Dolly Parton pauses music career to mourn husband: ‘I can't afford to get that emotional right now'
Dolly Parton is putting new music on hold following the death of her husband, Carl Thomas Dean , she revealed in a candid conversation on the 'Khloé in Wonder Land' podcast.
Though she is famously private about her marriage, Parton opened up about grieving her husband of nearly 60 years, who died earlier this year at age 82.
'There are several things I've wanted to start, but I can't do it,' Parton admitted. 'I will later, but right now I'm just coming up with such wonderful, beautiful ideas. I think I won't finish them, because I can't afford the luxury of getting that emotional right now. I have so many other things to do.'
Parton and Dean married on May 30, 1966, and were together until his death. Despite her global fame, Dean shunned the spotlight and was rarely seen publicly.
'We were so good for each other, because he's a total loner,' Parton told Kardashian. 'We could just be in the house all day and say two or three words - it didn't matter. Or we could talk all afternoon, or lie in bed and talk at night.'
She added, 'I think there are just certain personalities that are great for each other. We were together for 61 years. We were so different, but so similar.'
Parton even noted their astrological match: she's a Capricorn, he was a Cancer.
Reflecting on the start of her career, Parton shared a story from the year they wed. In 1966, the same year she won her first BMI award, Dean had rented a tuxedo to attend the ceremony, but changed his mind.
'He got dressed, then took it off before we even left the house,' Parton laughed. 'I knew right then I was going to keep him private as best I could, never ask him to do anything. But he was so proud of me. We got along great because we didn't have anything to fight about like that.'
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