The Judd Family: Truth Be Told trailer teases the “secrets” harbored within the famous family.
“I was so proud of their success,” Ashley Judd said in the Lifetime documentary trailer, which was released on Thursday, April 10, referring to her late mother, Naomi Judd, and sister Wynonna Judd.
Wynonna, 60, painted a darker picture. (She and Naomi were country music duo The Judds from 1983 to 1991.)
“It was magical on stage, but off stage,” she said, trailing off and taking a deep breath. “I was old enough to know that something was wrong.”
Gone, but not forgotten. The country music world has lost many of their biggest and brightest stars, from Naomi Judd to Loretta Lynn over the years. The Judds singer’s daughters, Wynonna and Ashley Judd, revealed that their mother died in April 2022 at the age of 76, after a long battle with depression. “Today we […]
Wynonna added, “It’s a blessing and a burden to be that close to your mother.”
Elsewhere in the clip, Ashley, 56, could be seen breaking down in tears.
“She had no idea what I went through as a child,” she said, although it’s unclear who Ashley was referring to.
Several voiceovers could be heard as various Judd family photos flashed on screen.
“She was afraid telling the truth would break her,” one female voice said. A male voice added, “My grandmother had two brothers who were predators.”
Ashley recalled getting a text from her late mother, Naomi, that read, “Please help,” at one point.
“I’ve never talked about this before,” Wynonna also said. A short clip showed her and Ashley holding hands while standing in a field.
“It was very trying times,” Naomi’s husband, Larry Strickland, said. It seems other family members and country music stars, including Reba McEntire, will be featured in the two-part film as well.
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Naomi died in April 2022 at age 76 following a battle with mental illness. (She had been open about her struggles with severe depression.)
“Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness,” Wynonna and Ashley shared in a joint statement at the time. “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.”
Wynonna told Us Weekly exclusively in June 2024 that her tumultuous relationship with sister Ashley had grown following their mother’s death.
“Now that Mom’s gone, it feels like there’s more of a solidifying — and that grout between the stones is God,” she shared.”We’re both believers so we have such a strong connection now. There’s no drama there, and if there is, it doesn’t last as long as it used to. We’re older now and we realize we have only so much time left.”
The two-part documentary, The Judd Family: Truth Be Told, premieres on Lifetime Saturday, May 10.
