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Dolly Parton and Carl Thomas Dean Still Together Updates on Their Very Private Romance
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00:00 Are Dolly Parton and Carl Thomas Dean still together?
00:02 Updates on their very private romance.
00:04 As one of the most prolific stars in the music industry,
00:07 most aspects of Dolly Parton's life
00:09 have been highly publicized for more than five decades.
00:11 Through all of her fame,
00:13 one thing has remained sacred to the Jolene singer,
00:15 her relationship with Carl Thomas Dean.
00:17 How did Dolly Parton and Carl Thomas Dean meet?
00:20 Dolly and Carl's romance began when they met each other
00:22 at a laundromat in Nashville in 1964.
00:25 She had just moved to Music City from her family home
00:28 near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee
00:31 after graduating high school.
00:32 "I come to Nashville with dirty clothes,"
00:34 Dolly told the New York Times in May 1976.
00:37 "I was in such a hurry to get here,
00:39 and after I put my clothes in the machine,
00:41 I started walking down the street,
00:43 just looking at my new home,
00:44 and this guy hollered at me, and I waved.
00:46 Being from the country, I spoke to everybody,
00:48 and he came over, and well, it was Carl, my husband."
00:51 When did Dolly Parton and Carl Thomas Dean get married?
00:54 After two years of dating Carl,
00:56 who owned an asphalt laying company at the time,
00:58 proposed to Dolly.
00:59 They wed on May 30, 1966, in a private ceremony
01:03 at the Ringgold Baptist Church in Ringgold, Georgia.
01:06 The 9 to 5 songstress opened up about her marriage
01:08 in a rare interview more than a decade after tying the knot.
01:11 "He's sort of shy and quiet,"
01:13 Dolly told people of her husband in April 1977.
01:16 "What we have together is so sweet and good
01:18 that I never wanted to get jumbled up with the other."
01:20 The esteemed songwriter has only been spotted out
01:23 in public with Carl on a few occasions since then.
01:26 "I've known how to keep my husband private,"
01:28 she said during a March 2022 appearance
01:30 on "The Kelly Bannon Show."
01:32 "It's just natural to me to protect the things
01:34 and the people I love and to protect my own privacy."
01:37 Are Dolly Parton and Carl Thomas Dean still together?
01:40 Despite their lack of public appearances,
01:42 Dolly and Carl are still together.
01:44 The longtime couple celebrated
01:45 their 57th wedding anniversary in May 2023.
01:49 Does Dolly Parton have kids?
01:50 Through their years of everlasting love,
01:52 Dolly and Carl decided not to have children.
01:54 "God has a plan for everything,
01:56 and I think it probably was his plan for me
01:58 not to have kids so that everybody's kids could be mine,"
02:01 Dolly told Closer in October 2017
02:04 of why she never became a mother.
02:05 Dolly and her hubby have remained close
02:07 to all of her siblings' kids over the past few decades.
02:10 "I've loved their kids just like they're my grandkids,
02:12 and now I've got great grandkids,"
02:14 the "Steel Mad Molias" actress
02:16 gushed to People in May 2014.
02:18 Dolly Parton is back without another baking mix
02:20 just in time for the holidays.
02:21 The new Dolly Parton x Duncan Hines
02:23 Sugar Cookie Kit marks the music legend's
02:26 ninth partnership with Duncan Hines.
02:28 The fun kit includes cookie mix,
02:29 pesto frosting, holiday sprinkles,
02:32 a keepsake booklet, and barcode for a holiday video message
02:35 from Parton herself along with a recipe
02:37 for her favorite cinnamon roll cookies.
02:39 Perfect for cookie-making parties
02:40 and gatherings of all kinds,
02:42 these kits are available at major retailers and grocers
02:44 over the next few months for $6.98.
02:47 We are thrilled to build on the great success
02:49 of the Duncan Hines and Dolly Parton partnership
02:52 with our new limited edition holiday sugar kit.
02:54 Josh Hudson, senior brand manager for Duncan Hines,
02:57 told Food & Wine, "Like all of us,
03:00 Dolly loves the holidays,
03:01 especially when it comes to baking
03:02 with her family and friends.
03:04 And so this felt like such an authentic way
03:06 to bring her favorite cookie recipes
03:08 and decorating tips to families across America."
03:10 Parton's first collaboration with Duncan Hines
03:12 was released in August 2022.
03:15 The line of Southern-inspired cake mixes and frostings
03:18 included Southern-style coconut-flavored cake mix,
03:20 Southern-style banana-flavored cake mix,
03:23 creamy buttercream frosting,
03:24 and chocolate buttercream frosting.
03:26 She has since added a cornbread mix,
03:28 two brownie mixes,
03:29 and a buttermilk biscuit mix, to name a few.
03:32 "I have always loved to cook,
03:33 and growing up in the South,
03:35 I especially love that authentic mom
03:37 and pop kind of cooking,"
03:38 Parton said in a release for the launch.
03:40 "I am excited to launch my own line of cake mixes
03:43 and frostings with Duncan Hines,
03:44 bringing that sweet, Southern-style baking experience
03:47 I enjoy to others."