Dolly To The Rescue!
Jessica Simpson may have famously mangled Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" a few years back - but her poor performance turned out to be the start of a beautiful friendship!
"Torturing" A Classic
In a recent interview with KBS Radio, Jess spoke about the agony of "torturing" one of her most treasured songs, claiming the experience left her vowing to give up singing forever.
"[M]y chin started quivering and I just started crying and then I walked off stage," said the singer, "and I said, 'I will never absolutely never sing again - ever in my life.'"
Dolly To The Rescue!
Fortunately, Jessica had one fan who wouldn't let her quit - Dolly Parton herself!
"Dolly was like, 'Don't you let that get you down. I wanna hear you keep singing,'and I was like, 'I am so sorry,' and she was like, 'I don't even want you to apologize. Let's take a picture and we'll end up working together some day.'"
Putting It On Paper
But Dolly's kindness didn't stop there - she even wrote her kind wishes for Jessica down in a letter!
"[Parton] wrote me a letter 'cause all the media and the press were really, really hard on me, and I knew that that was gonna happen," Jess told the station. "She even went as far as to say, 'I will always love you,'and I just cried and cried reading the letter that she had sent me, but it was so encouraging.""
What a great story - and with Jessica currently trying to break into country music, we're already dreaming up duets for them to sing together!
Isn't Dolly a sweetheart?
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