Wynonna Juddis updating fans on the state of her mental health after she wasforced to cancela New Year’s Eve performance due to vertigo.
The country singer, 58, shared a video to Instagram on Tuesday “checking in” after fans expressed concern that she was potentially overworking herself amid a busy schedule.
Judd was scheduled to perform alongsideKelsea Balleriniat CBS’New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bashshow, but pulled out the day of, citing “an extreme bout of vertigo.” As she spoke in her Instagram video, the star shared a social media comment from a fan that suggested she may need to take a break.
“I am working so hard on my mental, physical and spiritual well-being. I have a great team and I’m really blessed and I’m broken and I’m working really hard at self-care, which is not selfish, it’s sacred,” she said. “So just know that yeah, I’m me. I work really hard. We call it Wynonna Incorporated because I incorporate a lot into my life. I have a very full schedule, but I also have time off to be on the farm and to walk in the woods and take the dogs and tonight is Mexican night. We’re playing games and it’s family.”
She concluded: “So I’m OK and the last thing I’ll say is, can’t keep a good woman down for too long.”
The “Love Can Build a Bridge” singer said Saturday that she was “absolutely heartbroken and so sorry” to have to cancel her performance, but looked forward to singing with Ballerini in February on tour.
Judd lost her mother and bandmate Naomi Judd to suicide in April, and has since been open about her grieving process and the ways in which her life has changed since.
Wynonna Judd and Naomi Judd.Jeff Kravitz/Getty
“I’ll tell you what I know about death. In death, there is life. I feel both at the same time simultaneously,” shetold PEOPLE in her September cover story. “I feel joy and sorrow. I’m walking in paradox. I’m literally a walking contradiction. I feel joy. I feel pain. I feel light. I feel dark.”
The star has maintained a busy schedule in the months since April, and in 2022 set off on an 11-date arena tour that was originally planned alongside Naomi. In October, thetour was extendedfor a series of new dates that will include musical guests likeAshley McBryde, Brandi Carlile,Kelsea Ballerini,Little Big TownandMartina McBride.
“I’m somewhere between hell and hallelujah,” Judd said on theTodayshow in October. “And these shows are healing me one show at a time. All of my friends are coming; it’s like the greatest party you throw yourself before the end. I feel like I’m doing a victory lap and the fans are watching me and they’re for me because they grew up with me, I’ve been around that long.”
source: people.com
