Dolly Parton, a music icon, saved Sylvester Stallone's once-shaky marriage to model Jennifer Flavin by making him a down-home country boy, a new report claimed.
Dolly, 78, has been friends with Sylvester, 77, since they costarred in the 1984 film “Rhinestone,” and he's learned from her marriage to Carl Dean, 81, her husband of 57 years who is now painfully suffering Alzheimer's disease.
“Sly’s taken note of Dolly’s amazing love story and that’s helped him to keep things solid in his own marriage” to Jennifer, 55, his wife of 27 years. He used to be this macho tough guy and that wasn’t doing him any favors at home. This new countrified attitude has had a calming effect on Sly,” an unnamed source told Globe Magazine.
It was previously stated that the pair hit a difficult patch after Jennifer, the mother of his three girls, filed for divorce in August 2022, only to reconcile a month later. However, Sylvester’s bond with Dolly is not one-sided.
Sylvester, who currently stars in the television series “Tulsa King,” assisted Dolly in losing weight and eating healthier. “He’d tell me, ‘You’ve got to stop eating white bread and processed stuff,’ and I’d say, ‘But I’m a country girl!’ I still eat those things, just not as often as I used to,” she divulged.
Meanwhile, Dolly is reported to launch a range of alcoholic beverages. According to The Sun (via Daily Express US), the “I Will Always Love You” hitmaker owns a trademark in the United States and an Intellectual Property Office in the United Kingdom under the name "Parton Family Cellars.”
The U.K. application falls under a Class 33 trade mark, which includes alcoholic beverages but not beers, and is identified as wines, sparkling wines, and Champagne. Although Dolly has claimed to not being a big drinker herself, she has alcoholism on both sides of her family and has previously mentioned having the occasional drink to reporters.
The move now seeks to expand her already formidable economic empire, which includes "Doggy Parton" dog treats, her co-owned amusement park Dollywood, her acting career, and, of course, her long-term singing career.
According to sources, Dolly could release the wine line as early as this year, with the trademarked moniker "family cellars" implying that the enterprise could include family members or a relationship with a wine estate.
“Dolly is always looking at new ways to reach her audience and thought her own wine was a swell idea. She isn’t a huge drinker herself but she likes to have something special when she does fancy a tipple. She has been involved in developing the wine and is excited for it to hit the shelves,” an informant told the publication.
Previously, Dolly told The New York Times in the 1990s that she prefers red wine. "I don't know much about different sorts. But I know I prefer the one with a slightly dry finish,” the “Jolene” hitmaker said.
In addition, Dolly has stated that she consumes wine on the plane when she is frightened amid turbulence.
"I'd always drink some of the wine on the plane… I always call it…Summers Eve wine,” she revealed. “So I was drinking wine, and my mother said, 'I don't like you drinking.'" I answered, 'Well, mama, it's just a little wine; I feel nervous,’” Dolly went on.
