Shot via the center.
Naomi Judd’s widower, Larry Strickland, confirmed that the nation star shot him with a gun after studying of his infidelity throughout their marriage.
Within 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 relies on a real story and encompasses a scene the place Judd, performed by Kathleen Yorkshot, shoots Strickland, performed by Bruce Greenwood, after he cheated on her.
“Well, it really happened,” Strickland mentioned within the doc, in accordance with Individuals.
“That’s all I can say. That’s all I’m gonna say. It happened,” he added.
The docuseries additionally reportedly featured a voiceover of Judd’s 1993 memoir “Love Can Build a Bridge,” the place the late star mentioned the couple have been “wildly, madly, passionately in love” however Strickland was by no means house.
Judd additionally claimed {that a} lady from the Northeast as soon as known as their house in Nashville within the Nineteen Eighties and mentioned how a lot “she loved and missed” Strickland.
When Strickland returned house, Judd allegedly tore up images of them and threw his belongings right into a rubbish bag of their yard.
Strickland and Judd met in 1979. They tied the knot ten years later.
The couple stayed married till Judd died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in April 2022 on the age of 76.
Later that 12 months, Strickland mentioned in an interview with People who Judd’s remaining months earlier than her suicide have been “chaotic.”
“It was extremely hard. She had several therapists that she was seeing, and her energy level had gotten really low,” he mentioned in regards to the actress, who handled years of psychological well being struggles earlier than her demise.
Strickland added that he wasn’t conscious of how unhealthy Judd’s anxiousness and despair have been till it was too late.
“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.”
For those who or somebody is affected by any of the problems raised on this story, name or textual content the Suicide & Disaster Lifeline at 988.
