Dolly Parton ‘likes to dress up for Carl’ to keep union ‘spicy’ in rare marriage admission

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Dolly Parton has been married to her husband Carl Thomas Dean for 55 years. Despite spending over half a decade together, Dolly insists that she still likes to do her best to “look as good as she can” to keep up the chemistry with Carl.Dolly, 76, shared a rare insight into her sex life with Carl during an interview with E!

News’s Daily Pop yesterday.“I like to dress up for Carl,” she began candidly. “Every day, I put on some makeup and fix my hair because I think, ‘Well, the whole world, I’m out here and everybody else sees me all dressed up, and I’m not going to just kind of go home and just flop on him.’“Nobody wants to make out with a slouch!” she added.The couple tied the knot on May 30, 1966 and didn’t go on to have any children, although Dolly is the godmother of famous pop star Miley Cyrus.

Dolly continued: “It’s important to me that I look as good as I can.“I think it kind of helps keep things spicy,” she added suggestively.

During the interview, the star also reflected on her iconic 1978 Playboy cover, which she recreated in July last year for her husband’s 79th birthday.A post shared by Dolly Parton (@dollyparton)Confessing that Carl had “always loved” the picture of her dressed as a Playboy bunny, she decided to bring his fantasy to life in their kitchen.“I thought, ‘Well, I’ll just go surprise my husband and just cook breakfast for him in my bunny suit,’” she said. “He got a kick out of it, and evidently a few other people did, too!”Dolly became the first country singer to pose for the magazine, although within very specific parameters that did not include nudity.Reflecting on the cover in a BBC Radio 5 Live interview she said: “I have been asked, back in the day, but that was so totally not me. “I would.