Dolly Parton putting music on ‘hold’ after husband’s death



She will not be working 9 to 5.

Dolly Parton shared that she’s taking a break from music following the death of her longtime husband, Carl Dean, in March.

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“I can’t do it,” the country icon told Khloé Kardashian on Wednesday’s episode of the “Khloé in Wonder Land” podcast.

Dolly Parton admitted on the “Khloé in Wonder Land” podcast that there’s several songs she hasn’t been able to write after the death of her husband, Carl Dean, in March. dollyparton/Instagram
“I can’t do it,” Parton said on Wednesday’s episode of the “Khloé in Wonder Land” podcast. Khloe Kardashian/X

“I can’t do it right now ‘cause I got so many other things that I can’t afford the luxury of, you know, of getting emotional right now,” Parton, 79, continued.

Despite being “stalled” for now, the singer promised her music career isn’t over.

“I’ll write something else, though, if it comes. I’m just putting that all on hold.”

“I can’t do it right now ‘cause I got so many other things that I can’t afford the luxury of, you know, of getting emotional right now,” Parton continued Getty Images
“I’ll write something else, though, if it comes. I’m just putting that all on hold,” she added. Khloe Kardashian/X

Parton and Dean were married for nearly 60 years at the time of his passing. He was 82.

The Grammy winner shared the news of his death via Instagram on March 3.

“Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy,” she wrote in a statement.

The country singer promised fans she would get back to songwriting eventually because that’s her “special” thing. Khloe Kardashian/X
“That, to me, is my joy, and it happens just to be my job,” she explained. Khloe Kardashian/X

The country star and her family also asked for privacy during the difficult time.

Dean, who ran an asphalt road-paving business in Nashville, met Parton outside a laundromat in 1964 when she was 18 years old.

The couple was notoriously private. The “I Will Always Love You” songstress shared on the podcast that Dean only saw her perform once, right after they got married in 1966.

Parton and Dean were married for nearly 60 years. dollyparton/Instagram
“Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years,” Parton shared in a statement in March. Getty Images

She joked that sometimes fans would ask if he was Parton’s husband, to which he would reply, “Do I look like Dolly Parton’s husband?”

Though she’s taking a break from songwriting, Parton shared that she’s not worried about bouncing back after her hiatus.

“That’s my special [thing]. That, to me, is my joy, and it happens just to be my job.”




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