• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Dolly Parton reveals relatable reason why she refuses to text

Home> Celebrity> News

Published 07:27 28 Nov 2023 GMT

Dolly Parton reveals relatable reason why she refuses to text

Dolly is relatable af

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

People have been flooding to social media in stitches over Dolly Parton's explanation as to why she doesn't always text people back.

The '9 to 5' singer may be very much with the times when it comes to her fashion sense, but there's one thing she refuses to stay up to date on: Texting.

Prepare to feel seen:

The iconic country singer certainly stays current with the latest fashions, given she wore white hot pants, a huge silver belt buckle and a crop top at the Thanksgiving game for the Dallas Cowboys.

Advert

The 77-year-old faced widespread praise online for her outfit, however, sadly she also received some backlash, one user questioning why she was dressing 'like a 20-year-old Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader'.

While Parton may love getting down with the kids with her outfits, she definitely doesn't care as much about keeping up with the latest technology and her hatred of texting back is as iconic as it is painfully relatable.

Dolly Parton wore a cheerleader's outfit for the Thanksgiving game.
Ron Jenkins/Getty Images

Appearing on The Drew Barrymore Show, Parton explained she's 'a low-tech girl' living in 'a high-tech world'.

Advert

In a clip from the show posted to Instagram, she continued: "I don’t want to talk to everybody that wants to talk to me. I don’t text ’cause I don’t want to have to answer.

"If somebody calls me, I’ll answer it if I want to talk to ’em or I’ll call ’em back when I can. Otherwise, I’ve got too much to think about than to clutter my mind up with everything else."

Note to self, if I ever try to contact Dolly, call, don't text.
The Drew Barrymore Show/Instagram/CBS

However, just because the singer doesn't like texting back, that doesn't mean she's not capable.

Advert

Parton defends herself as 'certainly not a stupid person,' adding she could 'learn it' if she really 'wanted to'.

"But I’d rather just have my fax machine [and] call in my creative stuff to my crew," she said.

And fans of Parton have been flooding to the post in praise of her admission.

One Instagram user said: "'Don’t wanna talk to everybody that wants to talk to me' Same, girl, same!!!"

Advert

"My new motto is what would Dolly do throwing my phone out the window after this comment," another added.

Someone else commented: "I. Hate. Texting. Preach @dollyparton."

And a fourth added: "I totally relate, I belong in a simpler time."

Featured Image Credit: Richard Rodriguez/Tim Robberts/Getty Images

Topics: Celebrity, Dolly Parton, Music, Phones, Technology, US News

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

8 hours ago
15 hours ago
a day ago
2 days ago
  • 8 hours ago

    Grey's Anatomy star Eric Dane fights back tears as he discusses heartbreaking ALS diagnosis in first interview

    The actor previously portrayed Dr. Mark Sloan on the medical drama and starred as Jason Dean in Charmed

    Celebrity
  • 15 hours ago

    Caitlyn Jenner speaks out from bomb shelter as she's trapped in Israel during Iran missile strikes

    Caitlyn Jenner says she's drinking wine while missiles are striking down around her shelter

    Celebrity
  • a day ago

    Arnold Schwarzenegger's controversial family history revealed as one son seems to be left out of family photo on red carpet

    Schwarzenegger's son, Joseph Baena, was a scandal in the 2010s

    Celebrity
  • 2 days ago

    Why child actor in iconic film quit acting after receiving creepy proposals from men

    Tami Stronach took her career path down a different avenue

    Celebrity
  • Dolly Parton reveals the 4 strict rules she gave Sabrina Carpenter before agreeing to collaborate on hit song
  • Miley Cyrus reveals the real reason behind her raspy voice and why she refuses to fix it
  • Michelle Obama reveals reason daughter Malia changed name as she shares what she really thinks about it
  • Dolly Parton shares heartbreaking statement after husband Carl Dean dies aged 82