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Music icon Dolly Parton asks Tennessee not to put her statue at Capitol grounds in Nashville 19 Feb, 2021 01:20 AM 2 minutes to read Dolly Parton live in concert at Vector Arena in Auckland, 2014. Photo / File AP By: Travis Loller Dolly Parton is asking Tennessee lawmakers to withdraw a bill that would erect a statue of her on the Capitol grounds in Nashville. "Given all that is going on in the world, I don't think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time," Parton said in a statement issued today. Democratic Representative John Mark Windle introduced the bill last month that aims ...

The 'Jolene' hitmaker is 'honored and humbled' by the lawmakers' plan but she urges the officials to drop the idea as she doesn't think it's an appropriate time for that.

"I don’t think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time." Want to bet on that?

Dolly Parton ‘humbly’ declines to have statue of herself outside Tennessee capitol: ‘I don’t think it’s appropriate’ Clémence Michallon © Provided by The Independent Dolly Parton has declined to have a statue of herself built outside the Tennessee state capitol, saying that while she’s “humbled” by the idea, she doesn’t think it’s right at this time. The musician released a statement on the issue on Thursday. She began by thanking the Tennessee lawmakers who have supported the initiative. “I am honoured and humbled by their intention but I have asked...

Country music legend Dolly Parton has turned down the offer of a memorial statue in her native Tennessee, saying she doesn't want to be 'put on a pedestal'.