According to OK!, Parton’s friends are “growing concerned over the singer’s workaholic tendencies.” Insiders told the tabloid that everyone in her life “is coaxing her to slow down and enjoy life more, but she won’t listen.” Parton is concerned that handing the reins of Dollywood off would be akin to “letting folks down.”
Parton’s days start with “half a dozen calls at home before she even puts her makeup on.” She barely sleeps, and “nowadays she barely has time for breakfast.” Her mind is preoccupied with “worries about her current projects, and she keeps finding new challenges for the next day.” The article concludes by saying the “extremely ambitious” Parton is “running herself ragged.”
Parton loves making music, performing, and staying busy. The tabloid urges her to slow down and “enjoy life more,” but slowing down would directly cause her to enjoy life less. It’s hard to believe that Parton’s actual “inner circle” would think she should stop doing what she’s been doing so successfully for decades.
Real friends would have her back and not talk to a suspicious tabloid. In that story, like this one, her friends and family were urging her to slow down and not work so hard. We busted that story because, as Parton personally told Reba McIntyre, “as long as I’m livin’, I’m workin’.”
With a friendship that’s lasted over 40 years, @reba and I always have a lot to talk about! I am honored to be a guest on her brand new podcast “Living & Learning with Reba McEntire” ❤️ Listen now on @Spotify! https://t.co/wRV4L7EV44 pic.twitter.com/j3aQlyDC3Y
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) September 21, 2020
These so-called “insiders” either have a severe misunderstanding of who Parton is and how she lives or, more likely, they have been completely invented by the tabloid. This story is bogus as Parton is working exactly as hard as she always has and has outright stated she will not stop.