When Carl Dean met Dolly Parton, he thought "I'm going to marry that girl". He was right - and 54 years later, the pair are still going strong, fending off 'sham' accusations, an emotional affair, and that pesky Jolene.
If there's one thing Dolly isn't, it's conventional - and her marriage to "homebody" Carl, 79, is no exception. She has admitted they have an "open marriage", but not sexually, rather to flirt with other people on the condition they don't get too attached.
But Dolly, 75, once revealed she took it too far and had an "emotional affair" that left her so consumed by guilt she nearly took her own life.
In Dolly on Dolly, Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton, the country star explained: "Men are my weakness. "Short, fat,
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