Dolly Parton ’s secret tattoos have captured public attention following the death of the country music icon at 80. Fans online have been revisiting old photographs of the singer from when she was young, searching for the hidden artwork she kept covered under her trademark long sleeves.
I never realized just how pretty she was” Parton died on August 25 after a brief battle with cancer, her family confirmed. In a 2014 interview with Today, Parton said her fair skin caused scars to remain purple. One user shared images of her as a young musician and wrote, “I’m just now noticing pictures of a young Dolly Parton and JESUS!!! Parton repeatedly explained that her tattoos were not created as a rebellious statement. She explained that she used small pastel tattoos to disguise those marks. But they’re tasteful. I’m not a tattoo girl. Mine are all pastel. And I have more than one!”
The singer-songwriter left behind a six-decade legacy built on hits such as “Jolene”, “I Will Always Love You” and “9 to 5”. She had said that the tattoos helped cover scars caused by medical procedures and her tendency to develop keloid scars. “I started having little pastel things to disguise things,” she said during a 2016 interview with Larry King. Parton had previously said that she viewed the tattoos as a form of decoration. She said she preferred turning scars into something positive by adding designs such as flowers and butterflies. She said, “I do have some tattoos, that’s true. In a 2021 interview with W Magazine, she again described her tattoos as “pastel” and “artful. She said, “I don’t have the real heavy, dark tattoos.
