Last fall, former President that he was shocked Dolly Parton hadn't gotten a Presidential Medal of Freedom during his time in office. That was a screwup, he said. I think I assumed she had already got one.
Now, the country icon says the Trump administration offered her the honor, not once but twice 鈥� and she turned it down both times. I couldn't accept it because my husband was ill, and then they asked me again about it and I wouldn't travel because of the COVID, she said .
Only two weeks into his term, President Biden has not yet announced any new Medal of Freedom recipients. But Parton says she'd be hesitant to accept a possible third offer. Now I feel like if I take it, I'll be doing politics, so I'm not sure.
And, she added, I don't work for those awards. It'd be nice, but I'm not sure that I even deserve it. But that's a nice compliment for people to think that I might deserve it.
Parton has been in the news lately after it was revealed that she of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine.
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