Dolly Parton Mocks Celebrity Couples
Country legend Dolly Parton has taken aim at Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie - insisting celebrity partnerships will "never work."
The singer has been married to her husband Carl for 44 years after meeting him in a laundromat, and she puts her marriage success down to her partner being out of her industry.
Jolie and Pitt have been dogged by rumours their relationship is in trouble, and Parton wouldn't be surprised - because she can't see how conflicting showbiz schedules and egos would work.
She says, "Aren't Angelina and Brad meant to be having problems? And Madonna and her husband Guy (Ritchie) didn't last long. There are so many break-ups that the names pass me by but it makes me think, if you want to escape the spotlight why marry another famous person? It's never going to work. You're either in competition or your priorities are different. Your schedules will always clash so you never see each other.
"My husband is a homebody and has nothing to do with this celebrity world. We've been married 44 years and have worked so well together because we're not in the same business. I met my husband before I became a star and he doesn't care about any of it. If I'd married someone in the same business, it would never have lasted."
Pitt and Jolie have denied their relationship is in crisis and have launched legal proceedings against a British newspaper over the reports.
Mindy McCready Can't Watch Televised Seizure
Fallen country music star Mindy McCready refuses to watch her seizure episode on U.S. reality TV show Celebrity Rehab - because she can't stand the idea of seeing herself in so much pain.
The singer sparked a medical emergency when she suffered convulsions on the show, filmed at the Pasadena Recovery Center last year (09).
The graphic episode aired earlier this year (10), but McCready - who has no memory of the seizure - still hasn't seen the footage.
She says, "I can't watch it."
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