Dolly Parton laid down some rules to Sabrina Carpenter over ‘Please, Please, Please’ collaboration: “I don’t say dirty words on camera”

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Dolly Parton has revealed that she laid down some ground rules to Sabrina Carpenter before agreeing to appear on their collaborative version of ‘Please Please Please’.The singer teamed up with the country icon on the joint fresh take of the hit single for the deluxe edition of Carpenter’s latest album ‘Short N’ Sweet’, which was released last month.In an interview with Knox News, Parton said she told Carpenter before agreeing to the collab: “I told her, I said, ‘Now, I don’t cuss, I don’t make fun of Jesus.

I don’t talk bad about God, and I don’t say dirty words on camera, but known to if I get mad enough’”.Parton expressed praise for Carpenter, but she did point out that the singer “can talk a little bad now and then.”On the original version of the song, Carpenter sings: “I beg you, don’t embarrass me motherfucker.” For their collaboration the lyrics were altered to: “I beg you, don’t embarrass me like the others.”When they first shared their team-up, Parton posted a clip of herself meeting with Carpenter. “You’ll be this old one day,” she jokingly told the ‘Espresso’ star.

The ‘Jolene’ legend later teased Carpenter about the “dirty words” in her lyrics, with the new collaboration putting a clean spin on ‘Please Please Please’.“Thank you for letting me do that,” Parton said.

Carpenter replied: “Thank you for being you.”The original version of ‘Please Please Please’ went to Number One in both the UK and US.