Dolly Parton Shouldn't Accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom From Anyone

Dolly Parton Shouldn't Accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom From Anyone

Esquire-Entertainment·2021-02-03 05:00

Late Monday evening, a clip of a Today show interview with Dolly Parton started circulating online. The country music legend revealed she had been offered the Presidential Medal of Freedom not once, but twice from Donald Trump. She says she turned down the first offer because her husband was ill and the second because she didn't want to travel mid-COVID. (Heed her advice, y'all.) And though she didn't explicitly say it outright, it sounds like she's been contacted by the Biden administration for the same reason. Her ultimate response was, "I don't work for those awards. It'd be nice, but I'm not sure that I even deserve it. But it's a nice compliment for people to believe I might deserve it."

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