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After 58 years of marriage, Dolly Parton and her husband Carl Thomas Dean know a thing or two about commitment and maintaining a healthy relationship.
During an appearance a “Dumb Blonde” by Bunnie Xo podcastthe 78-year-old country music icon talked about her unique bond with Dean and how they avoid arguments within their relationship.
“He’s quiet and I’m tall, and we’re funny,” he told Jelly Roll’s wife on the podcast. “Oh, it’s fun. And I think one of the things that’s made it last so long over the years is that we love (and) respect each other, but we have a lot of fun. At any given time (there’s) too much tension going on , any of us can like, find a joke about it to really break the tension, where we don’t let it go that far.”
Dolly Parton opened up about her 58-year marriage to Carl Thomas Dean. (Mark Seliger/Getty Images)
“We never fought back and forth,” he added. “And now I’m glad I never did, because once you start this, it becomes a lifelong thing. I’ve seen it with so many people and I thought, ‘I’m never starting.’ I couldn’t take it to think that he would say something that I could not accept … because I am a very sensitive person with others and with myself.”
The couple has been married since 1966. Parton met Dean in a laundromat when she was 18 and he was 21.
Although Dean has been Parton’s biggest supporter, he has wanted to stay out of the spotlight all these years.
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“He loves music, but he’s not at all interested in being involved. And he told me right away,” she told Bunnie Xo.
Parton’s husband has stayed out of the spotlight over the years. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
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“I begged her to come with me in ’67. We got married in ’66. That’s when I won my first BMI Song of the Year award (‘Put it Off Until Tomorrow’). And I rented him a tuxedo and, you know, begged him to leave, and he did, and oh, he was so uncomfortable all night.”
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When they got home, Parton said Dean “started pulling things out” immediately.
“He said, ‘Look, now I want you to do whatever you want, and I wish you the best, but don’t ever ask me to go to another one of these damn things because I’m not going.’ And he never did.” , he said.
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“So we have that respect, and I respected that because I didn’t know he was going to be so uncomfortable, but he doesn’t even like to go out to, you know, big dinners or anything like that,” she added.
The “Jolene” crooner he said their different interests bring them closer.
Dolly Parton has been a country music star for decades. (Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images)
“He was a homebody, and that worked well for us,” he said. “I don’t know if anyone goes by astrology or pays attention. But he’s a Cancer, and I’m a Capricorn, and those are compatible signs. He loved to go places, if we were going to drive cross country. or if we had planned something, but boy, I could never wait to get home.”
“I wanted to be at home and I’m a gypsy by nature,” she added. “I love to go and see what else is out there. But, I think … this has worked well for us.”
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