Dolly Parton to Tennessee lawmakers: Don’t put up a statue of me

CLIP02/19/21

Tennessee lawmakers recently introduced legislation to erect a statue of Dolly Parton at the state capitol, but the country music icon has asked them to remove the bill from consideration, saying it isn’t “appropriate at this time.”

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