I've always despised Dolly Parton

Are you Jolene, Miss OP?

I love how this site turns everything on its head. I don’t think she’s necessarily but a malicious person but I always question her motives.

She gave a boatload of $ to develop a covid cure.

You’re dead to me, OP.

r3 right because humanity getting wiped out by a pandemic would seriously affect her future monetary projection.

I'm guessing OP started that thread a couple weeks ago asking "what women are beloved on DL?" and is using the responses to create troll threads.

r4 good. I want no part of your cheesy illusions.

I don’t think she a horrible person or Kanye West, but she does have somewhat of a fake persona. I remember reading this and being shocked she of all people said it.

Even if it is an all act, so what? It is an act that makes the world a better place. Would you rather she act like Kim K? Would you rather she act like Will Smith? Like Britney Spears?

Is the worst thing you can say about a person is that her niceness is an act, and she gives back as an act, then that isn’t too bad.

And for what it is worth, I don’t think it is an act. Opening up a theme park in your old hometown to ensure jobs is not an act. Donating children books to all children in your home state, is not an act. Giving over 20,000 per each family in an area near your hometown that was burnt to the ground - and delivering it is person - is not an act.

She's working 9 to 5, otherwise she would reply to this silly thread.

Your mama should have swallowed OP!

It is Spring Break, right? I guess OP's parents were too cheap to send him on vacation, so he has to entertain himself with nonsense like this.

Who dreamt up this commercial? It's beyond depressing that people have to work from 9 in the morning to 9 in the evening just to make ends meet!

I love all the pearl clutching replies to this thread by hysterical old queens. You are all making feeble arguments in defense of a woman who doesn't care if you live or die.

R14, why would I care if a stranger who doesn't know me, cared if I lived or died? What a silly thread you've created and it hasn't triggered anyone.

Reba is way better and authentic. Dolly is fake.

r15 it's triggered you, clearly. The defensiveness I've talked about it so evident in these replies. Exactly r16. Reba doesn't go in for that fake shit.

You seem awfully desperate to stir shit, but completely incompetent at doing so

R8 wow

I agree about Reba. She's never hid her capitalistic nature. Remember when she used her helicopter to fly in and out of the skyscraper construction company she owned in Nashville? She was about diversifying and making money because she never wanted to go back to Oklahoma and live like the pathetic freaky looking girl she was.

Sounds personal OP. In the grand scheme of things with a world filled with the likes of Dump, MTG and Gaetz like creatures you're attacking a woman who gives back to her community?

How is she exploiting others? It sounds like OP mistrusts anyone who becomes rich.

She's business savvy and understands that there's no need to put political opinions out there (one side or the other will get upset).

Elvis Presley wanted to record "I Will Always Love You," a song she wrote, but Col. Parker wanted half of the publishing rights. Dolly said no, I wrote that song.

Business savvy.

Poor attention-starved OP.

I've always despised apple sauce.

well, her upcoming 28-track rock album seems to bringing together a many well known lgbt allies... .(Cyndi, Elton, Deborah....)

(and ample donations to support charities)

rumours are abounding as to why...

even as british media trashes her (along with Taylor Swift and Reba for not speaking out against TN

the American media panics at the prospect of her health or potentially retiring with the rate of projects she's been pushing out in the last year and the many m ore ahead with no time to spare between.

In 2017-2018, Dolly donated $1 million to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She also opened the Hannah Dennison Butterfly Garden at the hospital, which is dedicated to her niece. Hannah was treated for leukemia at the hospital in 1990 and has since made a full recovery.

In 2016, Dolly launched the My People Fund, which donated $1,000 a month for six months to families whose homes were destroyed by wildfires in East Tennessee. The fund eventually donated $8.6 million to families in need and still operates to help residents pay rent and utilities. The fund also helps with food and mental health resources.

Shortly following the creation of the Dollywood Foundation, Dolly established the Buddy Program to quash the high school dropout rate in Sevier County, Tennessee. The program encourages seventh and eighth-grade students to "buddy up" with each other, and if they both successfully graduate high school, each graduating student gets $500. In response to Dolly's generosity, the dropout rate declined to 6 percent.

And her Imagination Library has donated over 190 million books to people in need.

And she wrote Jolene and I Will Always Love You on the same day when she was 26.

I can see why OP hates her so much.

I don’t hate her but I could never get into her because she’s just a cartoon character

As the usual R1 kicker has noted, DL is a reverse universe. She is not perfect or a saint but Dolly Parton is very very good on so many levels.

