New book claims to reveal Dolly Parton’s secret life

A new book has revealed the dark side of Dolly Parton.

Suicide, binge eating, affairs and death threats are all part of the publication described as a collection of interviews spanning five decades of her career and featuring material gathered from celebrated publications including Rolling Stone, Cosmopolitan, Playboy, and Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine. Also included are interviews which have not been previously available in print.

The book, called Dolly on Dolly, is not authorised or endorsed by the 71-year-old star but the editor Randy L Schmidt says readers will sense Dolly’s feisty and irresistible brand of humour. Schmidt has also compiled books on Karen Carpenter and Judy Garland. 

The new book, according to The Daily Mail,  describes how she once considered suicide, but it was her little dog named Popeye that saved her from pulling the trigger. ‘I was sitting upstairs in my bedroom one afternoon when I noticed in the nightstand drawer my gun that I keep for burglars. I looked at it a long time… Then, just as I picked it up, just to hold it and look at it for a moment, our little dog, Popeye, came running up the stairs. The tap-tap-tap of his paws jolted me back to reality I suddenly froze. I put the gun down. Then I prayed. I kinda believe Popeye was a spiritual messenger from God,’ She goes on to say she is not sure if she could have killed herself but can understand the possibilities.

I love this throwback glamour shot of me and @_KennyRogers! #tbt pic.twitter.com/L4a6k7KK35

— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) April 27, 2017

From tales of her extremely poor upbringing to her experiments with sex and all the stages of her career, there is nothing much held back in this book.  Binge eating made her overweight and death threats, plus a hoarseness and fragile health, led her to cancel concerts which resulted in lawsuits and more unhappiness. 

I love my Smoky Mountains and my East Tennessee home. It’s so important to take care of the land we love. #EarthDay https://t.co/mQ5GCKz8Ak

— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) April 22, 2017

She confirms her marriage to Carl Thomas Dean is rock solid and she is says she is not the least bit gay and despite rumours she was dating her assistant and close friend, Judy Ogle. In the book it says Dolly had an affair of the heart with Gregg Perry, her band leader since the late 1970’s. She described in her own autobiography that they became very close. In Vanity Fair she talked about a personal heartbreak and said it was love. If she had an affair now she said she would not tell her husband, as he wouldn’t want to know and she would  die if he ever left her. ‘We’re so totally open and free… I always call him Daddy and he calls me Mama or Little Kid or Angel Cakes. Sometimes he calls me Dotty to be silly.’

For those who have always been curious about her perhaps most famous assets; Dolly said her breasts are real but admits to having had them lifted.

Would you be interested in reading this book?