Though Parton clarified that she’s always tried to steer clear of “the politics of everything” in her home state, she nonetheless said, “I just want everybody to be treated good.”“I have some of everybody in my own immediate family and in my circle of employees,” she explained. “I’ve got transgender people. I’ve got gays. I’ve got lesbians. I’ve got drunks. I’ve got drug addicts — all within my own family. I know and love them all, and I do not judge.
She went on to note: “I know how important this is to them. That’s who they are. They cannot help that any more than I can help being Dolly Parton, you know, the way people know me. If there’s something to be judged, that is God’s business. But we are all God’s children and how we are is who we are.
One of the more surprising duets is “Either Or,” which Parton performs with Kid Rock. In her Hollywood Reporter chat, Parton brushed off“I don’t criticize, I don’t condone nor condemn,” she said. “I just accept them. But anyhow, just because I love you don’t mean I don’t love Kid Rock in that God way.