Wynonna Judd has a new grandchild on the way, but the way she found out is the part everyone is talking about. The country music star told People she discovered her daughter Grace Kelley’s pregnancy on TikTok, saying she cried when she saw the news. No phone call, no text, just a video on her feed.
Kelley, 30, is serving a 15-month sentence at Rockingham County Jail in Virginia for driving with a suspended license, and she was denied a temporary release to give birth this time around, unlike her 2022 pregnancy. Judd said she and Kelley have been estranged for about a year, and she admitted she knows very little about the situation. She also spoke candidly about Kelley’s meth addiction, calling it devastating while making clear she still loves her daughter.
In the meantime, Judd is raising Kelley’s 4-year-old daughter Kaliyah on her Tennessee farm. Kelley is scheduled for release on Nov. 16 with five years of supervised probation. It’s a raw look at how addiction, incarceration, and social media can collide inside one family, even a famous one. So we want to hear from you: what’s the most unexpected way you’ve ever learned big family news?
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