Dolly Parton Reassures Fans That She Is “OK” Amid Health Issues: “Do I Look Sick To You?!”

On Wednesday (October 8), Dolly Parton shared a video on Instagram where she addressed rumors about her recent health issues. The 79-year-old country star reassured fans that she is doing “OK” despite some ongoing health problems that caused her to postpone her upcoming Las Vegas residency. “I know lately, everybody thinks that I am sicker than I am,” Parton said in the clip, while adding, “Do I look sick to you?! I’m workin’ hard here.” Concert about Parton’s health problems intensified after her sister Freida took to social media to ask fans to pray for Dolly, before clarifying that the singer was just “under the weather.” Parton said that she “wanted to put everybody’s mind at ease” by sharing the health update directly with her fans, while adding, ”I wanted you to know that I’m not dying. There’s just a lot of rumors flyin’ around and I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know that I was OK.” (Billboard)