Dolly Parton’s Husband Told Her Not to ‘Ever’ Invite Him to Another Awards Show After 1967

<p id=”par-1_77″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/dolly-parton/?swcfpc=1″>Dolly Parton</a> is an open book — especially when it comes to her relationship with <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/dolly-partons-husband-reacted-family-members-warned-having-affair.html/”>her husband, Carl Thomas Dean</a>. The couple met when Parton first moved to Nashville in 1964. They instantly connected and spent the rest of their adult years together after tying the knot in 1966. While Dean is supportive of Parton’s ventures, she recently revealed that he once told her to never “ever” invite him to another award show after 1967. Here’s why.</p>

<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-dolly-parton-explained-why-her-husband-carl-thomas-dean-didn-t-want-to-go-to-award-shows-after-1967″>Dolly Parton explained why her husband, Carl Thomas Dean, didn’t want to go to award shows after 1967</h2>

<p id=”par-2_47″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/dolly-partons-husband-revealed-romantic-reason-talks-press.html/”>Dolly Parton and Carl Thomas Dean</a> have been married for 58 years. And they make their marriage work through their shared sense of humor. While Parton’s life and career revolve around her accomplishments in the music industry, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/why-dolly-parton-husband-carl-dean-refused-attend-shows.html/”>Dean isn’t interested in attending award events</a> with her. </p>

<p id=”par-3_29″>“He loves music, but he’s not the least bit interested in being in it,” Parton admitted while on Bunnie Xo’s <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLed-KXRgk25D3DJ_Wm2ukQ6qASusrmb1C” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”><em>Dumb Blonde </em>podcast</a>. “And he told me that right up front.”</p>

<p id=”par-4_29″>Parton explained how she “begged” Dean to go with her to an awards show when she won BMI Song of the Year for “Put It Off Until Tomorrow.” </p>

<p id=”par-5_106″>“We’d got married in ‘66,” she explained. “So, that’s when I won the first award for the BMI Song of the Year. “And I rented him a tux and, you know, begged him to go, and he did. And, oh, he was so uncomfortable the whole night.” As soon as Dean got home, he took off the fancy clothing that Parton got for him. “He said, ‘Look, now I want you to do everything you want to do, and I wish you the best, but don’t ever ask me to go to another one of these damn things because I ain’t going.’ And he never did.”</p>

<p id=”par-6_29″>Parton added that she and Dean have a mutual “respect” for their differences, and she didn’t know he was going to feel that “uneasy” at the awards show. </p>

<p id=”par-7_40″>“He was a homebody, and that worked well for us …,” she continued. “He loved to go places if we were gonna drive cross-country or if we had planned a thing. But, boy, he never could wait to get home.”</p>

<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-9-to-5-singer-says-she-and-her-husband-never-fought-back-and-forth”>The ‘9 to 5’ singer says she and her husband ‘never fought back and forth’</h2>

<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Dolly-Parton-1.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Dolly Parton with her hands on her hips looking surprised at the 2023 CMAs. She’s wearing a low-cut silver fringe outfit.” class=”wp-image-3752055″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Dolly Parton arrives for the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards on May 11, 2023 | Omar Vega/FilmMagic</figcaption></figure>

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<p id=”par-8_42″>While speaking on the podcast, Dolly Parton noted that she and her husband, Carl Thomas Dean, have a “lot of fun” because they’re so different. “He’s quiet and I’m loud, and we’re funny … we have a lot of fun,” she said.</p>

<p id=”par-9_35″>“Anytime [there is] too much tension going on, either one of us can like, find a joke about it to really break the tension, where we don’t let it go so far,” she continued. </p>

<p id=”par-10_21″>When it comes to conflict, Parton noted that she and Dean “never fought back and forth,” which she feels grateful for.</p>

<p id=”par-11_59″>“And I’m glad now that we never did, because once you start that, that becomes a lifetime thing,” she added. “I’ve seen it with so many people, and I thought, ‘I ain’t ever starting that.’ I couldn’t bear to think that he’d say something I couldn’t take … because I’m a very sensitive person toward other people and myself.”</p>

<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-dolly-parton-once-admitted-that-carl-thomas-dean-isn-t-the-biggest-fan-of-her-music”>Dolly Parton once admitted that Carl Thomas Dean isn’t the ‘biggest fan’ of her music</h2>

<p id=”par-12_39″>Dolly Parton spoke to <em><a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5ILy_I1znM&t=1s” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Good Morning Britain</a></em> about 9 to 5: The Musical opening at the West End theater in 2019. During the conversation, she discussed how her husband, Carl Thomas Dean, isn’t the “biggest fan” of her music.</p>

<p id=”par-13_90″>“He’s not necessarily one of my biggest fans of my music,” Parton said. “He’s proud of me, and he loves that I love what I do. I think it’s just — I don’t know, it’s a touchy subject. I’m like, his little girl, I’m thinking. He just worries about that. But he likes hard rock. He likes Led Zeppelin and bluegrass music. So, my music is somewhere in between. He doesn’t dislike it, but he doesn’t go out of his way to play my records, let’s put it that way.”</p>

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