What a woman.
Earlier on Tuesday, it reemerged that Dolly Parton funded research into the Covid-19 Moderna vaccine that is said to be almost 95% effective at combatting the virus.
The country music legend donated $1 million to the fund, and has been praised widely on social media since.
She has now responded to the wave of praise being heaped her way, saying: “When I donated the money to the Covid fund I just wanted it to do good and evidently, it is! Let’s just hope we can find a cure real soon.”
Speaking to NBC News, she said: “I’m just happy that anything I do can help somebody else.”
When I donated the money to the Covid fund I just wanted it to do good and evidently, it is! Let’s just hope we can find a cure real soon. pic.twitter.com/dQgDWexO0C
— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) November 17, 2020
In a subsequent interview with BBC, she said: “I’m a very proud girl today to know that I had anything at all to do with something that’s gonna help us through this crazy pandemic.”
'I'm a very proud girl today to know that I had anything at all to do with something that's gonna help us through this crazy pandemic .'
She's written over 3000 songs and sold over 100 million albums, but this could be @DollyParton's biggest contribution to the world yet? pic.twitter.com/xX4H2TNmrq
— BBC The One Show (@BBCTheOneShow) November 17, 2020
What a woman.
But in fairness, what do we expect from the woman who wrote ‘Jolene’ and ‘I Will Always Love You’ in the same bloody day? A star.
Speaking back in April, Jeff Balser, the President and CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center said: “Dolly’s amazing generosity is a source of inspiration and will have a lasting impact on the battle against Covid-19.”
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