From Nashville, Tennessee – E be like say our own queen of country, Dolly Parton, don yarn some big gist! She don dey hear wetin people dey talk about her health, and she don kuku decide say she go clear the air. For one video wey she post on October 8, Dolly talk am say, “Do I look sick to you? I’m working hard here!” (Wahala wey dey make person wonder if person no dey sick at all!)
Dolly, wey don clock 79 years, don dey see plenty concerns wey fans dey express as she miss some scheduled performances. Na after she miss one event for her Dollywood amusement park last month, body dey worry people. But she don come out to assure fans say she dey alright, and she just need small medical attention wey no be anything major.
“I just need to take care of some things,” she explained. “Nothing major, but I did have to cancel some things so I could be closer to home.” Na her sister, Freida Parton, na im be the one wey first raise alarm about Dolly health, calling for “prayer warriors” to join am in prayer for dem beloved sister. Freida even talk say she dey up all night praying for her sister. E fit just be normal sister worry, but people for social media don dey panic like say na funeral dem dey plan!
“When I got around to it, the doctor said, ‘We need to take care of this, we need to take care of that,'” Dolly shared. She dey go through some treatments for Vanderbilt University, but she assure everyone say na just normal check-up: “I’m not dying, I’m not ready to die yet.” (Talk am again for those wey still dey fear!)
As the queen wey she be, Dolly don make it clear say she still dey hustling for her projects from Nashville. E no go stop her shine, and she dey ready to give her fans wetin dem pay for. “You pay good money to see me perform, and I want to be at my best for you,” she added with that signature Dolly charm.
Dolly get sense of humor even for serious matter, as she jokingly say say her health issues fit be like “the 100,000-mile check-up” wey she need. (Omo, if that one no sweet you, wetin go sweet you again?) She round am up by telling fans to keep praying for her and reassuring dem say God no don finish with am yet. Dolly, we dey hold you tight for our hearts. Nobody want make their favorite sweetheart waka go too soon!
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