Dolly Parton, 78, is 'ready for a diet' by January after going 'all out' with ham and wine during Christmas
Dolly Parton is 'ready for a diet' by January.
The 78-year-old singer adores spending the holiday season with her loved ones and while they spend most of December feasting, she's ready to stop overindulging by the end of the period.
'We all start eating around Thanksgiving and we eat until the first of January, and that's when we all go on our diets. You know how that goes?' she told Closer magazine.
'So you think, Well, I'm not going to even think about dieting now. I'm just going to eat everything I want to.'
'You stretch your clothes out! But you're ready for a diet after the first of the year.'
The Jolene hitmaker – who is married to Carl Dean - goes 'all-out' for Christmas with her extended family.
Dolly Parton is 'ready for a diet' by January she told Closer magazine; seen in June
The 78-year-old singer adores spending the holiday season with her loved ones and while they spend most of December feasting, she's ready to stop overindulging by the end of the period
She said: 'I go all-out for Christmas. My family call me Granny Claus, Dolly Claus, or Gigi Claus, it just depends on the different generations.
'I've been doing that since I had my younger brothers and sisters.
'They've now got children and now their children have children, so I've just been at it for years. Christmas is a big thing for us.
'We all sing Christmas songs around the piano – all the traditional ones like 'O Little Town of Bethlehem' and 'Silent Night'
'But then we've got to have 'Rudolph' and all of the fun things, 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town', all of that.'
And when it comes to their Christmas Day meal, Dolly serves up something for everyone on December 25, with the food accompanied by her own range of wines.
She said: 'We have turkey and ham, black eyed peas and cornbread dressing, and then we have lots of mashed potatoes, coleslaw, and that sort of thing.
'My wine is great because it goes with different things.
'We all start eating around Thanksgiving and we eat until the first of January, and that's when we all go on our diets. You know how that goes?' she told Closer magazine; seen with husband Carl Dean
'So you think, Well, I'm not going to even think about dieting now. I'm just going to eat everything I want to,' she added; seen in 2006
'And if you like good food and good wine, I think it all goes together just like fashion.
'We really are big on having lots of great things for all the holidays.'
This comes after she said she was warned her 'cheap' look would stop her being taken seriously as a singer/songwriter.
The legend has no regrets about always choosing to be herself because she knew that even if people were put off by her appearance, her music was strong enough to win people over.
She told Grazia magazine: 'In my early days, so many people said, 'Dolly nobody's ever going to take you seriously as a songwriter, the way you dress, you need to tame it down. You don't need all the make-up, it makes you look cheap. You don't need all that hair.'
'You stretch your clothes out! But you're ready for a diet after the first of the year.' The Jolene hitmaker goes 'all-out' for Christmas with her extended family. Seen in 2023
'But I said, 'Well, if my songs are good enough, eventually people will hear my songs. In the meantime, I have to have fun for me.
'I'm going to write good songs, I'm going to sing good songs, I'm going to perform and I'm going to be me.'
'I've spent my whole life being me and it's done me proud so far.'
The 'Jolene' hitmaker doesn't care what other people think about her clothes so long as she feels comfortable.
She said: 'I'm more of an eyesore than an icon in some of the stuff I wear.
'I like to feel confident in my clothes. Even if they weren't fashionable, even if they were gaudy or cheap or whatever.
'If I felt like it fit me, then I was comfortable in it. And then if I'm comfortable in myself, other people are comfortable with me.'
