Dolly Parton’s UK ancestry is reportedly set to be explored in a brand new docu-series. (Getty/Canva)
Nation music legend and honorary drag queen Dolly Parton is reportedly set to go to the UK to discover her Welsh ancestry.
In response to reviews, the 78-year-old “Jolene” hitmaker and Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame member is in talks to launch a four-part documentary about her household residing in Wales and her Welsh heritage.
Chatting with The Solar, Parton’s niece, singer Jada Star, stated that the documentary is at present within the works.
“Dolly is releasing a four-part docu-series about our roots and the place we come from. There’ll be a lot of footage from over there,” Star defined.
Dolly Parton shall be swapping Tennessee for Talgarth, it will appear.
In response to the BBC, Parton, who has bought greater than 100 million information worldwide, has addressed her Welsh heritage beforehand.
She reportedly instructed followers at a present again in 2008 in Cardiff that she has Welsh ancestors on her mom’s facet. Parton’s mom Avie Lee Owens died in December 2003.
Parton later adopted up the declare by explaining to Wales On-line that she is a giant fan of the nation.
“A few of my mom’s folks, the Owens, are from there (Wales),” she stated.
“I’ve been there about thrice and it all the time feels good as a result of it looks like household.”
It’s at present not clear when or on which channel the documentary about Dolly Parton’s secret Welsh life will air.
Whereas the music celebrity is a world icon with virtually 50 studio albums underneath her belt, she is but to have a primary document or single within the UK.
Out of 49 albums, solely 5 have hit the UK prime ten.
After spilling the tea about her aunt’s upcoming documentary plan, Star then mirrored on what it’s like having the Dolly Parton as shut household.
“Dolly is precisely as you’d think about her as an aunt,” she shared. “I’ve by no means seen her unglammed in my life. She by no means wears slippers.
“Even when she’s lounging round her personal home in PJ’s she nonetheless wears Fredericks fluffy Marabou excessive heel slip-ons.”