Dolly Parton
Country star doesn't want a memorial in her honor
Dolly Parton doesn't want a statue – at least not yet
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Country legend Dolly Parton has declined to have a monument erected in her honor in her home state of Tennessee.
Country legend Dolly Parton (75, "Jolene") doesn't want a statue to be erected in her home state of Tennessee. Wrote on twitter the musician that she was honored by the intention, however, she asked the state parliament to withdraw the bill for the time being.
In view of all that is about to happen in the world, Parton does not think it appropriate at the moment to "put her on a pedestal," said the musician. However, it does not rule out such an honor "in a few years or when I am no longer". "If you still think I deserve it, I'm sure I'll stand proudly in our Capitol as a grateful resident of Tennessee," the 75-year-old continues.
It is not the first honor that the musician turns down. Parton recently revealed in an interview that she had twice refused to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by ex-President Donald Trump (74). In addition, she is not sure whether she would accept the highest civilian honor in the United States from Trump's successor, President Joe Biden (78): "Now I have the feeling that I would be doing politics if I accepted that."