Dolly Parton has been pretty open over the years about what her life was like as a child.
And she had a pretty complicated relationship with her family, particularly Patron’s maternal grandfather.
The country icon is known for her gorgeous larger-than-life look, which is as famous as her voice.
Parton put up with the abuse to prove her dedication to the look.
But this is Queen Dolly after all, so even back then she knew how to hold her own.
The devil had nothing to do with it."
“You kind of grew up in a horrid atmosphere about fear of religion.
We thought God was a monster in the sky,” she divulged.
The preacher never drank alcohol or smoked and took a modest approach to everything else too.
“He loved his Lord and he loved his family,” she wrote simply.
The country icon also discussed how her maternal grandfather encouraged her to sing in church.
Funnily enough, Parton later starred in a movie called “Joyful Noise.”
