Dolly Parton is on the mend after an intense bout with kidney stones forced her to pull out of a Dollywood appearance.

Parton, 79, missed a scheduled visit to her Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, theme park to celebrate the new Night Flight Expedition ride on Wednesday, September 17. Instead, she appeared in a prerecorded video message played for the crowd.

“Hello Dollywood! It’s me,” Parton said in the clip, which was shared by attendees on X. “I know — and I’m here, and you’re there. And you’re wondering why that is? Well, I had a little problem. I had a kidney stone that was causing me a lot of problems. Turned out it’d given me an infection.”

Parton, who appeared to be standing in the living room of her Tennessee home, continued, “And the doctor said, ‘You don’t need to be traveling right t

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