{"id":590687,"date":"2026-09-05T05:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T05:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/590687\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T05:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T05:14:10","slug":"dolly-partons-sister-says-country-legends-family-subjected-to-pressure-and-insensitivity-since-her-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/590687\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton\u2019s sister says country legend\u2019s family \u2018subjected to pressure and insensitivity\u2019 since her death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">She continued: \u201cSadly, because of the way our lives have been lived in front of the public, we have no choice but to be subjected to incredible pressure and insensitivity from strangers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThere is a tremendous amount of AI and endless garbage being posted every day and it\u2019s been challenging to absorb and or ignore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAs time passes, those who are in the business of exploiting the loss and tragedies of others on a daily basis will move on to the next stampede of endless misinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">However, Stella stressed that the Jolene  hitmaker would have been \u201csurprised and delighted\u201d with the outpouring of love from around the world following her death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">She wrote: \u201cMy big sister Dolly would be surprised and delighted by the love her family and she has been shown during this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cShe loved her fans and the public in general. That is the reason she chose not to express her opinions on a lot of things like politics, religion and individuals in the public eye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cShe knew as well as anyone what a negative vortex that could turn into, which is nothing but a huge waste of positive energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">Stella highlighted how Dolly \u201cused her music as a tool and a passion to move people in a positive way\u201d and asked others to adopt a similar approach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">She wrote: \u201cFinally, I ask that you show more compassion and wisdom as we move forward in life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cUse my sister\u2019s life as an example for tolerance and respect toward others. It\u2019s not about the most clever comments, fake AI garbage, or snarky tweets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAt the end of the day or the end of a life, how will you feel about yourself? It\u2019s not about what other individuals you will never meet think of you!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She continued: \u201cSadly, because of the way our lives have been lived in front of the public, we&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[95,1558,2841,634,25014,156,2109,71,305,1364,48205,19689,290843,62086,157,111,139,69,52459,21411,312,7811,27886,290844,42338,127536,61],"class_list":["post-590687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-and","tag-been","tag-country","tag-death","tag-dolly","tag-entertainment","tag-family","tag-from","tag-have","tag-her","tag-icons","tag-incredible","tag-insensitivity","tag-legends","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-partons","tag-pressure","tag-says","tag-since","tag-sister","tag-stella","tag-strangers","tag-subjected","tag-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}