{"id":40631,"date":"2025-10-08T14:42:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=40631"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:42:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:42:52","slug":"dolly-partons-sister-clears-the-air-on-singers-health-after-asking-for-prayers-i-didnt-mean-to-scare-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=40631","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton\u2019s sister clears the air on singer\u2019s health after asking for prayers: \u2018I didn\u2019t mean to scare anyone\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dolly Parton\u2019s sister is clearing the air on the country music star\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Freida Parton shared a statement on Facebook and\u00a0asked fans to pray for Dolly,\u00a0<\/a>79, who\u00a0recently postponed<\/a>\u00a0her Las Vegas residency dates due to health issues.<\/p>\n

But in a\u00a0follow-up statement<\/a>, Freida clarified the extent of Dolly\u2019s illness and why she shared her initial message.<\/p>\n

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Dolly Parton speaks onstage at Dolly Parton\u2019s Threads: My Songs In Symphony World Premiere in Nashville in March 2025.Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Freida Parton.smokymountaindna\/Instagram<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>\u201cI want to clear something up,\u201d Freida wrote. \u201cI didn\u2019t mean to scare anyone or make it sound so serious when asking for prayers for Dolly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s been a little under the weather, and I simply asked for prayers because I believe so strongly in the power of prayer,\u201d Freida continued. \u201cIt was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Stella Parton, Freida Parton, and Dolly Parton at Bearsville Studios in North Hollywood, Calif. in 1981.Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Freida Parton\u2019s statement about Dolly Parton.Frieda Parton\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dolly\u2019s rep, Olly Rowland, gave an update on the singer\u2019s health on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just the kidney stones, and the procedure she needs to resolve those. It looks like her sister posted, and it got quite a bit blown out of proportion, weirdly,\u201d the rep told the\u00a0Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Post has reached out to Dolly\u2019s rep for comment.<\/p>\n

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Dolly Parton on \u201cToday\u201d in Nov. 2019.NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In her first Facebook statement, Freida said that she was \u201cup all night praying\u201d for the \u201c9 to 5\u201d singer.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of you know she hasn\u2019t been feeling her best lately,\u201d Freida wrote. \u201cI truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She\u2019s strong, she\u2019s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she\u2019s going to be just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Freida Parton.Facebook\/Freida Parton<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cGodspeed, my sissy Dolly,\u201d Freida ended her post. \u201cWe all love you!\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month, Dolly announced she was postponing her six upcoming shows in Las Vegas from December of this year to Sept. 2026 so she can focus on her health.<\/p>\n

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Dolly Parton performs at an NFL game in Texas in Nov. 2023.Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAs many of you know, I\u2019ve been dealing with some health challenges, and my doctors tell me that I must have a few procedures,\u201d the \u201cJolene\u201d singer explained. \u201cAs I joked with them, it must be time for my 100,000 check-up, although it\u2019s not the usual trip to see my plastic surgeon!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn all seriousness, given this, I am not going to be able to rehearse and put together the show that I want you to see, and the show that you deserve to see,\u201d she continued. \u201cYou see good money to see me perform, and I want to be at my best for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dolly Parton at the 53rd Annual CMA Awards.ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dolly also told her fans not to \u201cworry about me quittin\u2019\u201d because \u201cGod hasn\u2019t said anything about stopping yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before postponing her Vegas shows, Dolly\u00a0skipped a Dollywood event\u00a0<\/a>in Sept. due to painful kidney stones. She told fans in a pre-recorded\u00a0video message<\/a>\u00a0that she was under her doctor\u2019s order not to travel.<\/p>\n

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Dolly Parton at a press conference in London in June 2023.PA Images via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cTurns out there was an infection,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd the doctor said, \u2018You don\u2019t need to be traveling around this minute\u2026 You need a few days to feel better.\u2019 So he suggested I not go to Dollywood today.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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