The joke’s on us, of course, because the woman is a complete class act.
She’s a talented and enduring professional who’s starred in movies, written books, andchanged country music.
She’s also held together a marriage of more than 50 years while stoking her superstar career.
So who’s the husband who sparked a romance that’s lasted for more than half a century?
Carl Thomas Dean is a reticent businessman, according toThe U.S. Sun.
Dolly describes him for theEvening Standardas a “homebody.
He doesn’t give a damn for show-business or this Dolly Parton business.”
In her many public appearances, she usually appears alone and says little more than that about her husband.
The secret sauce is .
What many Dolly Parton fans appreciate most are her quips.
“I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb .
and I know I’m not blonde,” she dishes to the Evening Standard.
“I can’t stay home ‘cause I’m a gypsy.
I love to go everywhere, do everything, meet everybody,” she told the Evening Standard.
Though they are opposites, they still share many things they both love to do.
The spark was clean clothes
The couple met on the first day Dolly Parton was in Nashville.
She was standing outside Wishy Washy Laundromat when her future husband drove past, according to her website.
“My first thought was ‘I’m gonna marry that girl,'” Dean toldEntertainment Tonight.
“My second thought was, ‘Lord she’s good lookin.’
And that was the day my life began.”
The pair dated for a couple of years before saying their “I do’s.”
On occasion, the couple returns to this town of just under 3,500 people in an RV camper.
It’s innocent fun, the “9-to-5” star says, and neither gets jealous of the other.
Dolly refers to their relationship as “open .
And I would kill him if I thought he was doing that.”
The country singer and her long-time love do not have children.
