'I ain't dead yet!' says Dolly Parton. after sister asked for prayers makes people worry about the singer's health
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On Wednesday, the country artist posted a video to Instagram that was taken of her working on a Grand Ole Opry commercial in front of a green screen. "I ain't dead yet!" was what she wrote under the picture.
"I just wanted to let you know that I know everyone thinks I'm sicker than I really am these days." Do you think I look sick? "This is where I work hard," Parton said in the video. "Anyway, I just wanted to calm everyone down." The Joyful Noise singer thanked everyone for their prayers and said that she is "OK." She is finally taking care of some health problems that she put off because her husband Carl Dean got sick and died in March. She said, "I didn't take care of myself, so I let a lot of things go that I should have been taking care of." When I finally did it, the doctor told me, "We need to take care of this." That's something we need to take care of. She said that the processes made her stay home more, which is why she was unable to go to events or shows.
After Parton's sister sent the message, an AI video of Reba McEntire standing over her grave went viral on the internet. Parton made fun of the video.
"There are a lot of rumours going around, but I thought you'd know I was okay if you heard it from me." In any case, that's what I meant to say. I'm still not ready to die. "I still believe God has work for me, and I'm not done," she said.
Parton's 68-year-old sister Freida wrote on Facebook Tuesday that she was hoping for her sister. This led to rumours about Parton's health. Freida later took back what she said on Tuesday by writing on Facebook, "I want to clear something up." When I asked for prayers for Dolly, I didn't mean to scare anyone or sound so serious.
"I just asked for prayers because I believe so strongly in the power of prayer," Freida wrote. "She's been a little under the weather." "All she did was ask her little sister to pray for her big sister." Thanks to everyone who helped her. "Your love really does matter."
Freida had asked her friends to pray for her sister in the past. Freida wrote, "Last night I prayed all night for my sister Dolly." "I really believe in the power of prayer, and I've been told to ask everyone who loves her to join me in prayer."
Parton has 11 brothers, and Freida is one of them. She said, "She's strong, she's loved, and I know in my heart she's going to be just fine with all the prayers being said for her." Good luck, my sister Dolly. "We all love you!"
This is the second time in the last few weeks that Parton's health has been in the news. Parton, who is 79 years old, wrote on Instagram on September 28 that her shows at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas that were supposed to happen in December 2025 would now happen in September 2026. "As many of you know, I've been having some health problems, and my doctors say I need to have a few procedures," the "Jolene" singer wrote in her message.
She joked with her doctors that she needed a "100,000-mile check-up" because "it's not the usual trip to see my plastic surgeon." She wrote that she wouldn't be able to practise and put together the show that fans wanted to see because of the secret steps. Parton told people who were worried about her leaving the business that they didn't need to because "God hasn't said anything about stopping yet."
She ended her message, which was also posted on her website, with, "But I think He is telling me to slow down right now so I can be ready for more big adventures with all of you." "Thank you for getting it. I love you."
Parton missed an event at her theme park, Dollywood, in early September. Instead, she went online to say that she had an infection from a kidney stone and was told not to travel. "I was so excited about it," she wrote in the message. "But I'm really there with you."