Dolly Parton.Photo: Dolly Parton/TikTok
Update:The impersonator account was removed from TikTok after it was discovered to be an unverified user and not the real artist. Her reptoldTODAYthat the impersonator lifted a previous video and “doctored it,” imploring fans to “take a closer look” at what had been posted. A TikTok spokesperson also confirmed the video was removed for violating the platform’s community guidelines around impersonation.
Originally published Sept. 27:Dolly Partonis singing her way ontoTikTok.
The country queen, 75, is the latest celebrity to join the popular video-sharing app. Parton posted her first video toTikTokSunday, bouncing onto the screen in a bright yellow top with matching blue-and-yellow patterned flared pants to deliver an uplifting message for her fans.
“Why hello, I guess I’m on TikTok!” Parton began her first post. “I just dropped in to say that it will be okay.”
Parton then launched into a sweet song, telling her followers, “If I can do it, so can you … I believe in you.”
Parton’s arrival on the app was met with an outpouring of joy, with fans and followers celebrating her very first video.
“DOLLY YOU CANNOT JUST CASUALLY SHOW UP LIKE THIS I AM UNDERDRESSED AND UNPREPARED,” another added.
Dolly Parton.Dolly Parton/TikTok
One simply wrote, “MY LIFE IS COMPLETE.”
Parton already has over 680,000 followers and one million likes on the app (and counting), where she posts under the handle @itsdollyparton.
In July, Partonlaunchedher first fragrance, Scent from Above, and partnered with legendary author James Patterson in August to write herdebut novel,Run, Rose, Run.
In a tribute to her accomplished godmother published inTime’s100 Most Influential People of 2021,Miley Cyruspraised Parton as the “definition of humanitarian.”
“Have you ever met anyone who doesn’t love Dolly Parton? I never have,” Cyrus, 28, wrote. “Dolly is not only my idol because of her incomparable career — she’s also my role model because of her steadfast morals and values. At her core, she is the definition of a humanitarian.”
source: people.com
