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Dolly Parton dresses as Playboy Bunny for husband's birthday

By Megan Armstrong | Last updated 7/21/21

"Remember, some time back, I said I was gonna pose on the Playboy magazine when I was 75?" the country music and pop culture icon says in a video she tweeted Tuesday (July 20). "Well, I'm 75, and they don't have a magazine anymore, but my husband always loved the original cover of Playboy."

Parton was dressed exactly as she had been for a 1978 Playboy cover for her husband, Carl Thomas Dean, and his 79th birthday:

It’s always #HotGirlSummer for my husband, Carl Happy birthday my love! pic.twitter.com/utz7Atpk3F
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) July 20, 2021

"I was trying to think of something to do to make him happy," the 10-time Grammy winner continued. "He still thinks I'm a hot chick after 57 years, and I'm not gonna try to talk him out of that."

Parton explained that she had a photoshoot done of her in her Playboy Bunny outfit, "had a cover made" and surprised Dean with a framed version of her 1978 cover side-by-side with the new photo.

"I was kind of a little bit of a butterball in that one [from 1978], well, I'm string cheese now!" she jokes.

Parton voiced her intention to cover Playboy again at 75 during a sit-down with 60 Minutes Australia that was posted March 8, 2020:

“Well, I don't plan to retire. I just turned 74!“ With her signature charm and unique voice, it’s so easy to see why fans will always love @DollyParton #60Mins pic.twitter.com/RlPme7tumJ
— 60 Minutes Australia (@60Mins) March 8, 2020