Ever felt like you had to dress up just to feel “enough”? Dolly Parton did it with rhinestones, wigs, and a smile but behind it all was a woman who never felt pretty as herself. “If I showed my real self, nobody would like me,” she confesses in this rare, raw clip that’s now gone viral for all the right reasons. Even more surprising? Her iconic look was inspired by the “town tramp” she admired as a child, someone mocked by others, but whom Dolly saw as beautiful. One fan wrote, “She gave us glitter while hiding her hurt.”

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