Dolly Parton skips Dollywood event over kidney…
Dolly Parton’s placing her health first.
The “9 to 5” singer, 79, skipped a Dollywood event due to a painful kidney stone and infection.
Parton missed a prescheduled journey to her beloved park and resort in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, on Wednesday, Sept. 17.
Dolly Parton appeared in a pre-recorded video message shown to Dollywood parkgoers on Wednesday, September 17. marcusleshock/X
The singer revealed she had a kidney stone and was under doctor’s orders not to journey. marcusleshock/X
Instead, the nation queen appeared in a pre-recorded video message to tackle her health issue to the dissatisfied crowd from the consolation of what appeared to be her front room.
“Hello Dollywood! It’s me! I know, I’m here and you’re there and wondering why that is,” Parton said, smiling while dressed in brilliant clothes.
“I had a little problem. I had a kidney stone,” she explained in the clip, shared on X news anchor Marcus Leshock.
Dolly Parton in the pre-recorded video. marcusleshock/X
Dolly Parton poses for a portrait with her guitar at Dollywood circa 1993 in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Getty Images
Dolly Parton performs onstage during the thirty seventh Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on November 05, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Parton revealed she was under her doctor’s order not to journey.
“Turns out there was an infection,” the singer continued. “And the doctor said, ‘You don’t need to be traveling around this minute… You need a few days to feel better.’ So he suggested I not go to Dollywood today.”
While Parton wasn’t bodily there, she told the Dollywood crowd she was “there in spirit,” noting she had been “so looking forward to” the theme park event.
Dolly Parton attends the Opening Weekend Celebration of Dollywood on April 24, 1993 at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
Dolly Parton attends the opening of Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s new exhibit ‘Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker’ at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on May 19, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. Getty Images
Dolly Parton, poses for a studio portrait circa 1992 in Lake Tahoe, California. Getty Images
The “Jolene” singer reassured those in attendance that her health condition wasn’t severe.
“I’ll be back as quick as I can. Don’t worry about me, I’m going to be okay. Just can’t do it today,” she announced.
The Post reached out to Parton’s rep for remark.
Dolly Parton performs during halftime in the sport between the Washington Commanders and the Dallas Cowboys on November 23, 2023 in Arlington, Texas. Getty Images
Dolly Parton on Khloe Kardashian’s podcast.
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Dollywood revealed the famous person wouldn’t give you the option to attend the day’s festivities on Tuesday due to a “change in schedule.”
Parton was supposed to be there to announce Dollywood’s latest attraction coming in 2026, per Knoxville News.
Despite her absence, the company’s president gave parkgoers a preview of what’s to come, calling the attraction its largest, most formidable and costly project yet.
Dolly Parton and her husband Carl Thomas Dean. dollyparton/Instagram
They also famous the attraction “is the next step in the $500 million expansion plan first unveiled in 2021.”
Parton’s health issue comes six months after her husband Carl Dean’s death at age 82.
The Grammy winner announced his passing in March after practically 60 years of marriage.
“Carl Dean, husband of Dolly Parton, passed away March 3rd in Nashville at the age of 82. He will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with immediate family attending. He is survived by his siblings Sandra and Donnie,” she wrote in her social media post.
Dolly Parton and her husband Carl Thomas Dean. dollyparton/Instagram
“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,” her message read. “The family has asked for privacy during this difficult time.”
Parton later revealed Dean had been struggling a secret health battle before his death, but didn’t elaborate.
The icon also said she’s “found peace” with her husband’s passing and “doing better” than she thought she would.
Last month, Parton shared advice for fellow singer Kelly Clarkson, who lately misplaced her ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, to cancer.
Dolly Parton and her husband Carl Thomas Dean. dollyparton/Instagram
“I think you just have to be grateful for the years that you’ve had with someone and you just try to remember the very best of all that,” she told Entertainment Tonight.
“Take their energy that they have given you … and kinda just recycle that and let that become a part of you,” Parton continued. “Just honor their memory and just know they’re in a better place than we are these days.”
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