While being immortalized in statue form in their home state's capital is something that not many people can say they achieved in their lifetime, Grammy-winning country music legend and longtime LGBTQ+ ally Dolly Parton is fine with turning that particular accolade down.
Taking to social media, the 75-year-old singer-songwriter is humbly letting the world know that she's asking that a bill (that was introduced to Tennessee legislators last month) proposing a statue of her likeness be erected at the State Capitol in Nashville be dropped from consideration.
The reasoning? The current, dumpster fire, state of the world we're all still in the midst of! "I am honored and humbled by their intention, but I have asked the leaders of the state