{"id":5318,"date":"2025-10-09T08:07:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=5318"},"modified":"2025-10-09T08:07:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:07:49","slug":"in-a-heartfelt-video-released-just-days-ago-dolly-parton-79-opened-up-like-never-before-not-as-the-glittering-superstar-the-world-knows-but-as-a-woman-still-learning-how-to-heal-wearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=5318","title":{"rendered":"In a heartfelt video released just days ago, Dolly Parton, 79, opened up like never before \u2014 not as the glittering superstar the world knows, but as a woman still learning how to heal. Wearing a simple denim shirt and sitting in what she called \u201cCarl\u2019s favorite chair\u201d, Dolly spoke quietly about her health, her late husband, and the heavy truth she\u2019s been carrying in silence. Her husband, Carl Dean, passed away last year after a long battle with illness, and Dolly admitted that she hadn\u2019t truly stopped to rest or grieve until now. \u201cWhen you\u2019ve been with someone nearly 60 years, you don\u2019t just lose them \u2014 you lose a part of yourself,\u201d she said, her voice trembling.  The country legend revealed that during those months, she ignored her doctors, skipped appointments, and pushed through fatigue to keep performing and smiling for her fans. \u201cMusic\u2019s always been my medicine,\u201d she said softly, \u201cbut even the strongest songs can\u2019t keep you from feeling weak sometimes.\u201d&#8230; WATCH VIDEO BELOW \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dolly Parton\u00a0is setting the record straight about her health \u2014 straight from her to her fans.<\/p>\n<p>The country music community has been worried since health issues forced Parton to\u00a0postpone\u00a0a string of Las Vegas shows originally scheduled for December.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>Concerns ramped up earlier this week after Parton\u2019s sister, Freida,\u00a0shared a statement\u00a0asking fans to pray for the country legend.<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-oop-container\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"skrollable skrollable-between\" data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"404\">But on Wednesday (Oct. 8), Parton put those worries to rest with a video message showing her hard at work \u2014 filming commercials for the Grand Ole Opry \u2014 and in great spirits.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"skrollable skrollable-between\" data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"539\">She even timestamped the clip by mentioning the date and thanked fans for the prayers and well-wishes they\u2019ve been sending her way.<\/p>\n<p>She also assured them that she\u2019s just fine \u2014 and offered up some more details about what exactly has been going on with her health.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How is Dolly Parton Doing Now?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPjkor7kfeb\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsngay.com&amp;rp=%2Fngocquynhlt%2Fi-aint-dead-yet-dolly-parton-breaks-her-silence-in-an-emotional-new-video-revealing-the-truth-about-her-health-and-the-love-she-never-got-over%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawNUTJFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkET#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1693.9000000357628%2C%22ls%22%3A1029.6000000238419%2C%22le%22%3A1678.800000011921%7D\" height=\"970\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-origwidth=\"\" data-origheight=\"907\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first thing the video makes clear is that Parton isn\u2019t on her deathbed. She hasn\u2019t even really slowed down her work schedule much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know lately everybody thinks that I am sicker than I am. Do I look sick to you?\u201d Parton said with a smile. \u201cI\u2019m working hard here!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate your prayers. I\u2019m a person of faith, and I can always use the prayers for anything and everything,\u201d she continued. \u201cBut I want you to know that I\u2019m OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>New Details About Dolly Parton\u2019s Health Issues<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The second thing Parton addressed in her video is the health trouble she\u2019s facing.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s touched on those issues previously, including when she postponed her upcoming shows.<\/p>\n<p>But in this new update, Parton shares some new details about how some ongoing health troubles have caught up to her after her husband, Carl Dean,\u00a0died\u00a0in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack when my husband Carl was very sick, that was for a long time, and then when he passed, I didn\u2019t take care of myself,\u201d she says. \u201cSo I let a lot of things go that I should\u2019ve been taking care of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once she did go back in for a checkup, her doctors told her that some health issues had accumulated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing major. But I did have to cancel some things,\u201d Parton notes, explaining that she needs to stay closer to Nashville in order to receive treatment at the medical facility where she\u2019s a patient.<\/p>\n<div id=\"hindsight-ads-div\">\n<div id=\"container\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"adScript\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo anyway, when I got around to it, the doctor said, we need to take care of this, we need to take care of that,\u201d she shared. \u201cNothing major. But I did have to cancel some things. So I could be closer to home, closer to Vanderbilt, where I\u2019m having a few treatments here and there.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Is Dolly Parton Dying?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Parton was very clear on this point. \u201cI\u2019m not dying,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She also cracked some jokes about the rumors that have circulated, including one AI image that shows her on her deathbed \u2014\u00a0and an emotional, artificially-generated\u00a0Reba McEntire by her side<\/p>\n<div id=\"hindsight-ads-div\">\n<div id=\"adScript\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe both looked like we need to be buried,\u201d Parton said of the fake images.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I was really dying, I don\u2019t think Reba would be the one at my deathbed,\u201d she added. \u201cShe might come visit me earlier, but anyway. There\u2019s just a lot of rumors flying around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I figured if you heard it from me, you\u2019d know that I was okay,\u201d Parton concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not ready to die yet,\u201d she added. \u201cI don\u2019t think God is through with me, and I ain\u2019t done working.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dolly Parton\u00a0is setting the record straight about her health \u2014 straight from her to her fans. 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