Dolly Parton Dispels Stomach Cancer Rumors, Admits Treatment for Kidney Stones
Country legend Dolly Parton is on the offense after the assholes over at the National Enquirer posted rumors that the 69-year-old Hall of Famer is hiding the fact that she has potentially fatal stomach Cancer.
Three weeks ago Dolly Parton checked into the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville after suffering sever abdominal pain from what was later determined to be kidney stones, but according to an article posted by the Enquirer on Wednesday, October 14th citing an unnamed source, the fear was that Dolly was suffering from stomach Cancer. The Enquirer story said Parton’s long-time and reclusive husband Carl Dean accompanied her to the hospital, proving the severity of the situation.
“Carl never accompanies her anywhere but he was with Dolly during her recent ordeal,” said the source. “He’s been through a cancer battle with her before! . . . she’s worried her luck has run out.”
This began a whirlwind of rumors online Thursday that Dolly may be in the death throes, when in reality she was out in public last week during a regular week of work.
Late Thursday afternoon, Dolly Parton addressed the rumors on her website (and touted some of her upcoming projects):
“It is true that I had kidney stones. I had them removed three weeks ago and I am doing just fine! I am back to work and last week I was at Dollywood filming parts for my new movie “Coat of Many Colors,” which premieres December 10th on NBC. With the 30th Anniversary of Dollywood, I did a full week of activities promoting my new DreamMore Resort’s opening. There is absolutely no truth at all that I have stomach cancer. I love and appreciate everyone’s concern.” — Dolly
The Dolly Parton news comes the same day as Willie Nelson canceled numerous shows due to an undisclosed medical issue.
October 14, 2015 @ 7:20 pm
Glad shes okay.
How can you not love Dolly!!!
October 14, 2015 @ 8:14 pm
If it came from the Enquirer, you can be assured that it is absolutely wrong.
It’s hard to believe anyone believes those rags.
October 14, 2015 @ 8:47 pm
But this is the problem: In the internet age, it may start with the Enquirer, but then spread like wildfire on Facebook without anyone knowing where the original story came from. That is what happened with this Dolly Parton Cancer news, and why she was forced to make a public statement about it, which she might not have if it was JUST a story in the Enquirer. We’ve seen the same thing recently with all the Willie Nelson death hoaxes. Clicks are money, and moving forward it might become harder and harder for the public to discern what is truth and what is fiction. What makes it sick is these people are using these legends’ heath as their click bait.
October 14, 2015 @ 9:10 pm
‘It’s hard to believe anyone believes those rags.’
John Edwards and his mistress couldn’t be reached for comment.
October 14, 2015 @ 9:36 pm
I think they were the first with the Tiger Woods stuff too.
Still, the way their story read made my blood curdle. They knew the premise was ridiculous but they tried the best to make it work. Also, maybe check Dolly’s schedule before you characterize her on her death bed.
October 14, 2015 @ 9:47 pm
They seem to get just enough right that you can’t just dismiss them out of hand but a healthy amount of skepticism involving there reporting is never a bad idea.
October 14, 2015 @ 9:53 pm
What they did in this case was use the the kidney stone story (which was true and unreported at the time) to give the article just enough validity that people could tell themselves to believe the whole thing. The Enquirer may have thought that an article about kidney stones was not jazzy enough. Put a big Cancer thread in there and folks will go crazy.
October 14, 2015 @ 9:54 pm
By the way, I know you’re comments are still going to moderation. Have been trying to fix it but we can’t figure out what the problem is yet. The spam filter has been extra aggressive lately.
October 14, 2015 @ 10:19 pm
They do this all the time with older celebrities who may have health issues. Loretta Lynn has been near death numerous times over the last few years according to them and I’m sure there often are real medical issues but they don’t sweat the details and sensationalize the hell out of it. It’s really chump when dealing with life and death issues as opposed to usual marital problems or whatever.
I figured you would get to the moderation thing eventually if for no other reason that you won’t have to approve all my comments. 😉
October 15, 2015 @ 6:39 am
If you ignore the stories about the face of God being seen in a cloud formation, they usually get the gossip stuff correct….
October 15, 2015 @ 6:30 am
She’s a treasure. I hope she stays with us, healthy and active for many more years.
October 15, 2015 @ 10:35 am
This is just too convenient. Why don’t she and Willie just come out with a joint statement admitting things got a little out of hand?
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October 17, 2015 @ 8:57 am
a fave lyric of mine ……God bless Dolly !
WHEN DOLLY SINGS
I wasn’t born in the hills of Tennessee
I grew up on a busy city street
Never fished for rainbow trout on a backwoods country lake
It was baseball or shootin hoops on a paved concrete driveway
Never heard much cowboy music round our house
MTV’s what we were all about
But one day on dad’s car radio I heard a song about ‘Jolene’
And an angel ‘s voice reached right down and deep inside of me
When Dolly sings it’s a beautiful thing there’s love in every note
When Dolly sings there’s a truth that rings in every word she wrote
And it don’t matter where you’re from
It don’t matter where you roam
When Dolly sings a song …it takes you home
Mama never sewed me a coat of many colours
She bought me one uptown for twenty dollars
I never spent my summer days chasin June bugs as a kid
But when Dolly sings about it, man, I sure feel like I did
She’s a warm blanket on a winter’s night
A cool breeze in mid-July
Or wakin’ up to a clear blue sky
When Dolly sings my world feels right