{"id":606,"date":"2021-02-02T23:13:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T23:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theguitar.rocks\/?p=606"},"modified":"2021-02-02T23:13:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T23:13:19","slug":"dolly-parton-turned-down-presidential-medal-of-freedom-from-trump-twice-music-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theguitar.rocks\/?p=606","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton turned down Presidential Medal of Freedom from Trump twice – Music News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Dolly Parton turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom from former U.S. president Donald Trump twice during his time in office.<\/p>\n

However, the legendary singer told the Today Show that her rejection of the prize wasn’t due to her feelings about the controversial leader, but in fact due to matters closer to home. <\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t accept it because my husband (Carl Dean) was ill, and then they asked me again about it, and I wouldn\u2019t travel because of the Covid,” she said. <\/p>\n

And while Parton has already been offered the medal again by new president Joe Biden’s White House administration, she’s still unsure whether or not she will accept. <\/p>\n

“Now I feel like if I take it, I\u2019ll be doing politics, so I\u2019m not sure,\u201d she sighed. “I don\u2019t work for those awards. It\u2019d be nice, but I\u2019m not sure that I even deserve it. But it\u2019s a nice compliment for people to think that I might deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In December, Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United Stated, admitted he was shocked Dolly wasn’t yet the owner of one of the medals. <\/p>\n

“That’s a mistake – I’m shocked. That was a screw up. I’m surprised. I think I assumed that she had already got one, and that was incorrect,” he said on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.<\/p>\n

“She deserves one. I’ll call Biden!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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