Elle King spoke out for the first time about her drunken performance during Dolly Parton's 78th birthday celebration at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry in January. The 34-year-old country star sparked backlash after she fumbled lyrics, cursed at the audience and admitted she was 'hammered' during a tribute to Parton at the famed music venue. During an appearance Thursday on the 'Dear Chelsea,' podcast, King opened up about the incident.
had been going through something very heavy and traumatic in my life at the time.' The Ohio native noted there were two shows celebrating Parton at the Grand Ole Opry on the day of her performance. 'And that day was a really big day dealing with what I was going through, and that I’m still going through, and I suffer from severe PTSD,' King said. 'I hadn't eaten, I hadn't slept in days and I was really overwhelmed. I was like a shell of myself.
In a separate video shared to TikTok, King can be heard telling people in the crowd they were not getting their money back. 'I'll tell you one thing more. I'll tell you one thing more,' she said. 'Hi, my name is Elle King. I'm f------ hammered.' After her band suggested she play one of her own songs, King replied, 'I can barely play another person's song. Let me see if I can play one of mine.
The next day it was, like, everywhere. Everywhere. And I was mortified,' King told Handler of the viral clips. After the tribute, the Grand Ole Opry issued an apology on X, saying, 'We deeply regret and apologize for the language that was used during last night’s second Opry performance.' King told Handler she sent handwritten letters of apology to both Parton and the Grand Ole Opry. 'And Dolly called me a couple days later,' King recalled.
And, so, for all the people who are asking for an apology from me, 'Hey, if you were there that night and I didn't get a chance to say I'm sorry to you, I apologize,'' King said. In March, King broke her silence on social media, sharing an Instagram clip of herself running up the stairs in the O2 arena in London in workout gear.
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