Dolly Partonis afraid to reveal if she’s done anything that would land her on Santa’s Naughty List.
“Do I really have to say?
“And even a lot of these musical guests, they feel like family to me.”
Dolly Parton in ‘Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas’.Katherine Bomboy/NBC
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So I’ve always got my bra and I’m always just putting it there.
And so it became a joke.
Dolly Parton and Jimmy Fallon in ‘Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas’.Katherine Bomboy/NBC
I even did a commercial about it a couple years ago, one of those phone commercials.
And so we had to take the pencil and the diary and the things out of my chest.
And I make a joke on the show, “I know you folks thought I was chesty.
Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson in ‘Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas’.
I’m just carrying a lot of stuff in here!”
[Laughs]
You welcome a lot of great guests for this.
That seems like a bit of a nod, bow down moment, to Mariah Carey?
Dolly Parton and Jimmie Allen in ‘Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas’.
So we thought, “Well, we’ll do that one.”
But I didn’t write that song Jimmy and some other fellas wrote that, I think.
What could be better than that great song?
Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus in ‘Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas’.
Willie Nelson, another great guest.
So has Willie ever offered you a special gift?
Maybe some home-baked goods?
Dolly Parton with her sisters Cassie Parton and Rachel Parton in ‘Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas’.Katherine Bomboy/NBC
[Laughs] Oh, sure!
In fact, it’s a joke between us.
I don’t know.
[Laughs] He said, “I’m pretty sure I can muster up something.”
But anyway, it’s more like a joke between us.
But then you call out how ridiculous it is and that you don’t like it.
[Laughs] Oh, I know!
[Laughs]
It’s fun.
There’s some good comedy in the show.
I think it’s entertaining.
I think we got the fun.
I think we got the inspiration.
I think we got the meaning.
We got the children.
So it was fun.
And you got your family in there, your sisters and so many more.
I have to assume family gatherings are just like a big music festival.
Well, they are because all of my people are very musical.
They all write, they all sing.
And so when we get together, that’s really what it is.
So that was just a fun thing.
So I was surrounded with family.
And even a lot of these musical guests, they feel like family to me.
Like Billy Ray and Miley they’ve grown up with me.
There is one moment where you do say you’re no angel, and you’re no saint.
So what did you do in 2022 that might put you on Santa’s Naughty List?
[Laughs] Lord, I don’t know!
I’m sure there’s many things.
I give a shot to overcome them …
I’m sure there’s a few things in there.
Do I really have to say?
I don’t know if I’d done anything that naughty.
Well, I wouldn’t tell you if I had done something really naughty.
[Laughs] I’d blow my whole image.
Like I said, I’m no angel, I just play one on TV.
We’re all just human beings.
We’ll let Santa judge my naughtiness.
[Laughs]
You are joining Miley for theMiley’s New Year’s Eve Partyon NBC.
I would just love to see, when the ball drops, you riding in on a wrecking ball.
Can we make that happen?
She may have that plan.
I’ll go with her.
I’m gonna be there for her and with her.
And we’re both just wild enough to do it.
Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmasairs Thursday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. on NBC.
