Elle King Receives Backlash After ‘Hammered’ Dolly Parton Tribute
Elle King Receives Backlash After ‘Hammered’ Dolly Parton Tribute
Transcript
00:00 (dramatic music)
00:01 Don't tell Dolly.
00:02 (laughing)
00:03 Holy (beep)
00:04 I swear to God if you guys tell Dolly.
00:06 Hi, my name is Elle King.
00:08 (beep)
00:09 Y'all bought tickets for this (beep)
00:11 You ain't getting your mom back.
00:13 Elle was off the rails,
00:14 swearing, slurring, and forgetting Dolly's lyrics.
00:18 Quit looking at me like I'm this (beep)
00:21 Dolly wasn't there, but her sister Stella spoke up,
00:23 calling Elle a hillbilly.
00:25 I don't celebrate a birthday in one way or two.
00:29 The Grand Ole Opry apologized for Elle's language,
00:32 but this isn't the first time there's been drama.
00:34 Last year, Elle slammed a mic
00:38 and walked off stage in Detroit.
00:40 The year before, she suffered a scary fall.
00:43 It resulted in a concussion, so what exactly happened?
00:45 I was so tired and exhausted,
00:48 and I was walking down our steps
00:52 in the middle of the night to make a bottle,
00:54 and I slipped and knocked myself unconscious.
00:56 ♪ Fixes and their hoses ♪
01:00 Elle, who is the daughter of comedian Rob Schneider
01:02 and model London King, has been open
01:04 about her past struggle with substance abuse.
01:07 ♪ I'm drunk and I don't wanna go home ♪
01:10 And she's built a career out of drinking songs.
01:13 ♪ One shot from the top of the shelf ♪
01:15 ♪ I got lazy 'cause I didn't wanna deal with myself tonight ♪
01:20 I run my mouth a lot, and you know,
01:23 I spend most of my year on mobile bunk beds
01:28 with a bunch of men.
01:30 They give me (beep) and they call me out on,
01:32 excuse my language.
01:33 I'm learning how to kinda reel it in.
01:35 I can't help it.
01:37 The 34-year-old says she struggled with depression
01:39 and PTSD after the end of her marriage in 2017.
01:43 But life was looking up for the singer
01:45 when we sat down with her after the birth of her son, Lucky.
01:48 I'm just in the best place in my life,
01:51 and I have the best baby in the world.
01:53 (upbeat music)
01:56 you