America Breathes Sigh of Relief as Dolly Parton Posts Video: ‘I Ain’t Dead Yet!’
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After America went through a stressful 24 hours fretting over the health of Dolly Parton, the beloved country music legend took to social media herself to dispel any rumors with her trademark candor, telling her fans, “I ain’t dead yet!”

The kerfuffle began when one of Parton’s younger sisters, Freida Parton, wrote a Facebook post on Tuesday saying she was “up all night praying for my sister, Dolly,” which likely caused more panic that it would have otherwise because Parton had just postponed her Las Vegas concerts because she was “dealing with some health challenges.”

Freida thankfully followed up several hours later with a second post clarifying that Parton was just “a little under the weather,” and another Parton sister, Stella Parton, added her own post saying Dolly was dealing with kidney stones.

The Queen of Country Music decided to speak to her fans directly on Wednesday in a short video posted to her social media, captioned “I ain’t dead yet!”

“I wanna say something,” said Parton, explaining that she was filming some commercials for the Grand Ole Opry, but wanted to address the rumors, because she had heard that “everybody thinks I am sicker than I am.”

“Do I look sick to you?” Parton asked. “I’m working hard here.”

“Anyway, I wanted to put everybody’s mind at ease,” she continued, “those of you that seemed to be real concerned, which I appreciate, and I appreciate your prayers, because I’m a person of faith — I can always use the prayers for anything and everything.”

“I want you to know that I’m ok,” she said, explaining that she “had some problems, as I mentioned,” saying that she hadn’t done a good job taking care of herself when her husband Carl Dean was sick and then passed away in March.

Now she had some things the doctors said she needed to take care of, “nothing major, but I did have to cancel some things so I could be closer to home, closer to Vanderbilt,” where she was “having a few treatments here and there.”

“But I want you to know that I’m not dying!” Parton emphasized, and mentioned an AI-generated picture that had circulated online that showed Reba McEntire at her deathbed. “Ooh, Lordy!”

“There are just a lot of rumors flying around,” she concluded, “but I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know that I was OK. So anyhow, that’s what I wanted to say, and I’m not ready to die yet. I don’t think God is through with me, and I ain’t done working. So I love you for caring, and keep praying for me.”

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