Ashley Judd claims mom Naomi threatened to pull tuition over what she was learning and her lesbian professor
Ashley Judd is opening up about a past rift with her late mother, Naomi Judd, sparked by a lesbian college professor.On the debut episode of her new podcast, "A Table Prepared," Ashley sat down with her co-host, former Christ Church Nashville Pastor Dan Scott.During their conversation, Ashley claimed that Naomi "threatened to stop paying my tuition at the University of Kentucky" over what she was learning, and also the professor's sexual orientation. "She didn’t like what I was learning," Ashley said.
"She didn’t like [that] I had a lesbian theologian professor that was taking me through Hebrew scripture and looking at the women listed as property after the donkeys."Ashley Judd spoke about her late mother Naomi Judd in her debut episode of her new podcast, "A Table Prepared." (Getty Images)Ashley explained that her mother, who died by suicide in 2022, felt pressured to align politically with the country music industry out of fear of "disapproval and retaliation." Behind closed doors, however, Naomi was much more open about expressing her personal and political beliefs "in the home."WYNONNA JUDD WISHES BOND WITH MOM WAS LIKE THEIR MUSIC, BUT 'THERE WAS A LOT OF DYSFUNCTION'"She could share all kinds of political and social views that would surprise people if they thought Naomi Judd thought, felt, said that," Ashley said."She didn’t like [that] I had a lesbian theologian professor that was taking me through Hebrew scripture and looking at the women listed as property after the donkeys."As an example of the issues that moved her mother, Ashley noted that Naomi felt "a lot of compassion" for women making headlines for harming their children.Ashley Judd, Naomi Judd and Wynonna Judd.(Ke.Mazur/WireImage)"She would say they need help, not punishment," Ashley recalled, adding that she wasn't sure if Naomi "would have been comfortable in her lifetime saying that."GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE"I’ve debated with myself, is it ...