Dolly Parton Refuses Statue In Tennessee State Capitol

Singer Dolly Parton urged legislators in her home state of Tennessee on Thursday not to erect a statue of her in the State Capitol.

“I want to thank the Tennessee legislature for their consideration of a bill to erect a statue of me on the Capitol grounds,” Parton said in a statement. “I am honored and humbled by their intention but I have asked the leaders of the state legislature to remove the bill from any and all consideration.”