Dolly Parton Doesn’t Want Statue at Tennessee Capitol ‘Given All That Is Going On’
“I don’t think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time,” the entertainer saysLindsey Ellefson | February 18, 2021 @ 9:50 AM
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Dolly Parton says she’s flattered Tennessee lawmakers want a statue of her at the state Capitol, but she’d prefer they didn’t put one up.
“I want to thank the Tennessee legislature for their consideration of a bill to erect a statue of me on the Capitol grounds. I am honored and humbled by their intention but I have asked the leaders of the state legislature to remove the bill from any and all consideration,” the 75-year-old entertainment icon wrote in a statement posted Thursday to Twitter.