{"id":29963,"date":"2023-11-13T10:57:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T15:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=29963"},"modified":"2023-11-13T10:57:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T15:57:18","slug":"dolly-parton-reveals-why-she-repeatedly-turned-down-offer-for-super-bowl-halftime-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/dolly-parton-reveals-why-she-repeatedly-turned-down-offer-for-super-bowl-halftime-show.html","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton Reveals Why She Repeatedly Turned Down Offer For Super Bowl Halftime Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29975\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/11\/dolly-parton-credit-kathy-hutchins-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29975\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/11\/dolly-parton-credit-kathy-hutchins-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"dolly parton\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Hutchins\/Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Music legend Dolly Parton has been offered the opportunity to perform the halftime show for the Super Bowl several times, but she\u2019s repeatedly turned down the proposal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/dolly-parton-interview-new-album-rockstar-superbowl-halftime-show-1235634785\/\">The 77-year-old icon told <em>The Hollywood Reporter <\/em><\/a>she didn\u2019t see herself as big enough of a star to perform the highly produced show in the middle of the biggest sporting event of the year.<\/p>\n<p>She told the magazine of the Super Bowl gig, \u201cI\u2019ve been offered that many times. I couldn\u2019t do it because of other things, or I just didn\u2019t think I was big enough to do it, to do that big of a production. When you think about those shows, those are big, big productions. I\u2019ve never done anything with that big of a production. I don\u2019t know if I could have. I think at the time, that\u2019s what I was thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/216526\/super-bowl-us-tv-viewership\/#:~:text=The%202023%20edition%20of%20the,the%20U.S.%20Second%20most%20watched\">According to Statista<\/a>, 115 million Americans tuned into this year\u2019s Super Bowl game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, making it the most-watched game in U.S. history. Now, however, Parton is poised to release her first-ever rock-and-roll record, \u201cRockstar.\u201d And with the genre change in mind, the Tennessee native said she would consider doing a halftime show. She said, \u201cIt would make more sense. That might change. I might be able to do a production show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/55EL1bRmmEc?si=ZZVqYQtKELNOBOnD\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Super Bowl isn\u2019t the only thing Parton has said \u201cno\u201d to. In fact, she initially rejected an invitation to become part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The 10-time Grammy winner didn\u2019t feel she had earned the recognition. Parton explained, \u201cThey\u2019re going to put me in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and somebody like Meat Loaf or some of these other great artists never even made it? I didn\u2019t want to take away from somebody that has spent their life in that world like I had spent mine in country [music].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, though, the renowned star came around to the idea. Parton said, \u201cThey told me all the ways that people\u2019s music has influenced other people around the world \u2026 and told me about other people that were in it besides rock. Then I accepted it.\u201d Parton continued, \u201cBut I still didn\u2019t feel great about it. I still thought I needed to earn it. That\u2019s why I thought, \u2018Well, timing is perfect. There\u2019s a real reason for me to do this rock \u2019n\u2019 roll album. Here I am, a rock star at 77.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music legend Dolly Parton has been offered the opportunity to perform the halftime show for the Super Bowl several times, but she\u2019s repeatedly turned down the proposal. 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