Dolly Parton BREAKS SILENCE on Elle King Incident_ “Let’s Just Move On” _ E! New
Dolly Parton BREAKS SILENCE on Elle King Incident_ “Let’s Just Move On” _ E! New
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00:00 Dolly Parton is truly a national treasure.
00:03 The Jolene singer breaks her silence on Elle King's Grand Ole Opry incident a few weeks
00:07 ago.
00:08 In an interview with Extra on February 12th, the superstar is coming to her defense, saying,
00:13 "Elle is really a great artist.
00:15 She's a great girl.
00:16 She's been going through a lot of hard things lately, and she just had a little too much
00:19 to drink.
00:20 So let's just forgive that and forget it and move on, because she felt worse than anyone
00:24 ever could."
00:25 Elle King took to the stage at the Grand Ole Opry back in January to celebrate the country
00:29 icon's 78th birthday.
00:31 In videos shared across social media, the Grammy-winning singer can be seen singing
00:35 Dolly's 2001 hit "Marry Me."
00:38 During the performance, the exes and ostentatious appears to mix up the words to the song, telling
00:43 the crowd, "Don't tell Dolly," adding, "Holy s---, I swear if any of you guys tell
00:47 Dolly."
00:48 She then continues, "I'm not even gonna f---ing lie.
00:49 Y'all bought tickets for this s---.
00:51 You ain't getting your money back."
00:52 Before exclaiming, "I'll tell you one thing more.
00:54 Hi, my name is Elle King.
00:56 I'm f---ing hammered."
00:57 After she received backlash online for her behavior, the Grand Ole Opry issued an apology
01:01 following the singer's January 19th performance at the legendary venue.
01:05 On ex-formerly Twitter, the Nashville venue writes, "We deeply regret and apologize
01:09 for the language that was used during last night's second Opry performance."
01:13 Some fans on ex also noted their concern for the singer, who opened up in a 2019 interview
01:18 with ABC News about her substance abuse battle.
01:21 "You've obviously gone through a journey in the past three years.
01:24 What have you learned about yourself in this time?"
01:26 "I've learned that I'm a lot stronger than I thought I was.
01:29 I've learned that I can have boundaries and that I can say no to things and to people
01:37 and that I do have enough respect for myself and my body and my time and my spirit."
01:43 "I've learned that I'm a lot stronger than I thought I was.
01:44 I've learned that I can have boundaries and that I do have enough respect for myself
01:45 and my time and my spirit.
01:46 I've learned that I can have boundaries and that I do have enough respect for myself
01:47 and my time and my spirit.
01:48 I've learned that I can have boundaries and that I do have enough respect for myself
01:49 and my time and my spirit.
01:50 I've learned that I can have boundaries and that I do have enough respect for myself
01:51 and my time and my spirit.
01:52 I've learned that I can have boundaries and that I do have enough respect for myself
01:53 and my time and my spirit.
01:54 I've learned that I can have boundaries and that I do have enough respect for myself
01:55 and my time and my spirit.
01:56 I've learned that I can have boundaries and that I do have enough respect for myself
01:57 and my time and my spirit.
01:58 I've learned that I can have boundaries and that I do have enough respect for myself