<p id=”par-1_51″>In their years of collaboration, Porter Wagoner and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/dolly-parton/”>Dolly Parton</a> grew to expect rumors about their <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/celebrity-relationships/?swcfpc=1″>relationship</a>. While they both say they were only ever platonically involved, their chemistry had people thinking otherwise. Wagoner said he didn’t mind hearing rumors about himself, but when Parton was the subject, he got angry. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-porter-wagoner-couldn-t-stand-hearing-bad-rumors-about-dolly-parton”>Porter Wagoner couldn’t stand hearing bad rumors about Dolly Parton</h2>
<p id=”par-2_31″>Many of Wagoner and Parton’s duets were about romance, leading people to believe <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/dolly-parton-admitted-porter-wagoner-love.html/”>they were together</a>. While Parton was married, she kept this relatively quiet. People assumed Wagoner was her husband. </p>
<p id=”par-3_31″>During a celebration of Dolly Parton Day in her <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/dolly-parton-day-singers-hometown-make-family-uncomfortable.html/”>hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee</a>, Wagoner decided to clear things up. He told the crowd that he couldn’t stand hearing rumors about Parton.</p>
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<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-width=”550″ data-dnt=”true”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Remembering Porter Wagoner, born on this day in 1927 in West Plains, Missouri. Here he is with Dolly Parton singing “The Last Thing on My Mind” in 1967. <a href=”https://t.co/6yaXG3rEzq”>pic.twitter.com/6yaXG3rEzq</a></p>— Dust-to-Digital (@dusttodigital) <a href=”https://twitter.com/dusttodigital/status/1160903201652203522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>August 12, 2019</a></blockquote><script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
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<p id=”par-4_87″>“There’s been lots of stories about a love affair between Dolly and me, and I’d be lying to say that I don’t love her in many, many ways,” he said, per the book <em><a href=”https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/smart-blonde-stephen-miller/1101969451″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Smart Blonde</a></em> by Stephen Miller. “But not in the ways the gossiping tongues will lead you to believe. To me she’s like a sister or daughter I love so well. When they say things about me, I don’t mind. But when they speak of <em>her,</em> I get hot and feel the fires of hell.”</p>
<p id=”par-5_28″>This declaration didn’t do much to clear up misconceptions. When Wagoner and Parton ended their working relationship, many people asked her if they were also getting a divorce.</p>