Dolly Parton And her husband, Carl DeanThey're still happily in love after 58 years of marriage — as long as that is He doesn't have to join it On the red carpet.
“He's a good guy. He's quiet and I'm loud, and we're funny. He's funny,” Parton, 78, joked during the Monday, December 9, episode of “Dumb Blonde.” Podcast. “I think one of the things that has made (our marriage) last so long over the years is that we love each other, we respect each other, but We have a lot of fun“.
She added: “Anytime there's a lot of tension going on, any of us can find a joke about it to really break the tension, where we don't let it go away. We never fought back and forth, and I'm glad we never did.”
Parton and Dean, 82, married in 1966, two years after meeting outside a local laundromat in Nashville. Amid their wedded bliss, Parton's career as a country music icon began to soar.
Dolly Parton and her husband Carl Dean have been married for more than 50 years, but they're rarely seen together — and that's just the way they like it. The country icon first met her future husband when she moved to Nashville in 1964 to begin her music career. They tied the knot in two (…)
“I left a couple of my friends who wanted to marry me and I kept saying, ‘No, I'm moving to Nashville,'” the host recalled. Build xo. “I thought the last thing I wanted was a boyfriend, and that's how I got here…and the same day I got to Nashville, I met Karl Dean. 60 years later, I'm still with Karl Dean!
Dolly Parton and Carl Dean
Courtesy of Dolly Parton/InstagramHowever, Dean never enjoyed the nights that required him to dress up and smile for the camera at various events alongside his wife.
“Good, He was a homebody“That worked well for us,” Barton admitted. “He used to work asphalt pavers, but his sign is Cancer and I'm Capricorn, and those are compatible signs. Capricorn is the mountain goat because he's always climbing, and Cancer is more like a homebody. He really was.”
Parton also noted that Dean “loves going places” on road trips with his wife, but he “couldn't wait to get home.”
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“He wanted to be home,” she said. “I liked to go and see what was out there, but I think this was good for us. He loves music, but he's not into it at all – and he told me that in advance.
Parton even once “begged” Dean to attend the 1967 BMI Song of the Year Awards.
“I rented him a tux and begged him to go, and he was uncomfortable all night,” she recalled. “As soon as we got to the door, he started pulling things out. He said, 'Look, now, I want you to do whatever you want to do 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 didn't.” Never!
For her part, Barton “respected” Dean's wishes.
“He doesn't like going out to dinner, so even on anniversaries we usually stay home and make something special,” she added. “Now, we'll go to Mexican restaurants and sit at a booth. He loves that! We'll go and sit in a booth… We know where to go before the big crowds come, but he's special to me.”
After Bonnie, 44, noticed it Parton “lights up” whenever she mentions it Her husband, the founder of Dollywood, agreed.
“Yes (and) everyone loves Karl,” Parton gushed, later adding that Dean was “doing his best” as she spoke. (Barton quoted her friend Johnny CashHe had previously said the same thing about his wife, June Carter Cash.)