OP is Ed. Win off her meds.

Nobody despises Dolly Parton. That's just stupid talk.

OMG 😳

I never knew she was a Buffy producer!!! How amazing is that?

Fuck you OP, Dolly is a national treasure.

Reba is a republican.

OP raped Minnie pearl’s dead body!

Dolly is a true national treasure.

Step off, OP.

OP = Stella Parton

Dolly is the most generous celebrity out there so she can make all the fucking money she wants.

Gurl/OP....you in DANGER!!!!

Have we had a thread on Sandy Gallin?

Her carefully-devised persona is all she allows the public to see, and I’ve never really bought it. She paid Elaine Boosler $500 in 1979 to write some one-liners for her and she’s still using them - it’s kind of dull. Why would you watch a Dolly interview? You know exactly what she’s going to say.

That said, she is genuinely, massively, generous as a person, and an overall force for good, not to mention an incredibly talented song-writer, so I absolutely give her a pass for being as fake as she seems.

There’s no way you can look at all she’s done and says there’s a net negative to her. She is indeed one of the good ones.

Dolly said it best. Show business has the word "business"in it because it is a multimillion dollar business. To survive one must have good business sense and the ability to strategize as with any business.

“ You know exactly what she’s going to say.”

And I keep telling you that, but you keep asking me to say them anyway!

Dolly's free book program has always been for Anyone whether they could afford it or not and she just extended her program worldwide. Her father couldn't read and she didn't want kids bot be able to read. Dolly has done a Lot of good with her money unlike a lot of others. Dolly is a national treasure as said above.

Some people have an instinct to read people and some people have none.

People love Dolly because, despite the artifice, she seems real and genuine.

Yes, she plays up to her persona, but I think that's mostly the real Dolly. She genuinely cares about people. She also cares about having sufficient money and power to accomplish the things she wants to do. She is very driven woman.

Everyone in the professional world is "fake." That's part of being an adult is learning to control your emotions, having a filter and treating others with respect. She's a professional and has done a lot of charity and philanthropy. She inspires people to reach for their inner-good. Ultimately, she's someone who is a positive force. Very odd to hate her for doing her job and using her celebrity responsibly. Not every famous person needs to be a broken down mess who shares all their dirty laundry to the public. Dolly is old school

OP is trolling to be contrary, since DP is obviously a far better person than cunt OP.

Die in a grease fire, cunt OP.

I disagree. Her career is being a songwriter and entertainer, but also a businessperson because she realizes that what she does is also a business and there are important financial responsibilities, consequences and potential about that. Plus whatever she does and makes from it, she always appears to give back to those people and organizations in need.

I love Dolly,have my whole life ,BUT it must be said.She needs to quit now. She looks horrific and sounds terrible when she sings. She obviously doesnt believe in the word 'overexposure' . Im just tired of seeing her .

Dolly never forgot where she came from.

And she's very, very generous with her million$.

Great human being and philanthropist.

Her heart is even bigger than her boobs.

R51 I am sure the successful businesswoman, recording artist, actress and philanthropist Dolly Parton really cares what you say.

She seems to have steered her goddaughter Miley right.

She is one of the very few celebrities that I still have any respect for. A generous lady with a wonderful sense of humor.

OP is a troll. You have to lean hard into anger and resentment to start a dumb thread like this.

OP, what's the point? No wit, no humor, and no (as is necessary) plausible basis upon which to riff.

FAIL and a 0/10.

Note straw man of "defensiveness" that the OP snots out, as if that game plays with anyone who got through a week of Rhetoric classes.

And the familiar "thread hovering":

I've always despised Dolly Parton I think it's the combination of her faux humility with her predatory capitalistic instinct. She's not real, she just shows the public the friendly facade they want to see, in order for her to profit off them further. Everything she is comes down to making money. Her philosophy is not about living, it's about exploiting. And the worst of it being, is that her fans get so fucking defensive about it.

I've always despised Dolly Parton r3 right because humanity getting wiped out by a pandemic would seriously affect her future monetary projection.

I've always despised Dolly Parton r4 good. I want no part of your cheesy illusions.

I've always despised Dolly Parton I love all the pearl clutching replies to this thread by hysterical old queens. You are all making feeble arguments in defense of a woman who doesn't care if you live or die.

