
Dolly Parton defends Elle King after drunken Grand Ole Opry performance
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"Jolene" singer Dolly Parton urged fans to "forgive and forget" Elle King's disastrous performance at the Grand Ole Opry for Parton's 78th birthday.
"Elle is really a great artist," Parton told Extra recently. "She’s a great girl, and she’s been going through a lot of hard things lately." Stephanie Giang-Paunon is an Entertainment Writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to stephanie.giang@fox.com and on Twitter: @SGiangPaunon.
She added, "She just had a little too much to drink, so let’s just forgive that and forget it and move on, 'cause she felt worse than anyone ever could."
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