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Wynonna Judd 'incredibly angry' over mom Naomi Judd's death: 'Was there anything I should have known?'

The musician revealed that she is struggling to cope with the grief and loss of her mother and country singer Naomi Judd who died by suicide in April

BY SHIVAM BANIK

UPDATED SEP 26, 2022

(L-R) Wynonna, whose mom late Naomi Judd and she together sold more than 20 million albums, is getting ready for The Judds' reunion tour (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for CMT)

Musician Wynonna Judd, who lost her mother and country star Naomi Judd in April, has revealed to CBS' 'Sunday Morning' on Sunday, September 25, how she is still battling her loss and that she is "incredibly angry" at her mom for making the choice that she made.

Naomi, 76, died by suicide on April 30. "I got the call, and I went over, and I saw her and I said goodbye to her in the hospital. I closed her eyes, and I kissed her forehead, and that was that. And next thing I know, I'm sitting here on the side porch, and I'm just trying to figure out what's next," she narrated to Lee Cowan on 'Sunday Morning', recollecting the time when she had just received news of her mother's death.

'Walking paradox': Wynonna Judd opens up about grief after mother Naomi Judd's suicide, says 'in death, there is life'

(L-R) Wynonna Judd and Naomi Judd attend the 2022 CMT Music Awards at Nashville Municipal Auditorium on April 11, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for CMT)

She added, "I did not know that she was at the place she was at when she ended it, because she had had episodes before and she got better. And that's what I live in, is like, 'Was there anything I should have looked for or should I have known?' I didn't." In response to the question of whether anger would ever go away, Wynonna said, "No, I don't think so, not for a while."

Wynonna remarked, "I sense her poking me. I still feel the presence of my mother, the singer. And occasionally I laugh. And sometimes I say, 'I really miss you. Why aren't you here so we can argue?' She told me one time, she took my hand and she said, 'My life is better because of you.'" "Those are the memories that are starting to come through, more and more. I think when you lose your mother, a lot of that c*** goes away, because it doesn't matter anymore, it just doesn't," she said.

Inductee Wynonna Judd onstage for the class of 2021 medallion ceremony at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on May 01, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum)

Wynonna, whose mother and she together sold more than 20 million albums, is getting ready to take the stage for The Judds' reunion tour. She said, "As I walk out on stage that first night, I'll probably say something like, 'It's not supposed to be like this,' because it's not, right? It's supposed to be the two of us. And I'm gonna be angry because she's not there."

Meanwhile, Naomi left Wynonna and her 54-year-old actress daughter Ashley out of her will. The singer chose to make her husband of 33 years Larry Strickland as the administrator of her estate and give "complete authority and discretion" over her assets, acting "without the sanction of any court."