Naomi Judd’s widower confirms she shot him with…
Shot through the guts.
Naomi Judd’s widower, Larry Strickland, confirmed that the nation star shot him with a gun after studying of his infidelity during their marriage.
In the new Lifetime docuseries “The Judd Family: Truth Be Told,” Strickland, 79, mentioned Judd’s 1995 TV film, “Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge,” which is predicated on a true story and options a scene where Judd, performed by Kathleen Yorkshot, shoots Strickland, performed by Bruce Greenwood, after he cheated on her.
Naomi Judd and Larry Strickland at the twenty fourth annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
“Well, it really happened,” Strickland mentioned in the doc, according to People.
“That’s all I can say. That’s all I’m gonna say. It happened,” he added.
Larry Strickland and Naomi Judd at the forty sixth Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2004. Ron Wolfson
The docuseries also reportedly featured a voiceover of Judd’s 1993 memoir “Love Can Build a Bridge,” where the late star mentioned the couple have been “wildly, madly, passionately in love” but Strickland was never home.
Judd also claimed that a lady from the Northeast once referred to as their home in Nashville in the Nineteen Eighties and mentioned how a lot “she loved and missed” Strickland.
When Strickland returned home, Judd allegedly tore up images of them and threw his belongings into a rubbish bag in their yard.
Naomi Judd and Larry Strickland pose for a portrait in Los Angeles in 2005. Getty Images
Strickland and Judd met in 1979. They tied the knot ten years later.
The couple stayed married until Judd died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in April 2022 at the age of 76.
Later that 12 months, Strickland mentioned in an interview with People that Judd’s closing months before her suicide have been “chaotic.”
Naomi Judd visits Hallmark’s “Home and Family” in Universal City, California in 2018. Getty Images
“It was extremely hard. She had several therapists that she was seeing, and her energy level had gotten really low,” he mentioned about the actress, who dealt with years of mental health struggles before her death.
Strickland added that he wasn’t conscious of how unhealthy Judd’s anxiety and depression have been until it was too late.
Naomi Judd and husband Larry Strickland arrive at the twenty seventh Annual Kennedy Center Honors Gala in 2004. Getty Images
“I just feel like I might have overdone it,” he defined to the outlet. “I was trying to get her to eat. I was trying to get her to exercise. I handled her medications and had to make sure she had what she needed. I was trying every way I could.”
The singer added, “To know now that she was contemplating [suicide], I look back and just wish I had been holding her and comforting her instead of pushing her. I don’t know if that would’ve helped, but it certainly wouldn’t have hurt.”
If you or somebody you realize is affected by any of the problems raised in this story, call or textual content the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.
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