Dolly Parton’s iconic four-word response to fan concerns over her health

Dolly Parton issued a quick response to worried fans after Freida concerned them with her post begging them for ‘prayers’ when the iconic singer fell ill. In a new post shared on her official page, Dolly captioned her video filmed in a studio: “I ain’t dead yet!”

A cameraman filmed Dolly, sitting on a stool, from a distance. She was heard saying: “Bring your camera over here! I wanna say something. Well, today’s October 8 and obviously I’m here doing some commercials. Before I got started, I wanted to say lately everybody thinks that I am sick. Do I look sick to you?

“I’m working hard here. I wanted to put everybody’s mind at ease. You seem to be real concerned which I appreciate and I appreciate your prayers because I’m a person of faith and can always use the prayers for anything and everything. But I want you to know that I’m okay. I’ve got some problems as I’ve mentioned, back when my husband was very sick that was for a long time, and then he passed. I didn’t take care of myself.”

She added: “I let a lot of things go that I should’ve been taken care of. When I got around to it, the doctor said we need to take care of this, we need to take care of that. Nothing major, but I did have to cancel some things to be closer to home. I’m having a few treatments here and there, but I wanted you to know that I’m not dying.

“You see that AI picture of Reba [McEntire] and me? Oh Lordy, they had Reba at my deathbed, and we both looked like we needed to be buried. But I thought, oh my Lord, if I was really dying I don’t think Reba would be the one at my deathbed.

“She might come visit me earlier but… Anyways, there”s just a lot of rumours flying around. And I figured if you heard it from me, you’ll see that I’m okay. That’s what I wanted to say, I’m not ready to die yet. I don’t think God is through with me and I ain’t done working.”

The star, 79, recently postponed her six shows from her upcoming Dolly: Live in Las Vegas residency. On Tuesday, sister Freida took to her personal Facebook page to ask fans to pray for Dolly, writing: “Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately.

“I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been led to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you!”

After fans panicked about Dolly’s health, Freida returned to reassure them Dolly was simply recovering from battling severe kidney stones.

Freida said: “I want to clear something up. I didn’t mean to scare anyone or make it sound so serious when asking for prayers for Dolly. She’s been a little under the weather, and I simply asked for prayers because I believe so strongly in the power of prayer.

“It was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister. Thank you all for lifting her up. Your love truly makes a difference.”

Meanwhile, Stella – their other sister- took to her social media page to slam those demanding answers from her over Dolly’s health.

Stella told followers: “To those with genuine concern for my big sister Dolly’s well being, she posted a video last week to share with her fans that she has had kidney stones and is getting treatment. My sister Freida is always concerned when one of her siblings isn’t feeling well so she ask for prayers on Dolly’s behalf.

“It’s my job as a sister to both of them to love and respect their privacy as I expect them to do for me. To those of you who make it your job to attack me for not being your personal information centre, you need to go check their pages! Most fans are genuinely concerned but some of you are way out of line with disregard for my feelings concerning their wellbeing.

“My big sister will share with her fans when she so chooses in the meantime don’t come at me with questions or insults.”

Eve Dolly released a statement claiming the panic was overblown. Olly Rowland, from the singer’s management team in Nashville, confirmed: “It’s just the kidney stones, and the procedure she needs to resolve those.

“It looks like her sister posted, and it got quite a bit blown out of proportion, weirdly.”

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Source: Mirror