Dolly Parton Shuts Down Health Rumors in Viral Video: “I Ain’t Dead Yet!”

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Dolly Parton has responded to growing health rumors with a candid and lighthearted video message, telling fans, “I ain’t dead yet.”  Concerns about the country music legend’s well-being began circulating after her sister, Stella Parton, posted a cryptic Facebook message asking for prayers for Dolly, sparking widespread speculation online.  In the video, Dolly clarified that while she is undergoing treatment for some health issues, none are life-threatening.  She also admitted that following the prolonged illness and recent death of her husband, she had put her own health on the back burner, which has now led to the postponement of upcoming performances as she focuses on recovery. The viral video has reassured fans and quickly put to rest the false rumors about her condition.

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00:00Dolly Parton has spoken and she's not dead yet. I'm sorry that sounded so aggressive but I'm

00:04literally just quoting Dolly herself. As in case you've missed it, there's been some rumors going

00:08around this week about Dolly Parton's health. Many people online were very concerned for Dolly

00:13Parton after her sister posted an interesting thing on Facebook asking people to pray for the

00:17country singer. That prompted a lot of rumors to start circulating about Dolly's health and now

00:22she's taken to social media and she's clearing things up. I've got some problems as I mentioned

00:27back when my husband Carl was very sick. That was for a long time and then when he passed,

00:34I didn't take care of myself so I let a lot of things go that I should have been taken care of.

00:39So anyway, when I got around to it, the doctor said, we need to take care of this, we need to

00:44take care of that. Nothing major but I did have to cancel some things so I could be closer to home,

00:51closer to Vanderbilt, you know, where I'm kind of having a few treatments here and there.

00:56But I wanted you to know that I'm not dying. In addition to letting people know she is alive

01:02and well, Dolly did also reference these AI photos of her and Reba. She was laughing about how her

01:07and Reba both look in these photos and reminded people to pay them literally no mind. She made

01:12it clear she is working, she is okay. She also thanked everyone for the prayers anyway because

01:16she said she could always use prayers. But now that you know that Dolly Parton is okay,

01:20let us know your thoughts on her video statement. For more trending news, follow us at What's Trending.

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