Whoopi Goldberg came to Dolly Parton’s defense and clapped back at her critics.
The television personality, 68, slammed the people judging the country music icon, 77, for wearing a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader outfit at the NFL Thanksgiving Day Halftime Show.
On Monday’s episode of The View, she told people who had negative comments for the Jolene singer that they should ‘be ashamed’ of themselves.
‘Apparently, my turkey wasn’t the only subject online that people were hating,’ she said on the talk show. (Over the weekend, she also responded to the backlash she received for the ‘unsanitary’ way she prepared her Thanksgiving turkey.)
Defending Dolly: Whoopi Goldberg came to Dolly Parton’s defense and clapped back at her critics
Her revealing outfit: The television personality, 68, slammed the people judging the country music icon, 77, for wearing a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader outfit at the NFL Thanksgiving Day Halftime Show
‘Seventy-seven-year-old superstar Dolly Parton stole the show on Thanksgiving at the Cowboys-Commanders game dressed as a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, but some critics told her to act her age,’ she explained.
To the trolls who advised Parton to ‘dress her age’ or ‘cover up’, she said: ‘Bite me!’
Her co-host, Sunny Hostin, agreed and told viewers that if she looked like Parton did in ‘one of them Cowboys things’ that she would also ‘have everything out’.
Hostin also added: ‘I don’t know if that’s a belly ring or what, but I want what she has’ as ‘life’s too short’.
Goldberg later told viewers to not be ‘shady’ towards someone ‘who’s thinking for herself’.
‘Shame, shame on y’all,’ she said. ‘She’s somebody who doesn’t care what you think.
‘She’s someone who’s thinking for herself, and I’d like to see each and every one of you haters … do half of what she did on that stage,’ she continued.
‘Let’s see your dance videos that you haven’t cleaned up,’ she said. ‘Don’t be shady, man. Life’s too short.’
Clapping back: On Monday’s episode of The View, she told people who had negative comments for the Jolene singer that they should ‘be ashamed’ of themselves
Her cheerleading outfit: ’77-year-old superstar Dolly Parton stole the show on Thanksgiving at the Cowboys-Commanders game dressed as a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, but some critics told her to act her age,’ she explained
Little sister: Parton’s younger sister, Stella, also came to the defense and told critics to ‘f*** yourself’ in a tweet shared on X
Coming to her defense: She said she thought her sister was ‘cute as hell’ in her costume before telling off the trolls
Parton’s younger sister, Stella, also came to the defense and told critics to ‘f*** yourself’ in a tweet shared on X.
‘I personally thought my big sister Dolly was cute as hell in her Dallas Cowboys cheerleading costume at the half time show on Thanksgiving,’ she wrote.
‘To those of you being so critical of a 77 year old kicking up her heels, I say f*** yourself. Shame on you not her.’
The 10-time Grammy winner did not respond to any of the comments but had been sharing teasers ahead of her Thanksgiving performance and posting promo for her rock album Rockstar.
At the holiday halftime show, she performed a medley of some of her biggest hits, including Jolene, 9 to 5, as well as covers of Queen’s We are the Champions and We Will Rock You.
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