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Dolly Parton on Her A&E Biography: ‘I’m Totally Real Inside’

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Dolly Parton once told this writer that she didn’t want to do an A&E Biography about her life because the story has been told so many times and so many ways, but they had been asking her for years. That was almost twenty years ago, but she’s finally had a change of heart. She’s finally allowing them tell her story.

The biography starts from her childhood spent in poverty to her early days in Nashville, Tennessee, through her recent 50th-anniversary celebration at The Grand Ole Opry.

Parton says in the promo, “I wanted to be seen, I wanted to be recognized, I wanted to be a star. I know I look artificial, but I might surprise you. I’m totally real inside.”

The two-hour special interviews Dolly herself as well as Chris Stapleton, Kylie Minogue, Lily Tomlin and other friends.

Biography: Dolly premieres on Sunday April 12 at 8 p.m. EST.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group
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