Catherine Powell/Getty Wynonna Judd said she and sister Ashley Judd are "not as close as I'd like to be" Wynonna said that "success took us away from each other" The women share mom Naomi Judd, who died in 2022 Wynonna Juddis opening up about her complicated relationship with younger sisterAshley Judd. Wynonna, 60, appeared onTalking in Circles with Clint Blackon May 23, and reflected on the ways in which her closeness with Ashley, 57, has fluctuated over the years as they each found fame and success. "Ashley's doing well. I don't see her very much, and we're not as close as I'd like to be, but that's because success took us away from each other," Wynonna said. "It's a funny thing. There's a bit of a sadness because being famous takes you from home." The "Why Not Me" singer and theDivergentactress were both born to momNaomi Judd, whodied by suicide in April 2022at age 76. Because the family struggled financially, Wynonna was often left with her sister while Naomi, a single mother who gave birth to Wynonna at 18, went to work. "I raised Ashley. That's why we have such a funny relationship, 'cause she calls me 'sister mommy.' And I'm a little bit sad about that, 'cause I didn't get to be her sister," Wynonna told Black. "It was just the two of us, trying to survive. I'm bigger and meaner than her, 'cause I had to be. I had to be mean 'cause I had to keep it together. When you're 14 years old, and your mom is working all the time and you learn to drive…" She continued, "I was responsible for a lot. And she put me in charge. And that's just the way it was. You grow up with a single parent, what are you gonna do? We made it through, didn't we?" When Wynonna was in her late teens, she and Naomi found success as singers with the duo The Judds. Ashley, meanwhile, became an actress, and had her breakout role in 1993 with the filmRuby in Paradise. After losing their mother,Wynonna told PEOPLE in 2022that she was relying on Ashley, as she'd now lost both of her parents. Ron Davis/Getty "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," she said. "It's about, 'I love you.' 'I love you, too.' We're vulnerable with each other, and we're tender… Ashley and I are very different people, and we are learning that we have more in common than we don't." Ashley, meanwhile, spoke about their sibling bond on theHealing with David Kesslerpodcast that same year, explaining that they wereprocessing Naomi's death differently, but still getting along. "Sister came over yesterday and spent the day with me and spent the night and we talked about mom, we talked about social issues," she said. "She gave me a foot rub and she's in a pretty different place than I am right now. And we don't have to be congruent in order to have compassion for each other and I think that that's a really important grace that family members can hopefully learn to give each other." Brian ZAK/Gamma-Rapho/Getty The sisters recently reflected on their ups and downs in a new Lifetime docuseries titledThe Judd Family: Truth Be Told, which premiered earlier this month. Ahead of the release, Naomi's widower Larry Strickland spoke to PEOPLE, and said his late wife's deathbrought her daughters closer. "They were forced together. We all had to come together around this trauma, this tragic event," he said. "And it, of course, opened our eyes about how short life can be and how fleeting. Realizing that we lost a wife and mother, it forced us to be together, whether we wanted to or not." Read the original article onPeople
