When talking about family losses, Anderson Cooper and Ashley Judd became emotional when talking about family members who committed suicide.
While appearing in Everything with Anderson Cooper On Wednesday, January 10, Judd reflected on the loss of his mother, Naomi Judd. The country music legend died by suicide on April 30, 2022, at the age of 76. Cooper then spoke about his brother, Carter, who committed suicide when he was 23 years old.
The argument caused both Anderson Cooper and Ashley Judd to burst into tears. “I’m here, Anderson,” Judd said. Cooper also said that one of the things he found most difficult about losing his brother to suicide is that he gets caught up in how his life ended, as well as his shock over Carter’s death.
“And realizing that I didn’t really know him,” Cooper continued. Judd noted that his mother’s death was both traumatic and unexpected. “Because she died by suicide and I found her,” he revealed.
Ashley Judd later told Anderson Cooper that while she was shocked by the discovery of her mother’s body, she was glad to be the one to find her. “Even when I walked into that room and saw that she had hurt herself, the first thing out of my mouth was, ‘Mom, I see how much you’ve been hurting and it’s okay… I’m here, and it’s like this.’ It’s okay to let go.’”
Ashley Judd tells Anderson Cooper that her mother is now in the ‘vastness of consciousness in the mind of God’
Meanwhile, Ashley Judd revealed where she thinks her mother is. She told Anderson Cooper that the country star is now in the “vastness of consciousness in the mind of God.”
“All these mysteries that made her daydream are now where her spirit resides,” she explained. The actress recalled that her mother would always be there for her, even when she had mental problems.
“Invariably, she would get up,” Ashley Judd shared with Anderson Cooper. “It doesn’t matter how sick she was. And she would light up. And she would go back to the door and open it.”
Judd went on to add that her mother would always be happy to see her. “She exclaimed: ‘There’s my love, there’s my girl, there’s my baby!’ And that’s how I see my mom.”
To celebrate her mother’s accomplishments, Ashley Judd, along with her sister Wynonna, reunited for the broadcast special. Naomi Judd: River of Time Celebration. Among those who performed were Bono, Oprah, Reba McEntire and Brad Paisley.
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