Apparently Howard Stern's latest prank went a little too far for one country sweetheart. Stern created an X-rated fake segment supposedly from Dolly Parton's audio book, manipulating her words so her reading came out Stern-level lewd (including a comment about Kenny Rogers and little boys and Linda Ronstadt being a "really bad tub of shit"**). The joke falls pretty flat, aiming straight for shock-jock humor, but it still was enough to rile up Mrs. Parton.
Parton responded today with a statement that shows some music sweethearts are not to be messed with. From Dolly's press folks: "I have never been so shocked, hurt and humiliated in all my life. I cannot believe what Howard Stern has done to me. In a blue million years, I would never have such vulgar things come out of my mouth.
They have done editing or some sort of trickery to make this horrible, horrible thing. Please accept my apology for them and certainly know I had nothing to do with this. If there was ever going to be a lawsuit, it's going to be over this. Just wanted you to know that I am completely devastated by this." -- Jennifer Maerz
*Ok, on further listen maybe that's "really fat tub of shit." That one line still makes me laugh either way.
Humor... get some
The segment was obviously fake
Posted at: May 14, 2008 12:14 PM