{"id":5853,"date":"2023-11-17T12:32:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T17:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trommetter.org\/timeline\/?p=5853"},"modified":"2023-11-17T12:32:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T17:32:16","slug":"dollys-a-rock-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trommetter.org\/timeline\/2023\/11\/17\/dollys-a-rock-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly&#8217;s a Rock Star"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dolly Parton released here latest album today, &#8220;Rock Star.&#8221; One of the songs seems to condemn all politicians as liars and cheats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dolly Parton - World On Fire (From The 58th ACM Awards)\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0QJXsmDBS8k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She has been known to keep her political views private. In a 2018 interview with ABC\u2019s David Wright, she said, \u201cI learned a long time ago, keep your damn mouth shut if you want to stay in show business. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/no-interest-dolly-parton-explains-132347409.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2026 I\u2019m not in politics, I\u2019m an entertainer\u201d <sup>1<\/sup><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/features\/dolly-parton-politics-feminism-b1761630.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">She has also refused to align with or condemn any particular ideology or US president, while insisting that it\u2019s the key to her longevity <sup>2<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, some of her philanthropic activities have been interpreted as political statements. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/features\/dolly-parton-politics-feminism-b1761630.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">For instance, she donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which helped fund the development of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/features\/dolly-parton-politics-feminism-b1761630.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickiswift.com\/1439287\/dolly-parton-political-views-what-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/features\/dolly-parton-politics-feminism-b1761630.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">She has also been a vocal supporter of the LGBTQ+ community and has been involved in various charitable causes, including literacy and children\u2019s welfare <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/features\/dolly-parton-politics-feminism-b1761630.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickiswift.com\/1439287\/dolly-parton-political-views-what-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/features\/dolly-parton-politics-feminism-b1761630.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It\u2019s worth noting that Dolly Parton\u2019s politics are not straightforward and have been described as a mix of left-wing and right-wing signifiers <sup>2<\/sup><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/features\/dolly-parton-politics-feminism-b1761630.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">She has also been known to deflect questions about her political leanings with humor <sup>2<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dolly Parton released here latest album today, &#8220;Rock Star.&#8221; One of the songs seems to condemn all politicians as liars and cheats. She has been known to keep her political views private. In a 2018 interview with ABC\u2019s David Wright, she said, \u201cI learned a long time ago, keep your damn mouth shut if you &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trommetter.org\/timeline\/2023\/11\/17\/dollys-a-rock-star\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dolly&#8217;s a Rock Star<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"ai_generated_summary":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[228],"tags":[1246],"class_list":["post-5853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-music","tag-dolly-parton","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trommetter.org\/timeline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trommetter.org\/timeline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trommetter.org\/timeline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trommetter.org\/timeline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trommetter.org\/timeline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.trommetter.org\/timeline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5854,"href":"http:\/\/www.trommetter.org\/timeline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853\/revisions\/5854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.trommetter.org\/timeline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trommetter.org\/timeline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.trommetter.org\/timeline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}