalf of her husband and fellow singer, Larry Strickland. It said no further details about her death would be released and asked for privacy as the family grieves. The Country Music Hall of Fame continued with a planned induction ceremony for The Judds on Sunday.
Daily Mail
11-05-2025
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- Daily Mail
Naomi Judd once SHOT a gun at husband Larry Strickland after learning he cheated on her
Naomi Judd had once shot a gun at her husband Larry Strickland upon discovering that he had an affair. Strickland, 79, confirmed the incident on the Lifetime documentary series The Judd Family: Truth Be Told which began airing on Saturday. The late songstress - who had been a part for the Grammy-winning duo The Judds with daughter Wynonna - tragically died by suicide in 2022 at the age of 76. During the second episode of the docuseries, the topic of their marriage came up. Naomi first met Larry in 1979 and they tied the knot 10 years later. The pair remained married until her passing. In the star's 1993 memoir Love Can Build A Bridge, Judd remembered when a woman called their home to say she 'loved and missed' Strickland. The singer proceeded to rip up pictures of them together and tossed her husband's belongings into their yard. And in a TV film based on the book, a scene showed Naomi also shooting a gun at Strickland as she emotionally accused him of cheating on her. 'Well, it really happened, that's all I can say,' Larry confirmed in Saturday's episode. 'That's all I'm gonna say. It happened.'