I've always despised Dolly Parton r15 it's triggered you, clearly. The defensiveness I've talked about it so evident in these replies. Exactly r16. Reba doesn't go in for that fake shit.

OP has issues with country-western singers:

[quote]Crystal Gayle -- What do we think, gurls? She's an incredibly feminine and eloquent lady, unlike her hick family.

OP there are so many creepy wife-beating and daughter-fucking trashy men in country music at whom to direct your hatred.

Dolly, Patsy, Loretta, Maybelle, Tammy, Crystal et al. are golden.

Dolly is one of the most talented singers ever. She also sang about a lot of pain and struggle throughout her life. Despite that, she has a good heart, which is hard to encounter in the hills a Tennessee. At a time when gay people were oppressed beyond belief, they identified with her sense of style and she theirs.

You and your name are part of the problem, R61!!

Not everyone is going to like the same people. I love Dolly. She is a super talent. Writing, performing, producing. She is the real deal. I've seen her in concert 3 times. She plays at least 8 different instruments, sings, tells stories. She had the entire audience in the palm of her hand for 2 hours without a break. She built Dollywood to give her poor relations a way to make a decent living. She inspires so many people with her words and energy. So she made a shit ton of money along the way. What other mega talent hasn't. Elton John? Cher? She is a better human than so many people these days.

It's her syrupy positivity which feels insincere. I find a lot of white people lap it up but people of color see through it.

R14, I don't care if you live or die. Does that help?

r65 so what? You are nobody, and not important.

Oh good, you cleared out a bit of the necrotic bile from your personality, R66. Good for you.

OP is one of the children who laughed at Dolly when she wore her coat of many colors to school.

OP probably helped off Betty White.

Oh wait, were you talking to OP, R66? Never mind.

Good, celebrities should be completely fake and act like archetypal role models. Who they are as actual people doesn't mean shit to me.

Really, R64? Did POC all see through Bill Cosby, too?

At least Parton didn't rape anybody. But she did give millions during the COVID pandemic. I guess that's an example of her "syrupy positivity."

Fuck outta here.

I do like Dolly and think she's very gifted, and authentic in her way. The marriage, though, is....well, none of my beeswax I guess.

It is annoying how there are certain celebrities we're all pushed to worship, like Betty White.

r73, that's exactly it. The canonization of people like Dolly and Betty White is nauseating.

Who's pushing you, R73/R74?

What a dumb question, R75.

[quote] Are you Jolene, Miss OP?

Thank you, r1. You gave me a real-world laugh out loud moment.

So what's your "smart" answer, R76?

So nobody is pushing you, R76.

Exactly. R76 is an idiot all by herself.

Rug muncher.

That's R81's reason for hating her.

R81 sucks cock.

Well my hubby is an opera singer and Dolly Parton has been my comeback for the last 30 years. Every time he starts singing some opera, I turn on Dolly with extra volume.

I have always liked her.

That Dolly can eat a mean cooch!

And nice ones, too!

Nice cooch.

Somehow that got changed to coach.

F&F OP

I always thought gay men were open minded and could handle debate but the responses to this thread tell me otherwise. You are just as cultish and intolerant as the people who oppress you.

R88 is whining on DL of all places.

r64

HAHAHAHA.

Thanks, R90.

What an idiot R64 is.

OP is an argumentative troll. Just block it.

Dolly Parton was best friends with sex pest/plastic surgery enthusiast Sandy Gallin.

That's all you need to know.

r91 How so?

I had to look up Sandy Gallin to know who the fuck R93 was even talking about. R93 is highly disingenuous.

According to Wiki:

Gallin produced over 20 movies as well as Broadway plays, with Dolly Parton was co-owner of the film and television production company Sandollar Productions, and was the CEO of Mirage Entertainment and Sports. He was a close associate of Steve Wynn Barry Diller, David Geffen, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Calvin Klein.

His 70th birthday party was thrown at Donna Karan's West Village studio and was attended by Patti LaBelle, Barbra Streisand, Joan Rivers, Bette Midler, Vera Wang, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere, Sandra Bernhard, Les Moonves, and Ron Perelman.

Sexual harassment issues In 1997, Gallin was sued by two former employees alleging sexual harassment. The lawsuit alleged Gallin asked them to coordinate sexual visits with men, as well as to offer their sexual services to potential clients to secure relationships. Gallin responded with a countersuit alleging his former employees had breached their contractual obligations with his firm and produced the sexual harassment allegations by way of distraction from their violations.

