STEVE: THE LEFT WING NEWS OUTLET
BOX IS ATTACKING ONE OF
AMERICA’S MOST BELOVED ICONS,
DOLLY PARTON.
AINSLEY: THE COUNTRY MUSIC
LEGEND IS ACCUSED OF HAVING A "
DARK SIDE" WRITING,"DOLLY
PARTON IS BELOVED BECAUSE SHE’S
DEVOTED HER CAREER TO STANDING
FOR LOVE" AND SHE’S WILLING TO
BE AMBIGUOUS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY
THAT LOVE MEANS AND HOW MUCH IT
INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT THOSE ON
DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE
POLITICAL AISLE CONSIDER
THEIR ENEMIES BUT AMERICA IN THE
21ST CENTURY IS NO TIME FOR
A SECULAR POP SAINT.
AND THERE’S A DARK SIDE TO DOLLY
’S ABILITY TO APPEAL CHRIST
-LIKE TO ALL PEOPLE AT ALL
TIMES.
BRIAN: THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I
WAS THINKING HERE TO REACT ONE
COUNTRY MUSIC STAR HIMSELF, JOHN
RICH.
JOHN, DOLLY PARTON IS EVIL NOW
FOR NOT HAVING A POINT OF VIEW
AND NOT VILLIFYING OTHER PEOPLE?
>> FIRST OF ALL, DOLLY PROBABLY
DOESN’T HAVE A DARK SIDE.
I’M GOING TO SAY SHE DOESN’T BUT
IF SHE DID, IT BE BRIGHTER THAN
THE BRIGHTEST BRIGHT SIDE OF ANY
OTHER PERSON.
THAT’S A FACT.
I’VE READ THIS STORY AND I
THOUGHT HAVE THESE FOLKS
ATTACKED EVERYBODY AND NOW THEY
ARE GOING DOWN THE LIST THEY
HAVE TO MAKEUP THE ATTACK ON
DOLLY PARTON?
YOU KNOW, THEY TALK ABOUT ANTI-
FASCIST AND ALL THIS OTHER
STUFF.
FASCISM IS THE SUPPRESSION OF
OPPOSITION, BUT DOLLY HASN’T
EVEN SAID ANYTHING, LIKE THEY
ARE ATTACKING DOLLY FOR THINGS
SHE HASN’T EVEN SAID.
BRIAN: EXACTLY.
>> YOU TALK ABOUT GOING OFF THE
RAILS THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE
STEVE: WILL WHY DO YOU THINK
THAT IS?
>> I THINK THAT PEOPLE LIKE
THIS WRITER AND SOME OF THESE
MEDIA OUTLETS, YOU KNOW, THEY
WANT TO CONTROL NOT ONLY THE
NARRATIVE, THEY WANT TO
CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS.
THEY SAY CERTAIN PHRASES OR
BRING UP CERTAIN IDEAS YOU GET
KICKED OFF PLATFORMS BUT
THAT’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM.
THEY HAVE TO GO AFTER ONE OF THE
MOST PURE-HEARTED POSITIVE-
LOVING PEOPLE IN
AMERICA, DOLLY PARTON, FOR
THINGS SHE DIDN’T SAY.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME SHE’S
BEEN ATTACKED RECENTLY.
AN NBC WRITER ATTACKED DOLLY
BECAUSE OF HER SUPER BOWL AD
TALKING ABOUT WORKING 5-
9 WORKING AFTER-HOURS, TAKING
DOWN THE AMERICAN DREAM HOW DARE
DOLLY PARTON SUGGEST PEOPLE WORK
AFTER-HOURS TO CREATE SOMETHING
GREAT.
I DON’T THINK THERE’S A
CONCERTED EFFORT TO ATTACK HER
BUT THEY NEED TO LAYOFF.
AINSLEY: THEY ARE SILENCING HER
FOR STAYING SILENT.
TELL US ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING,
I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN PUSHING FOR
RESTAURANTS TO OPEN BACKUP
NORMAL HOURS.
WHAT’S THE LATEST?
>> WE’RE STARTING TO OPEN
BACKUP A LITTLE BIT MORE
ACTUALLY TODAY SO WE’RE EXCITED
ABOUT THAT.
OUR BANDS HOPEFULLY ARE MOVING
BACK TO TOWN AND WE’RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO IT.
THE REDNECK RIVERIA IS OPEN,
STILL SUPPORTING FOLDS OF HONOR,
GOT THE WHISKEY AROUND THE U.S.
, THINGS ARE COMING
BACK.
BRIAN: JOHN HAVE YOU BEEN TRACK
ING TO SEE IF YOU ARE
SPREADING THIS VIRUS?
HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING TO
LAWMAKERS ABOUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT
THIS?
HAVE YOU JUST BEEN SITTING ON
THE SIDELINE?
>> WELL WHAT WE FOUND OUT IN
NASHVILLE IS THAT A LOT OF THE
VIRUS WAS BEING SPREAD
AROUND THROUGH CONSTRUCTION
SITES AND PLACES OTHER THAN OUR
BUSINESSES.
WE HAD A LOT OF THAT GOING ON.
POLITICS DEFINITELY ENTERED THIS
CONVERSATION A FEW TIMES IN
NASHVILLE, BUT HOPEFULLY WE’VE
TURNED A CORNER NOW AND WE CAN
GET BACK TO BUSINESS.
PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR MUSIC AND WE
WANT TO MAKE MUSIC FOR THEM.
STEVE: ABSOLUTELY, NASHVILLE, AS
YOU WELL KNOW, DID I HEAR THE
STATISTIC THAT IT IS THE
NUMBER ONE, IT WAS BEFORE
THE PANDEMIC, NUMBER ONE
BACHELORETTE DESTINATION FOR
PEOPLE ABOUT TO GET MARRIED?
>> IT CERTAINLY IS.
IT USED TO BE LAS VEGAS.
NOW IT’S NASHVILLE, BECAUSE MAN,
YOU JUST CAN’T HAVE MORE FUN
THAN YOU DO IN NASHVILLE WITH
ALL THIS LIVE MUSIC, AND
INCREDIBLE TALENT EVERYWHERE AND
THEN OF COURSE THEY GOT SONGS
LIKE "SAVE A HORSE, RIDE A COW
BOY" WHAT’S A BETTER SONG ON
THAT, RIGHT?
BRIAN: REAL QUICK, JOHN WHEN DO
YOU GET BACK TO CONCERTS?
>> WE DO NOT HAVE A TIME ON
THAT, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAD A
BUNCH OF CONCERTS IN APRIL AND
MAY THAT JUST GOT PUSHED TO
SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, SO THAT’S
NOT GREAT RIGHT NOW.
WE’RE HOPING THAT TURNS AROUND
TOO SOON.
AINSLEY: WE’RE ALL READY FOR
MUSIC.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GREAT TO SEE YOU AND THANKS FOR
ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE
MILITARY.
>> GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON.