Jolene ain’t got nothin’ on Mrs. Dolly Parton.
Of course, Dolly famously penned the song after a woman at her local bank was getting a little too flirty with her husband Carl Dean not long after Carl and Dolly got married, though her real name wasn’t actually Jolene.
Dolly took mercy and renamed her for the song, and honestly, it’s probably a good thing that she did, because it’s one of the most recognizable country songs of all time and is of course synonyms with that name. It was included as the title track to Dolly’s 1974 album of the same name, and peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Country songs chart as a single.
And yesterday on X (Twitter), an account called @fasc1nate, which shares lots of old historical photos and stories, posted a picture of Dolly that was taken in a photo booth in the 1960’s, more specifically in 1966, and she looks absolutely stunning.
Dolly would’ve been about 20-years old here, and obviously it was way before Dolly had any sort of work done or started wearing her famous platinum blonde wigs. She was, and still is, breathtakingly beautiful, and people in the comments had a field day talking about how there was no way on this earth Dolly was really threatened by Jolene when she looked like this:
Dolly Parton in a Photo Booth, 1960s. pic.twitter.com/hdj7Aq06Na
— Fascinating (@fasc1nate) March 11, 2024
Like, seriously… Dolly is one of the most beautiful women on the planet (inside and out), and always has been, so there’s just no way Jolene was ever really coming for her or her marriage in any real way.
I mean, these hilarious comments from the post really sum it up best… and let’s be real, Dolly has always had “it,” and still does at 78 years young (see the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving halftime show last year).
JFC, what the f*ck DID Jolene look like, because ain't no way a baddie like this begging ANYONE for ANYTHING https://t.co/20v8uvx3a0
— daevid vaughn (@DarkSunShining) March 12, 2024
what in the hell did Jolene look like cus ain’t no way boy https://t.co/bxSSpqvhao
— lj (@ldzzzy) March 11, 2024
And she was worried about Jolene? https://t.co/CwFktfWRTI
— Pete Santucci (@petersantucci) March 12, 2024
Imagine how hot Jolene must’ve been https://t.co/T5XDYm6z75
— T (@MrSleepyT) March 12, 2024
Enough is enough. We NEED to see what Jolene looked like. https://t.co/njFilQgyXK
— Scully (@isthatscully) March 12, 2024
She was this fine and worried about a Jolene?! Ain’t no way https://t.co/3QEPPRAFMB
— F. Dalí (@NuthinOnBartee) March 11, 2024
Jolene must have been a BAD BITCH to have this woman shaking in her cowboy boots. https://t.co/lhLQD8eQ6L
— Lover Babe Rade 🇬🇩🏴 (@MsRade92) March 11, 2024
If Jolene was finer than this Dolly should’ve just shot the bitch cause there’s no way https://t.co/snhtwBsLOZ
— FirstName LastName: Free Agency Frenzy Edition (@717jayden) March 11, 2024
Damn….. https://t.co/7l2K4AdI41 pic.twitter.com/XQikONjc44
— Dirk Stoggio (@Stoggio) March 12, 2024
Jolene must have been bad https://t.co/xu8Hv7vjuy pic.twitter.com/0ZqxM5ASlJ
— 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐌𝐮𝐠𝐚 (@marrkmuga) March 12, 2024
Me, looking at this photo and wondering who tf Jolene was to top this https://t.co/iSKfuJMgsd pic.twitter.com/T8oHCTF8y5
— David (@David_13_x) March 12, 2024
I’m kind of partial to this brilliant theory, though… nothing else makes sense:
It's time we have a conversation about the possibility that Dolly was Jolene and she wrote the song from the point of view of every other woman in her town https://t.co/jqsPeSqTfi
— Charlie, Blood Artist's Very Large Son (@mrgeekoutlet) March 12, 2024
“Jolene”