If this thread was designed to turn people against Parton, it only served to turn people against OP.

Imagine despising Dolly Parton. I can't. I just can't.

Can you name a prominent woman that you don't despise?

These are all the reasons people like her, including POC, and all the reasons why OP eats shit.

How am I supposed to despise the person who gave us "Light of a Clear Blue Morning"?

^one of the greatest songs ever

Great trolling, OP. Bravo! Did you get the attention you need? Just know that when you die, nobody is going to mourn your passing.

So OP has proven DL loves Dolly and hates OP.

"Family"

Written by: Dolly Parton, Carl L Perkins

Album: Eagle When She Flies

Released: 1991

Judging by OP's other comments here she's a vapid, celeb obsessed troll. That said, if you're going to rich celebs hate the ones like the Kartrashians or Beyonce and her fug husband. They don't seem to do anything with their money except display grotesquely conspicuous consumption and seem to perform very little philanthropic acts.

^^hate rich celebs

Dolly should run for public office.

I love her.

[quote] I always thought gay men were open minded and could handle debate but the responses to this thread tell me otherwise. You are just as cultish and intolerant as the people who oppress you.

Do you know how often we hear this whine from breeder scum who can’t handle being disagreed with?

Fuck off

Why do gays worship divas and hate other out gay men?

I also read somewhere that she had donated band uniforms to some high schools.

I didn’t get the fevered adoration of Betty White, actually. Just some old broad.

Dolly has done a million more good things than White ever did.

While I'm sure she's far from perfect, just like every other human on this earth, she comes fairly close. She's always put her money where her mouth is and supported various causes and given back a lot. She seems like a sincere, sweet, funny woman who happens to also be incredibly talented. It says a lot that she's good friends with one of the Republican's biggest boogeywomen, Jane Fonda, and yet they still love Dolly. She's lovable.

Boy, did this backfire on asshole OP!

OP, die in a crackling, fucking grease fire.

OP is very busy now soliciting TRANS outrage. Great day for trolls.

R120. Yes, Dolly has provided band uniforms for inner city high school bands.

Has she had work done or her clit?

It's her fake niceness which is so galling. We all know she probably voted for Trump in secret. Her sister was just exposed as a massive racist.

[quote] We all know she probably voted for Trump in secret.

You're such a stupid cunt, 126.

r127 triggered little bitch.

R126/R128 is a gash who makes shit up.

Die in a fucking grease fire, gash.

r129 your hysteria for this fake woman amuses me.

She is gay friendly and had done so much charity work. This is over and above a stellar singing career.

That's why we love her

R130 is just a gash troll. Ignore it.

There is no proof of her being fake or a racist.

Honestly, I don't care how she is personally. She's never going to be my friend.

Her outward actions, however, rooted in "love they neighbor" and that's great to see,

[quote] I always thought gay men were open minded and could handle debate but the responses to this thread tell me otherwise. You are just as cultish and intolerant as the people who oppress you.

Honest debate requires more facts than "She's a fake!!"

She's obviously a Republican. It goes back to what I was saying about her using you all. She knows it would affect her brand with the majority liberal youth if she was honest. Even at Dollywood, she had a celebration of Confederate culture.

R133 I know someone who is a longtime friend of Dolly’s. She said Dolly, in private, is just like she is in public. In fact , she once visited Dolly and reported Dolly was cooking turnip greens and pinto beans.

We all know R126 has a prolapsed asshole.

^At Dollywood? Where?

Dolly’s company did but the wildly popular dinner show, Dixie Stampefe, but changed the name.

OP, and a few others who upvoted him, are just mad because none of Dolly's money has ever benefitted them.

Of all the celebs to hate, Dolly Parton!? Really? OP has too much time on their hands.

Hey r95, here's a tip. When you say "I know nothing about this", that is when you should shut up.

R141, how about asking the idiot claiming some close friendship between Parton and Gallin (guilty of nothing, by the way) as someone who should shut the fuck up?

I just don't trust Dolly. Her sister being an open racist on twitter was eye-opening. They had the same cultural background, and Dolly clearly prides herself on her white southern identity which is bound up with the degradation of the darker race. Dolly is good at sidestepping with her 'All Lives Matter' approach.

More bullshit "I just don't trustier" bullshit from people like R143 who don't fucking know her and make stupid speculations. She could give away her entire fortune and R143 would be unimpressed.

And NO ONE CARES.

What are they saying that Dolly did now?