Dolly Parton’s sister says she didn’t mean to concern her fans when she asked for prayers for her sister in a recent social media post.
“I want to clear something up. I didn’t mean to scare anyone or make it sound so serious when asking for prayers for Dolly,” Freida Parton said in a Facebook post shared late Tuesday night. “She’s been a little under the weather, and I simply asked for prayers because I believe so strongly in the power of prayer. It was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister. Thank you all for lifting her up. Your love truly makes a difference.”
In a separate Facebook post earlier on Tuesday, Freida said she had “been all night praying for my sister, Dolly, adding, “Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I 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.”
A representative for Dolly told Las Vegas Review-Journal that the singer is fine and merely waiting for a procedure to address kidney stones. The 79-year-old musician is even well enough to record a music video on Wednesday, he representative added.
Last month, Dolly postponed a scheduled concert residency in Las Vegas, citing “some health challenges.” In a statement shared announcement the postponement, she said, “My doctors tell me that I must have a few procedures. As I joked with them, it must be time for my 100,000-mile check-up, although it’s not the usual trip to see my plastic surgeon!”
“In 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,” Parton added. “You pay good money to see me perform, and I want to be at my best for you.”
“While I’ll still be able to work on all of my projects from here in Nashville, I just need a little time to get show ready, as they say. And don’t worry about me quittin’ the business because God hasn’t said anything about stopping yet. But, I believe He is telling me to slow down right now so I can be ready for more big adventures with all of you.”
