There have been rumors going around that Dolly Parton is secretly inked up with tons of tattoos. The 74-year-old has finally confirmed whether or not she secretly has tons of tattoos on her body. “I do have some tattoos, that’s true,” she tells PEOPLE. “But they’re tasteful. I’m not a tattoo girl.”
She has officially shot down any rumors speculating that she has fully inked up arms. Not true! It was actually a medical issue that first led her to get some tattoos. “My tattoos are pretty, they’re artful and they usually started out to cover some scar, not to make a big statement,” she says. “Ribbons and bows and butterflies are the things that I have. I was very sick for a while and I had to wear a feeding tube. It left a little indention in my side and I didn’t like it because I’m so fair that scars turn purple on me.”
Dolly Parton is NOT hiding tons of tattoos
She continues, “I like to make positives out of negatives. I had a little beehive tattooed over it — a little yellow-and-brown beehive with a tiny little bee on top of the hive. The mouth of it is that little sinkhole.”
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