Dolly Parton laughs off AI deathbed picture in explosive ‘I am nonetheless alive’ assertion

Dolly Parton has issued a humorous well being replace, telling followers she ‘ain’t lifeless but’ amid ongoing ‘well being challenges’.

The 79-year-old even hit out at a disturbing AI picture exhibiting her on her ‘dying mattress’ with Reba McEntire by her aspect, joking that the nation star in all probability would not be the particular person at her bedside throughout her ultimate moments.

“Did you see that AI image of Reba and me? Oh lordy, I imply, they’d Reba at my dying mattress and we each regarded like we have to be buried,” she joked in a clip shared to X.

“However I believed, oh my lord, but when I used to be actually dying, I don’t suppose Reba can be the one at my dying mattress. She may come go to me earlier.”

The sunshine-hearted quip got here as a part of a wider replace on Dolly’s well being after the 9-5 singer’s sister admitted she’d been ‘up all evening praying’ for her sibling.

“Final evening I used to be up all evening praying for my sister, Dolly. A lot of you recognize she hasn’t been feeling her finest recently,” Freida Parton wrote on 7 October.

“I actually consider within the energy of prayer, and I’ve been result in ask the entire world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s robust, she’s liked, and with all of the prayers being lifted for her, I do know in my coronary heart she’s going to be simply effective.”

Nonetheless, her feedback left many followers fearing for Dolly’s wellbeing, prompting the 79-year-old to set the report straight with a subsequent social media publish.

“I wish to clear one thing up. I didn’t imply to scare anybody or make it sound so critical when asking for prayers for Dolly,” Freida wrote earlier in the present day, 8 October.

I ain’t lifeless but! pic.twitter.com/Mp553laadI

— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) October 8, 2025

“She’s been somewhat below the climate, and I merely requested for prayers as a result of I consider so strongly within the energy of prayer. It was nothing greater than somewhat sister asking for prayers for her huge sister.”

She concluded by thanking everybody for ‘lifting her up,’ including ‘your love actually makes a distinction’.

It comes after Dolly rescheduled her Las Vegas residency at Colosseum at Caesars Palace from December to September 2026 on account of ‘well being challenges.’

“I’m not going to have the ability to rehearse and put collectively the present that I would like you to see, and the present that you just need to see. You pay good cash to see me carry out, and I wish to be at my finest for you. I simply want somewhat time to get present prepared, as they are saying,” she mentioned.

“And don’t fear about me quitting the enterprise as a result of God hasn’t mentioned something about stopping but. However, I consider He’s telling me to decelerate proper now so I may be prepared for extra huge adventures with all of you. I really like you and thanks for understanding.”