Country crooner Dolly Parton has been hitched to Carl Dean for the past 53 years, but she’s still plagued by rumors she’s a lesbian!
In a candid new interview, the 73-year-old denied claims she’s romantically involved with her best friend, Judy Ogle, despite rumblings of her unclear sexuality!
Click through the gallery below for Dolly’s truth revealed!
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The idea that she's gay frustrates Dolly. “So people say that — because you can’t really have a great relationship with a woman. I’m not gay but I have so many gay friends and I accept everybody for who they are,” she told
The Sun.
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“People love to talk — but sometimes that’s your best publicity. I don’t care what they say as long as they don’t hurt other people I love,” she added of the whispers.
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Dolly regularly calls Judy her “girlfriend” despite the fact that their relationship is purely platonic.
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"Judy and I have been best friends for 64 years, since we were little kids. Our parents knew each other, we grew up together, we were like sisters, became best friends,” she said.
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Dolly added, “She was very quiet, I was very outgoing. So we made perfect friends. We went all through school together.”
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“She went to the army when we graduated because she needed the insurance and she needed to help her family and I was trying to make it. As soon as she got out, she came to Nashville and we’ve been together ever since,” the “Jolene” singer said of her good friend.
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However, Dolly openly accepts the fact that she’s now a gay icon. “I don’t mind that. I love that,” she said of the role.
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The idea that she's gay frustrates Dolly. “So people say that — because you can’t really have a great relationship with a woman. I’m not gay but I have so many gay friends and I accept everybody for who they are,” she told
The Sun.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“People love to talk — but sometimes that’s your best publicity. I don’t care what they say as long as they don’t hurt other people I love,” she added of the whispers.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Dolly regularly calls Judy her “girlfriend” despite the fact that their relationship is purely platonic.
Photo credit: Getty Images
"Judy and I have been best friends for 64 years, since we were little kids. Our parents knew each other, we grew up together, we were like sisters, became best friends,” she said.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Dolly added, “She was very quiet, I was very outgoing. So we made perfect friends. We went all through school together.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
“She went to the army when we graduated because she needed the insurance and she needed to help her family and I was trying to make it. As soon as she got out, she came to Nashville and we’ve been together ever since,” the “Jolene” singer said of her good friend.
Photo credit: Getty Images
However, Dolly openly accepts the fact that she’s now a gay icon. “I don’t mind that. I love that,” she said of the role.
Photo credit: Getty Images
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