Elle King Receives Backlash After ‘Hammered’ Dolly Parton Tribute

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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

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