Dolly Parton isn't one to give political statements, but when it comes to the Black Lives Matter movement, she's quite vocal.
The country icon, 74, recently did an interview with Billboard and revealed that she fully supports the cause and those who protest. She said, "I understand people having to make themselves known and felt and seen. And of course Black lives matter."
Parton hasn't attended any marches, but she's certainly been doing her part by holding herself accountable. In 2018, for instance, after she learned that the term "Dixie" was problematic and insensitive, she promptly changed the name of her dinner attraction from "Dixie Stampede" to "Dolly Parton's Stampede."
She explained, “There’s such a thing as innocent ignorance, and so many of us are guilty of that. When they said ‘Dixie’ was an offensive word, I thought, ‘Well, I don’t want to offend anybody. This is a business. We’ll just call it The Stampede.’ As soon as you realize that [something] is a problem, you should fix it. That’s where my heart is. I would never dream of hurting anybody on purpose.”