Dolly Parton doesn’t see herself working “9 to five” within the Oval Workplace.
Parton, who sings of “grasping politicians” in her tune “World On Fireplace,” advised the publication that she doesn’t “assume anyone might truly do a terrific job” within the position earlier than dropping a witty comment.
“I feel we’ve had sufficient ‘boobs’ within the White Home,” stated Parton, including that she has “no real interest in politics.”
She continued, “I attempt to do my factor by way of my songs, by way of the best way I settle for folks, and the best way I attempt to make a distinction. I’m not good sufficient to be in politics, or possibly I’m too good. Both approach, I’m not certified for that sort of a job. However I’m fairly certified to do what I do, which is to level folks in the precise path, to put in writing about it in songs or discuss issues.”
Parton has beforehand distanced herself from political issues, turning down two alternatives to obtain a Presidential Medal of Freedom from then-President Donald Trump and one other from President Joe Biden.
She obtained the Nationwide Medal of the Arts in 2005. Nonetheless, in line with her web site, she didn’t attend a ceremony within the Oval Workplace the place then-President George W. Bush introduced the consideration to 10 recipients. She later obtained the consideration almost three years later in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
In a 2018 interview for “Nightline,” she advised ABC’s David Wright, “I realized a very long time in the past, preserve your rattling mouth shut if you wish to keep in present enterprise. … I’m not in politics, I’m an entertainer.”