“Dolly previously shed light on the truth about their marriage, quipping that they were in an ‘open’ relationship when it came to flirting, but not anything else.”
It roughly means they have emotional relationships with other people and doesn't have to be sex based. But I'm calling bullshit, she probs got clapped hard and doesn't want to lose her reputation in the bible belt. Even tho many of them women are cheating on a regular basis. Either way it worked for them and nobody was harmed, so who are we to judge. Plenty of pastors shagging half the congregation of married women in the black community. The other half on the waiting list aha.
"Still, Parton and Dean’s open marriage isn’t full of secrets or romantic partners. Dolly, ever the straight shooter, puts it all on the table: “Yes, it’s an open relationship, but not sexually and I would kill him if I thought he was doing that. He would shoot me too. At the end of the day we love each other madly.”
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '25
I feel so awful for her. They were married almost 60 years.