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Dolly Parton shocked the crowd at the Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving Day game at AT&T Stadium in a traditional Cowboys cheerleader outfit and definitely scored a touchdown. The midriff-baring uniform, complete with a rhinestone-encrusted crop top and shorts, featured the country icon singing her beloved songs “Jolene,” “9 to 5,” and Queen's “We Are the Champions.” She shined when she performed a brief set that included a cover of “/Wee.” Will Rock You. ”
“It turned out very nice, and my husband also [Carl Thomas Dean] I liked it. He said, “Those shorts were a little too short.” “Are you jealous?” Parton laughed, recalling the moment that went viral. people magazine. “And I said, 'They weren't as short as the other girls!' He was just funny. He said, 'They weren't as short as the other girls!' So I guess he thought he shouldn't show his butt. But anyway, he was excited about it too,” said the 78-year-old singer.
Parton's manager, Danny Nozell, said: signboard At the time, the singer didn't tell anyone about her cheerleader costume until it was time to go on stage. “It was completely her idea. She waited until right before she went on stage and came out of her dressing room to show us. When she came out, me, the security, and the staff all fainted. '' said Nozel. “I couldn't tell the difference between Dolly and a cheerleader. That's the genius of Dolly, and people still talk about it.”
Dean, who has been married to Parton since 1966, may be used to his wife stirring up crowds by now, but to him she's still just Dolly. As proof of that, Parton revealed: people A sweet present he got her for her birthday last week. “It was a glass heart from when Carl and I were young, carved into the glass inside,” she said. “If you put it on a small light or a small podium, it has a battery and you can turn it on and it will spin around and around. A very personal gift like this is always very nice. I think.”
