Dolly Parton grew up in the mountains of East Tennessee. She had a childhood that’s worlds away from the life she lives now. Once, the Queen of Country went into what getting disciplined was like for herself and her siblings.
Dolly Parton | Ian Gavan/Getty Images Dolly Parton said she and her siblings were not ‘abused’
In Parton’s first memoir, Dolly Parton: My Life and Other Unfinished Business, the “Coat of Many Colors” singer wanted to make something clear: she was not coming out saying she “was abused” as a child “as some celebrities have.”
“None of us kids were,” she wrote. “We were not beaten. We got plain old Tennessee butt whippin’s. And in truth, we deserved them.”
Her intention was to explain what life was like in the mountains growing up. How her parents disciplined her and her siblings was a big part of that.
Dolly Parton | Ian Gavan/Getty Images Dolly Parton said she and her siblings were not ‘abused’
In Parton’s first memoir, Dolly Parton: My Life and Other Unfinished Business, the “Coat of Many Colors” singer wanted to make something clear: she was not coming out saying she “was abused” as a child “as some celebrities have.”
“None of us kids were,” she wrote. “We were not beaten. We got plain old Tennessee butt whippin’s. And in truth, we deserved them.”
Her intention was to explain what life was like in the mountains growing up. How her parents disciplined her and her siblings was a big part of that.
- 5/13/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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