<p id=”par-1_59″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/dolly-parton/”>Dolly Parton</a> has a close relationship with her nieces and nephews. While the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/music/”>singer</a> never had children of her own, she played an important role in the lives of her siblings and their children. They love her, but she joked that the youngest members of her family didn’t seem all that interested in her career until a recent collaboration. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-dolly-parton-said-her-nieces-and-nephews-were-thrilled-when-she-worked-with-sabrina-carpenter”>Dolly Parton said her nieces and nephews were thrilled when she worked with Sabrina Carpenter</h2>
<p id=”par-2_33″>In 2025, Parton collaborated with singer Sabrina Carpenter on a remix of her song “<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/is-sabrina-carpenters-please-please-please-barry-keoghan.html/”>Please, Please, Please.</a>” Ahead of their duet, Parton told Carpenter she’d have to <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/dolly-parton-had-2-demands-hosted-saturday-night-live.html/”>change the lyrics to the song</a>.</p>
<p id=”par-3_42″>“I told her, I said, ‘Now, I don’t cuss,’” she said, per <a href=”https://people.com/dolly-parton-reveals-rule-she-had-for-sabrina-carpenter-before-collab-11700899″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>People</a>, adding, “’I don’t make fun of Jesus. I don’t talk bad about God, and I don’t say dirty words on camera, but known to if I get mad enough.’”</p>
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<p id=”par-4_44″>As a result, Carpenter dropped the word “motherf***er” from the chorus. The song appeared on the deluxe version of her 2024 album <em>Short n’ Sweet</em>. Parton said that “Please, Please, Please,” more than anything else in her career, thrilled her teenage nieces and nephews. </p>
<p id=”par-5_31″>“When they found out that I was going to do something with [Carpenter], oh Lord, I became a big shot,” she told <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/sabrina-carpenter-new-album-mans-best-friend-fame-1235359144/” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Rolling Stone</a>. “I was just Aunt Dolly till then.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-country-star-inspired-one-of-sabrina-carpenter-s-songs”>The country star inspired one of Sabrina Carpenter’s songs</h2>
<p id=”par-6_33″>Parton’s vocals on the remix are fitting, as she helped <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/dolly-parton-inspired-sabrina-carpenters-please-please-please.html/”>inspire the song</a>. Producer Jack Antonoff said he thought “Please, Please, Please” sounded a bit like Parton even before Carpenter collaborated with her.</p>
<p id=”par-7_68″>“There’s like an Olivia Newton [John] feeling, there’s a Dolly feeling, there’s an incredibly super modern pop feeling,” he told <a href=”https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/sabrina-carpenter-espresso-short-n-sweet-taylor-swift-1235036627/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Rolling Stone</a>. “The little vocal runs she does are so bizarre and unique — they’re doing this really odd, classic, almost yodel-y country thing. She’s becoming one of the biggest young pop stars, and that song is such a statement of expressing yourself, not just lyrically, but sonically.”</p>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-width=”550″ data-dnt=”true”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Dolly and me singing in a pickup truck!!!!!!<br>I am so honored to have one of my biggest idols on a song that means so much to me.<br>Short n’ Sweet deluxe is out now!<br>Go watch and listen!!!!<br><br>Love you forever <a href=”https://twitter.com/DollyParton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@DollyParton</a> <img src=”https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72×72/1f90d.png” alt=”🤍” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” /><img src=”https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72×72/1f98b.png” alt=”🦋” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” /> <a href=”https://t.co/GtHMSeM3PJ”>https://t.co/GtHMSeM3PJ</a> <a href=”https://t.co/HSPZPmEeoU”>pic.twitter.com/HSPZPmEeoU</a></p>— Sabrina Carpenter (@SabrinaAnnLynn) <a href=”https://twitter.com/SabrinaAnnLynn/status/1890269897030349037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>February 14, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
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<p id=”par-8_10″>Carpenter has described Parton as one of her musical heroes.</p>
<p id=”par-9_50″>“Dolly and me singing in a pickup truck!!!!!! I am so honored to have one of my biggest idols on a song that means so much to me,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “’Short n’ Sweet’ deluxe is out now! Go watch and listen!!!! Love you forever [Dolly Parton].”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-dolly-parton-said-she-has-a-good-relationship-with-her-nieces-and-nephews”>Dolly Parton said she has a good relationship with her nieces and nephews</h2>
<p id=”par-10_28″>While Parton joked that her teenage nieces and nephews only started paying attention to her career when she worked with Carpenter, she <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/dolly-parton-thinks-better-godmother-aunt-think-just-works.html/”>has a close bond</a> with them.</p>
<p id=”par-11_48″>“I grew up in a big old family with eight kids younger than me and several of my brothers and sisters came to live with me early on in my life,” she told <a target=”_blank” href=”https://people.com/country/dolly-parton-on-kids-family-members/” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>People</a>. “I’ve loved their kids just like they’re my grandkids, and now I’ve got great-grand-kids!”</p>
<p id=”par-12_13″>She <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/dolly-parton-said-fair-kids.html/”>didn’t have children</a>, but she says she loves spending time with kids.</p>
<p id=”par-13_31″>“[T]hey call me ‘Aunt Granny,’” she said. “Now I’m GeeGee, which is great-granny. I often think, it just wasn’t meant for me to have kids so everybody’s kids can be mine.”</p>