According to Dolly Parton, the president’s former medal of freedom was presented on two separate occasions by former president Donald Trump, but according to a report, both requests were rejected.
Parton, 75, made the revelation during an interview on ‘Today with Hoda & Jenna’ that aired Tuesday morning.
“I could not accept it because my husband was ill and then they asked me about it again and I would not travel because of the COVID,” she said.
DOLLY PARTON REMINDS HEART WARM STORY OF HOW HER FATHER CLEARLY CLEANS HER HOME STATUE
Dolly Parton performs at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn on July 31, 2015 (Photo by Wade Payne / Invision / AP, File)
Parton said she also heard from President Joe Biden about the award – the country’s highest civilian honor.
In April, the nine-time Grammy-winning artist announced that she was donating $ 1 million to research conducted at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.
More than seven months later, it was revealed that the donation made by Parton and the work done by researchers at Vanderbilt during the trial phase directly led to Moderna announcing that it had produced a coronavirus vaccine that almost 95% was effective.
Her fans attributed her to helping cure the virus.
“Now I feel like I’ll take politics if I adopt it, so I’m not sure.” But I do not work for the awards, ‘she remarked about the report Biden reports.’ nice, but I’m not sure I deserve it. But it’s a nice compliment for people to think that I might deserve it. ‘
DOLLY PARTON’S BROTHER RANDY DEAD AT 67: ‘HE WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS’
The ‘Here You Come Again’ singer celebrated her 75th birthday last month, but was met with a tragedy on January 21 with the death of her brother, Randy Parton.
The news of Randy’s passing comes just a few years after their other brother Floyd Estel Parton passed away in 2018.
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Last month, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick refused to receive Trump’s presidential medal of freedom, apparently breaking off a friendship with the billionaire business magnate.
Fox News’ Andy Sahadeo, Tyler McCarthy and Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report