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Dolly Parton turns down offer of statue Dolly Parton took to social media on Thursday (3 am Friday AEDT) to declare that she does not want the Tennessee legislature to approve putting up a statue of her at the state capitol. "I want to thank the Tennessee legislature for their consideration of a bill to erect a statue of me on the Capitol grounds," she wrote. "I am honoured and humbled by their intention," she continued — but not that humbled, necessarily, by the governing body's attempt to come up with some feel-good legislation amid all of its famously divisive and controversial bills.

Dolly Parton has asked Tennessee legislators not to install a statue in her honor on Capitol Grounds. The country icon said that, although she was honored and humbled by the gesture, she hoped the state would remove the proposed bill...

Dolly Parton has asked the Tennessee State legislature to remove a bill proposing a statue in her likeness at the State Capitol.

Dolly Parton Doesn’t Want Statue at Tennessee Capitol ‘Given All That Is Going On’ “I don’t think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time,” the entertainer saysLindsey Ellefson | February 18, 2021 @ 9:50 AM Getty Images Dolly Parton says she’s flattered Tennessee lawmakers want a statue of her at the state Capitol, but she’d prefer they didn’t put one up. “I want to thank the Tennessee legislature for their consideration of a bill to erect a statue of me on the Capitol grounds. I am honored and humbled by their intention but I have asked the leaders of th...

Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what's clicking today in entertainment. Dolly Parton has asked Tennessee legislators to not move forward with installing a statue in her honor on state Capitol grounds.  The country music legend posted a new message Thursday on Twitter asking her home state to stop the proposed bill even though she is "honored and humbled" by the gesture. "I want to thank the Tennessee legislature for their consideration of a bill to erect a statue of me on the Capitol grounds. I am honored and humbled by their intention but I h...