{"id":65966,"date":"2025-10-08T17:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T17:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/65966\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T17:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T17:21:10","slug":"dolly-partons-sister-reassures-fans-after-asking-them-to-pray-for-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/65966\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton’s sister reassures fans after asking them to pray for singer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dolly Parton’s<\/a> sister sought to reassure fans on Tuesday after asking them to pray for the country music star earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday evening, Parton’s sister Freida Parton took to Facebook to clarify<\/a> that Parton was simply “a little under the weather” and not seriously ill, as some on social media had speculated.<\/p>\n

“I want to clear something up. I didn’t mean to scare anyone or make it sound so serious when asking for prayers for Dolly,” Freida Parton wrote in her post. “She’s been a little under the weather, and I simply asked for prayers because I believe so strongly in the power of prayer.”<\/p>\n

She added, “It was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister.”<\/p>\n

Freida Parton finished by thanking fans for supporting her sister, writing, “Your love truly makes a difference.”<\/p>\n

The new comments came hours after a Facebook post<\/a> earlier Tuesday, in which Freida Parton had written that she had been “up all night praying” for her superstar sibling.<\/p>\n

“Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately,” she wrote at the time. “I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead [sic] to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me.”<\/p>\n

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In this May 19, 2025, file photo, Dolly Parton attends the opening of Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s new exhibit ‘Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker’ at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tenn.<\/p>\n

Jason Kempin\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

She continued, “She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you!”<\/p>\n

The “Jolene” singer has not publicly disclosed the nature of her health issues. ABC News has reached out to Dolly Parton’s reps for comment.<\/p>\n

\u00a0A source close to Dolly Parton told ABC News that the singer is doing well and continuing to work.<\/p>\n

Freida Parton’s Facebook post comes a little more than a week after the singer announced on social media that she was postponing<\/a> her upcoming Las Vegas residency due to health concerns.<\/p>\n

“As many of you know, I have been dealing with some health challenges, and my doctors tell me that I must have a few procedures,” she wrote in a statement at the time. ”\u00a0As I joked with them, it must be time for my 100,000-mile check-up, although it’s not the usual trip to see my plastic surgeon!”<\/p>\n

She continued, “In all seriousness, given this, I am not going to be able to rehearse and put together the show that I want you to see, and the show that you deserve to see.”<\/p>\n

She added that she had no plans to retire.<\/p>\n

“Don’t worry about me quittin’ the business because God hasn’t said anything about stopping yet,” she wrote. “But, I believe He is telling me to slow down right now so I can be ready for more big adventures with all of you. I love you and thank you for understanding.”<\/p>\n

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In this March 20, 2025, file photo, Dolly Parton speaks onstage at Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs In Symphony World Premiere at Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tenn.<\/p>\n

Jason Kempin\/Getty Images, FILE<\/p>\n

Dolly Parton’s residency, “Dolly: Live in Las Vegas,” was scheduled to coincide with the National Finals Rodeo, with six concerts set for Dec. 4-13.<\/p>\n

In an earlier statement shared in a press release about the residency, the singer said<\/a> she was “excited” to perform in at The Colosseum at Caesars, which would have marked her first extended run in Las Vegas in 32 years.<\/p>\n

“I haven’t worked Vegas in years and I’ve always loved singing there,” she stated at the time. “I’m looking so forward to the shows in The Colosseum at Caesars and I hope you are as well. See you there!”<\/p>\n

The shows were set to include fan-favorite songs from over the years, including “9 to 5,” “Jolene,” “I Will Always Love You” and “Coat of Many Colors.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton’s sister sought to reassure fans on Tuesday after asking them to pray for the country music…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-65966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65966","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=65966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}