- Wynonna Judd has been married to her husband, Cactus Moser, since 2012.
- Just months into their marriage, Cactus needed to have his leg amputated following a bike accident.
- Before Cactus, Wynonna was married twice extra — to Arch Kelley III and D.R. Roach
Wynonna Judd has been married a number of instances, however she’s lastly discovered her fortunately ever after along with her third husband, Cactus Moser. The two have been going sturdy since their 2012 marriage ceremony, and he was closely featured within the singer’s April 2023 documentary, Wynonna Judd: From Hell to Hallelujah. In the two-hour particular, Wynonna opened up about how Cactus supported her within the aftermath of her mother, Naomi Judd’s, loss of life in 2022. She credited the drummer with being the rationale she was capable of undergo with the tour that she and Naomi had deliberate earlier than the 76-year-old died by suicide. On that very same be aware, Cactus gushed over the vital function that Wynonna performed in his life following a horrific bike accident in 2012.
Life has not been straightforward for Wynonna, even earlier than her mom’s loss of life. When she was 30 years outdated, she discovered that her sister’s father was not additionally her organic father. She additionally developed a meals dependency dependancy, witnessed her daughter go to jail and has had a rocky relationship with sister, Ashley Judd, over time. Plus, she went by means of two divorces within the public eye. Keep studying to search out out all about her present marriage to Cactus, in addition to the earlier two males who known as her spouse, under.
Arch Kelley
Wynonna met her first husband Arch Kelley in 1993 and married him in January 1996. The couple had been already mother and father to son Elijah, born in 1994. The couple additionally welcomed a child lady, Grace, who bumped into bother with the regulation as an grownup and was sentenced to eight years in jail after violating probation. Wynonna and Arch divorced in 1999.
D.R. Roach
D.R. Roach was Wynonna’s longtime bodyguard earlier than they received hitched in 2003. Four years later, he was arrested on baby intercourse assault and battery prices. “I knew what I was getting into and I tried to change it. I knew that both Roach and I had issues with addiction when I married him,” she confessed after the arrest to Ladies’ Home Journal (through People) “I know my life. I know the people I chose, I know why I chose them and I really thought that I could change people through loving them enough. It doesn’t work that way.”
Five days after the arrest, Wynonna filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable variations and named the costs in opposition to him on her web site. “I am obviously devastated. Our family will pull together, begin the healing process and hopefully — by the Grace of God — become stronger. We will move forward with our faith, family and our friends to find resolution to this difficult situation,” she mentioned. “I’m now focused on saving myself and the children. It is hard to detach overnight. I’m healing in my own time. And so I do wear my ring. And I think what I’m teaching my kids is, This happened. This is where Mom is right now. And there’s always hope.” Roach was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in jail.
Cactus Moser
Wynonna wed Cactus Moser, the drummer for Highway 101, in June of 2012, with solely her kids and her new husband’s kids current, per US Weekly. “I didn’t want it to be about anyone but Cactus and me,” Wynonna mentioned about not inviting her mom or sister. “Because to me, at the end of the day, it’s the children, Cactus, and me. I was so concerned about making this feel special for them, everything fell away.” In her 2023 documentary, Wynonna gushed, “Marrying Cactus was one of the greatest days of my life because I’ve never trusted someone and loved someone so simultaneously like I love Cactus.”
Cactus additionally appeared within the doc. He revealed that he proposed to Wynonna on Christmas Eve, which she mentioned was “perfect,” including, “It was on the farm, just the two of us.” Then simply two months after their June 10 marriage ceremony, the newlyweds had been driving on separate bikes when Cactus’ bike crashed into an oncoming automobile. “He’s just laying there and I hear nothing,” Wynonna recalled to ET. She was in whole shock till she heard “the most beautiful sound on earth,” which was Moser trying to breath, signaling that he was nonetheless alive. The accident resulted in his left leg being amputated above the knee.
“I lived through the night, which was a miraculous story,” Cactus mentioned within the doc. “Two months into getting married, she had to become a nurse. There’s a lot she had to do. It’s horrid. That’s kind of our thing — even in the worst of times, we can figure out how to get past it and find a happy place.”
Through Cactus, Wynonna has three stepchildren: Sunshine, Cal and Wyatt. “This family is everything to me,” she shared. “I have three bonus children, as well as two of my own. Cactus and I have blended our family together and it’s awesome.” She additionally mentioned that having a house base along with her household is what helps her when she’s on the street. “This family that I come home to is everything to me,” Wynonna mentioned. “It keeps me going and fills me up with joy and gives me purpose.”