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Wynonna Judd Has Some Fun During Nashville Airport Delay

Wynonna Judd wasn’t immune to the Nashville snowstorm this week, the biggest in ten years in the Music City. Like many people, she was stuck at the Nashville airport with…

Wynonna Judd performing on stage wearing all black
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Wynonna Judd wasn't immune to the Nashville snowstorm this week, the biggest in ten years in the Music City. Like many people, she was stuck at the Nashville airport with delays. So, the Country Music Hall of Famer took questions from fans on her Insta Stories and told them to make their questions fun.

Wy said on Insta Stories, wearing a black hat, "Let's play a game; ask me anything, and make it fun." The first question was about her favorite airport snack, and she shared a photo of "Dirty" Deli-style potato chips. The following slide showed a fan asking if she ever peed herself laughing too hard, and she replied, "All the time."

The next question was what songs she sang to her grandbaby and she revealed, "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and I love you, you love me and were a whacky family. With a great big kiss from me to you, won't you say you love me too (the Barney song)?"

In the third slide, she said that if she could jump into a pool of anything, it would be "Jello." In the final slide, she shared a photo of Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter, revealing that it would be the free item from the grocery store that she could have free for the rest of her life. Kerrygold Irish Pure Butter is not expensive; it runs about 4 to five dollars at Walmart and Target.

Recently, Judd joined Jelly Roll to open the 57th Annual CMA Awards in November. The two brought the audience to their feet, singing Jelly's number one hit, "Need A Favor."

After the stirring performance, Wynonna came backstage to talk about how much she adores country music's new golden boy.

After I asked about the performance, Wynonna said backstage, "It was too much. He's so powerful. I was so nervous and so excited. I don't know how many more of these moments I have left, but I can tell you this: that was definitely top ten for me."

She added of her new friend, "Jelly Roll is a force to be reckoned with, and he is his own person, and to stand toe to toe with him with him was one of my favorite things I've ever done."

Judd then explained how she and Jelly knew each other. She told us, "I didn't know anything about him until the CMT Awards, and I stood up out of my seat, and I ran up to him and Bunny afterward, And I said, 'I need to know the two of you, and I need to be part of your world, and I don't know what that looks like.' I just kind of threw myself at them."

Over the years, country music stars have had their share of run-ins with the law. Some of them have even seen the inside of a jail cell. From the trouble Sam Hunt found himself in 2019 to the Kenny Chesney "horse incident" of 2000 and Wynonna entertaining fellow cellmates in Nashville, we look at the Top five country music arrests over the years.

Sam Hunt - November 2019 - DUI

Sam Hunt

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Sam was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. The Nashville officer that stopped him wrote in the report, "There was an obvious odor consistent with alcoholic beverage coming from the defendant as well as red bloodshot and watery eyes." Hunt admitted to the officer that he had been drinking. In 2021, he pled guilty and spent 48 hours in the "alternate sentencing facility" DUI Education Centers.

Rascal Flatts' Joe Don Rooney - September 2021 - DUI

Rascal Flatts' Joe Don Rooney

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Rascal Flatts' Joe Don Rooney hit a tree while driving under the influence. He later pled guilty, spent two days in Nashville lockup, and lost his driver's license.

Wynonna Judd - November 2003 - DUI

Wynonna Judd

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Wynonna was pulled over by Nashville police while speeding in her Land Rover. According to the arrest report, Judd smelled of liquor, had dilated pupils, and couldn't remember how many drinks she'd had. When she consented to a Breathalyzer test, her blood alcohol level was .175, more than double the .08 minimum for a drunk driving charge. Wynonna is believed to be the only country star arrested that began singing to her fellow arrestees in the open booking area at the Nashville jail.

Randy Travis - August 2012 - DUI

Randy Travis

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Country Music Hall Of Famer Randy Travis was arrested in Texas in 2012 for driving under the influence and crashing his 1998 Trans Am. When he was pulled over, he was naked. He told the trooper that arrested him in a dashcam video, "I pray to God that he will have a cancerous growth that infects his bones and every part of his body." He was sentenced to probation. Travis sued to block the dashcam video from being released but lost.

Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney - June 2000

Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney

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Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney were arrested in Buffalo, New York, after Chesney rode away with a deputy's horse and McGraw and his manager allegedly attacked Erie County Sheriff's Deputies who tried to stop him. Known as "the horse incident," a year later, all three men involved were found not guilty. McGraw and Chesney hugged each other as the verdict was read.