Dolly Parton is smitten withJimmy Fallon.The country music star, 75, addressed her crush on the 47-year-old host ofTheTonight Showduring an interview forWMagazine’s new cover story. Parton said she and Fallon, whom she’s previouslycollaborated with on a Christmas song, “get along so good.““Well, I have a crush on Jimmy Fallon, but I’m big now, I can’t excuse myself on that!” she said with a laugh, adding, “I think he is precious. He’s so funny. We get along so good.““Sometimes you never know who you’re gonna connect with. I’ve always hadgood luck with late-night guys, you know? I always had a nice relationship with David Letterman and with Johnny Carson,” continued Parton. “I guess there’s something about that late-night people that kinda hits my fancy and I hit theirs somehow. I guess it’s ‘cause you feel like you can be more free late at night. You don’t have to worry about what you say.“Jimmy Fallon and Dolly Parton.Larry Busacca/Getty ImagesNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Dolly Parton and Jimmy Fallon.Andrew Lipovsky/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty ImagesParton, who has been married to husband Carl Dean for more than 55 years, also toldWabout her past crush on Johnny Cash.“I love boys. I still do,” she said. “In the early days, I had a big crush on Johnny Cash. He was young and skinny, and he just had that magnetism. The way he moved around — you know, so sexy. I found out later he was just having withdrawals from drugs, but it still touched me. He was so, so sexy.“RELATED VIDEO: Dolly Parton Recreates Her 1978PlayboyCover in Honor of Husband Carl Thomas Dean’s BirthdayIn September 2020, Partonopened up to PEOPLE about her marriage, explaining that she and Dean still have date nights together.“We do! My husband and I, we’ve been together 56 years,” said Parton, who met the Nashville businessman when she was 18 before they tied the knot in 1966. “We still have our little times, like in the springtime when the first yellow daffodils come out. Even if there’s still some snow around it, my husband always brings me a bouquet. And he’ll usually write me a little poem. Which to me, that’s priceless. That’s like a date in itself.“Parton added that another secret to her successful marriage is that she’s always been comfortable in her own skin. “And that’s sexy,” she said.
Dolly Parton is smitten withJimmy Fallon.
The country music star, 75, addressed her crush on the 47-year-old host ofTheTonight Showduring an interview forWMagazine’s new cover story. Parton said she and Fallon, whom she’s previouslycollaborated with on a Christmas song, “get along so good.”
“Well, I have a crush on Jimmy Fallon, but I’m big now, I can’t excuse myself on that!” she said with a laugh, adding, “I think he is precious. He’s so funny. We get along so good.”
“Sometimes you never know who you’re gonna connect with. I’ve always hadgood luck with late-night guys, you know? I always had a nice relationship with David Letterman and with Johnny Carson,” continued Parton. “I guess there’s something about that late-night people that kinda hits my fancy and I hit theirs somehow. I guess it’s ‘cause you feel like you can be more free late at night. You don’t have to worry about what you say.”
Jimmy Fallon and Dolly Parton.Larry Busacca/Getty Images
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Parton, who has been married to husband Carl Dean for more than 55 years, also toldWabout her past crush on Johnny Cash.
“I love boys. I still do,” she said. “In the early days, I had a big crush on Johnny Cash. He was young and skinny, and he just had that magnetism. The way he moved around — you know, so sexy. I found out later he was just having withdrawals from drugs, but it still touched me. He was so, so sexy.”
RELATED VIDEO: Dolly Parton Recreates Her 1978PlayboyCover in Honor of Husband Carl Thomas Dean’s Birthday
In September 2020, Partonopened up to PEOPLE about her marriage, explaining that she and Dean still have date nights together.
“We do! My husband and I, we’ve been together 56 years,” said Parton, who met the Nashville businessman when she was 18 before they tied the knot in 1966. “We still have our little times, like in the springtime when the first yellow daffodils come out. Even if there’s still some snow around it, my husband always brings me a bouquet. And he’ll usually write me a little poem. Which to me, that’s priceless. That’s like a date in itself.”
Parton added that another secret to her successful marriage is that she’s always been comfortable in her own skin. “And that’s sexy,” she said.
source: people.com
