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Dolly Parton is “honored” to learn that Dolly the sheep was named after her cleavage.

Dolly Parton is “honored” to learn that Dolly the sheep was named after her cleavage.

Nearly 30 years after Dolly’s scientific feat, Parton said she was “honored” to learn that a clone of Dolly the sheep was named after her famous cleavage because scientists used mammary glands to create the creature.

Thursday, October 31, 2024, 11:00 pm

Thursday, October 31, 2024, 11:00 pm


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Dolly Parton was “honored” to learn that Dolly the Sheep was named after her famous cleavage.

Dolly Parton was “honored” to learn that Dolly the Sheep was named after her famous cleavage.

The 78-year-old country music icon received a tongue-in-cheek nod from scientists in 1997 after they used mammary glands to create a duplicate sheep, and now she’s spoken out about how much she loves their tribute.

When asked how she felt when she learned the creature was named after her, she told The Guardian: “I was flattered. You know, when scientists cloned Dolly the sheep, they used mammary glands.

“That’s what they call… glands… boobs.

“They said, ‘Oh, we have this sheep, Dolly…’

“Everyone always played along with it (pointing to their chest), so we had Dolly the sheep.”

Dolly the sheep lived for six years and gave birth to six lambs before she developed health problems and died on 14 February 2003, and her taxidermied body was put on display at the National Museum of Scotland.

Dolly added: “I was sorry when she died,” although I don’t want to be cloned.

“I want to get out of here when I can. We already have a lot of Dolly lookalikes, a lot of Dolly drag queens.

“I can just send them to the store instead of me.”

Dolly also spoke in her Guardian chat about why she “can’t retire”: “I always say I’ve painted myself into a corner. I have to keep all these dreams.

“Every dream grows into something else.

“I still give concerts – I just don’t do full-fledged tours, during which I go abroad for several weeks.

“I’m older, my husband is older, and I want to be around him more. So no. I couldn’t retire even if I wanted to. And I don’t want to.”