Dolly Parton refused to pick political sides for decades: ‘I’m not in politics, I’m an entertainer’

Dolly Parton spent decades singing about love, heartbreak, faith and working "9 to 5," but there was one arena the country music legend repeatedly resisted entering: partisan politics. "I am not political, and I refuse to get caught up in political things," Parton told USA Today in a 2020 interview. Parton, who died Tuesday at 80, maintained that position through the presidential elections, pointed questions about President Donald Trump , offers of the nation's highest civilian honor and controv