Wynonna Juddis setting the record straight on rumors of a rift with her sisterAshley.
In this week’s PEOPLE cover story, the country singer, 58, makes clear that “there is no argument” between her and the actress, 54, over their late momNaomi’s will.
“Someone told me while I was at Ashley’s house, ‘Hey, did you know that they’re saying this about you?’ I went, ‘Huh? I’m fighting with Ashley? Oh. Again?'” Wynonna recalls. “Fighting over what? I have such a great life. Ashley has a great life. Why would we be fighting over the will?”
“I am the last person in this family — and if Ashley was here, I’d hope she’d agree with me — who knows stuff like this,” she says. “I’m not savvy enough to go, ‘I’m going to contest the will.’ It never occurred to me.”
Wynonna Judd.Jim Wright
Since their mother’s death, Wynonna (whose father is Charles Jordan) says she and Ashley (whose father is Michael Cimenella) have only been brought closer together.
“I feel like we’re connected in a way that is so different because I’m an orphan,” she says. “Both my parents are gone, and I’m relying on Ashley. She’s relying on me in a different way that’s about compassion. It’s not about being successful and smart and capable. It’s about, ‘I love you.’ ‘I love you, too.’ We’re vulnerable with each other, and we’re tender.”
“As sisters, we disagree on so much,” she adds. “But when it comes to our mother, we both look at each other and go, ‘She was quite the character.'”
Ashley Judd, Naomi Judd and Wynonna Judd.Ke.Mazur/WireImage
It’s been a long road for the sisters, whose relationship has been fraught with disagreements through the years. In 2012, neither Ashley nor Naomi were in attendance at Wynonna’s low-key wedding to husband Cactus Moser.
With help from a life coach, Wynonna — who kicked offThe Judds: The Final Touron Sept. 30 — says she and Ashley were able to get to a better place.
Wynonna Judd on the cover of PEOPLE.Jim Wright
“We’ve been able to work the process our life coach has given us: communication, compromise and compassion,” she continues. “In my disagreements with Ashley and Mom, I never gave up loving them, because I knew behind all that, there was someplace to meet and connect upon. I tell people: Try to find something that you have in common. Ashley and I, when it all goes to hell, can play cards and get along.”
At the end of the day, “the best revenge is living well,” Wynonna says, “and the relationship I have with my sister is the most powerful in my life.”
For all the details on Wynonna Judd’s journey through grief, pick up the latest issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands everywhere Friday.
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source: people.com
