The sger has the polil talent to take stands – on gay rights, or child leracy – whout losg her nservative heartland fans
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DOLLY PARTON BSH OFF RUMORS ABOUT HER SEXUALY AGA: 'I'M NOT GAY'
Dolly Parton has nied reports that she's gay and a relatnship wh her childhood an terview wh The Sun, the 73-year-old sger talked about her close iendship wh Judy Ogle and shut down reports that they were anythg more than platonic. "I'm not gay, but I have so many gay iends and I accept everybody for who they are. I’m not gay but I have so many gay iends and I accept everybody for who they are, ” Parton, 73, told the U.
As for her tle as a gay in, Parton embrac the role, tellg the outlet: “I love that. They’ve said that about Oprah but ’s not te, ” Parton said of talk show mogul Wey and her longtime iend Gayle Kg. Over the past , Parton has addrsed the gay mors several tim.
” And a 2014 s-down wh Pri Source, Parton said simply: “I am not gay, but if I were I would be the first one nng out of the closet. She has, ’s claimed, an equally strong fanbase the Tmpian “Rt Belt” as among the gay clubbers of New York Cy, to pick two of Ameri’s polarised London vis to promote a new rock-fluenced double album and a book is provg jt how broad that Parton cultural spectm is. It’s somethg she is practised at, balancg her longstandg support for gay rights wh her tradnal relig nvictns.