Elle King is opening up about her infamous drunken performance at the Grand Ole Opry for Dolly Parton’s birthday that created a huge controversy.
The 34-year-old singer was part of a birthday tribute to Dolly Parton at the famous Nashville stadium, although the 78-year-old legend was not present.
She was seen slurring her words several times during the performance before admitting that she was “beaten up.”
Almost five months later, King opened up about Chelsea Handler. Dear Chelsea Podcastrevealing that he was going through “something very heavy” just before the performance.
She admitted it was the first time she had spoken about the incident, starting because she “made a big no-no” that night.
Elle King is opening up about her infamous drunken performance at the Grand Ole Opry for Dolly Parton’s birthday that sparked major controversy.
The 34-year-old singer was part of a birthday tribute to Dolly Parton at the famous Nashville stadium, although the 78-year-old legend was not present.
“Not only did I curse on stage, beaten, at the Grand Ole Opry, but it was Dolly Parton’s birthday and the Opry was doing a Dolly Parton tribute.”
He added that he hadn’t talked about it in the five months since because he “had to relax” and admitted it was “a big problem.”
“I had been going through something very heavy and traumatic in my life at the time,” Elle explained during the May 16 podcast episode.
“That day was really important in dealing with what I was going through and am still going through, and I suffer from severe PTSD,” he said.
King added: “I hadn’t eaten that day, I hadn’t slept in days and I was really overwhelmed.” I was like a shell of myself.’
He added that there were two separate shows, that there was a “huge snowstorm that day” and that the previously booked headliner canceled and King was asked to intervene.
‘They asked me if I would sing, if I would be the headliner and Jolene would sing. I thought, ‘Cool, I know that song,'” King added.
She said the first show was “fucking perfect”, although she admitted to taking “one take too many and I’m just not there, in my body”, adding: “I don’t even remember what I said.
“Not only did I curse on stage, beaten, at the Grand Ole Opry, but it was Dolly Parton’s birthday and the Opry was doing a Dolly Parton tribute.”
He added that he hasn’t talked about it in the five months since because he “had to relax” and admitted it was a “big problem.”
King added: “I hadn’t eaten that day, I hadn’t slept in days and I was really overwhelmed.” I was like a shell of myself’
“The curtain fell and I was totally 100% dissociated, and I just walked into the dressing room, me on the floor sobbing, like, ‘What have I done?'” she said, adding the next day. “I was ‘everywhere.'” and she was “mortified.”
She said she hand-wrote a letter of apology to both the Grand Ole Opry and Dolly Parton herself, who called her a few days later, adding that Parton is “proof that angels exist.”
“She just gave me very kind words and made me laugh, and that’s the kindness of women,” King added.
“Those are the things I received that I will never forget because I wanted to die and I had to get away from the population for a while,” King admitted.
He took a two-month break from touring after the incident, before sharing a message on Instagram in March.
‘To everyone sending me love, because I’m human and I already talked to Dolly. I love you. To everyone who told me to kill myself, I love you too,” she said.