In a new conversation with People, the country singer, 58, explained the shock of her mom’s passing, which was a result of a long battle with depression. She was 76 years old. “I can’t quite wrap my head around it and I don’t know that I ever will. That she left the way she did,” Wynonna told the outlet in an interview published on Wednesday, Oct. 5. “That’s how baffling and cunning mental illness is. You have to make peace with the fact that you don’t know. Sometimes there are no answers.” Wynonna and her sister Ashley Judd announced the tragic news of Naomi’s death on social media earlier this year, stating that the country music legend succumbed to the “disease of mental illness.” It was later revealed that the Grammy-winner died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Naomi “was always so determined. No matter what happened to her,” Wynonna said in Wednesday’s interview. “Being fired. Being forgotten. A single white female raising two babies by herself. On welfare and food stamps. She never gave up.” “So think about that and apply it to every stinking part of life, including death,” she continued. “With the same determination she had to live, she was determined to die. It’s so hard to comprehend how someone can be so strong and yet so vulnerable.” Wynonna—who made up one half of musical group The Judds, along with her late mom—has since turned to her music as part of her coping process, and will even continue with The Judds: The Final Tour, where she will now perform with other country stars in her mom’s absence, including Faith Hill, Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town and more. “I have to celebrate the joy as much as I can,” she explained, noting, “That’s part of the reason I’m doing the tour.” “This is my opportunity to step into a situation that I don’t know that I am ready to do what I’m about to do, but I think it’s going to heal me,” Wynonna also told People. “I want people to know that there is hope.” You can read the details and purchase tickets for The Judds: The Final Tour here. If you or someone you know is considering suicide, you can contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, texting “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or visit 988lifeline.org. More Pop Culture:
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