{"id":86606,"date":"2019-11-15T13:35:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T18:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=86606"},"modified":"2019-11-15T17:58:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T22:58:32","slug":"an-abc-nightline-profile-piece-on-dolly-parton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=86606","title":{"rendered":"An ABC Nightline Profile Piece on Dolly Parton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sadness is a major theme in Parton\u2019s music. On WNYC host Jad Abumrad’s podcast, \u201cDolly Parton\u2019s America<\/a>,” she revealed that she went through a rough time in her 30s when she dealt with weight gain and \u201csome family things.\u201d Parton said she even contemplated writing a last letter during her struggle with depression.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t think people can live in this world without going through times like that,\u201d Parton said. \u201cPeople always look at me, they always say, ‘Oh, you just always seem to be so happy.’ I said, ‘that’s the Botox.’ No, but seriously, I’m a very sensitive person. I feel everything to the core.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was during that time in the 1980s, she told Roberts, that she’d had “a complete breakdown.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI could totally relate to how people do get on drugs or alcohol, how people do commit suicide, because when you’re a tender, loving, caring, sensitive person, you feel like you can only stand so much heartache and sorrow,\u201d Parton added.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dolly Parton opens up about song inspirations, being “Aunt Dolly” to female country artists\u2014and those tattoos. https:\/\/t.co\/rPGZhyvxwN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) November 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n