The following article contains references to child abuse, sexual assault, and suicide.
Once a prominent figure in 1990s Hollywood, actor Ashley Judd has at times had an uphill battle.
Despite her hardships, Judd has used her platform to raise awareness around the issues she dealt with personally.
In her book, Judd wrote, “I now know this situation is called covert sexual abuse.”
Speaking withPeople, Wynonna settled the gossip, saying, “Fighting over what?
I have such a great life.
Ashley has a great life.
Why would we be fighting over the will?”
Given the sisters' volatile relationship, no one would’ve been surprised if they were quarreling yet again.
They hit it off and dated for a couple of years, tying the knot in Scotland in 2001.
But despite their seemingly perfect relationship, the couple announced in January 2013 that they were splitting up.
They released a statement that read, “We have mutually decided to end our marriage.
She became a godmother to Franchitti’s child in 2019.
In a 2006 interview withGlamour, Judd explained what she received help for during her 47-day stay.
“Codependence in my relationships; depression; blaming, raging, numbing, denying and minimizing my feelings.
But because my addictions were behavioral, not chemical, I wouldn’t have known to seek treatment.
At Shades of Hope, my behaviors were treated like addictions.”
“I’m a three-time rape survivor.
I would have had to co-parent with a rapist,” she explained (viaE!
While speaking on the “Healing with David Kessler” podcast, Judd spoke about forgiving her rapist.
And we had a restorative justice conversation about that.”
If you or anyone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, help is available.
She declined to massage him, to watch him shower, and refused to let him massage her.
It was all this bargaining, this coercive bargaining," Judd recalled.
But in hindsight, I realize that this was very likely the Miramax smear campaign in full swing.
As I was breaking my leg, I knew it was being broken" (viaThe Hollywood Reporter).
A month after her accident,Judd shared an update on her recoveryin anInstagrampost.
She thanked the people who helped her and described the difficult healing process.
In 2015, she tweeted support of her team, the Kentucky Wildcats, during March Madness.
She quickly became the target of abusive language, and it led her to pen an article forMic.
As a liberal candidate, Judd intended to oppose Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell.
Regretfully, I am currently unable to consider a campaign for the Senate" (viaUSA Today).
Sadly, Shug died in 2017 at the ripe old age of 17.
In 2019, Judd toldChristian Postan anecdote about how her pup saved a man’s life.
She added, “Dogs practice presence.
They love us exactly as we are.
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