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Dolly Parton asked lawmakers not to consider a statue of her at the Tennessee state Capitol.

Dolly Parton performs onstage during the 53rd annual CMA Awards. (John Shearer/Getty) A Dolly Parton statue will not be erected at the Tennessee Capitol after the star asked lawmakers to halt their plans because she doesn’t think such a move would be “appropriate at this time”. Legislation was introduced in January by Tennessee House member John Windle to have a statue of the country music star erected at the state Capitol building. But Parton revealed in a post on Twitter on Thursday (18 February) that she had asked the Tennessee legislature to remove the bill from consideration. “I...

'I am honoured and humbled by their intention,' she wrote in a tweet

Country music legend and philanthropist Dolly Parton on Thursday asked Tennessee lawmakers to drop a bill to have a statue erected in her honor at the state Capitol, saying it's not the right time in the country for her to be placed on a "pedestal."

Dolly Parton Says Thanks But No Thanks to Statue at Tennessee Capitol Chris Willman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Dolly Parton took to social media Thursday to declare that she doesn’t want the Tennessee legislature to approve putting up a statue of her at the state capitol… probably one of the few conceivable things that could have united lawmakers from different sides of the aisle in the current political climate. “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 honored and humbled b...