Globe: Desperately Thin Dolly in Danger!
May 7th, 2007 by Rian | Filed under Celebrity Bones, Miscellaneous Celebrities, Tabloid Magazines.
This is the first time I have seen a Globe cover story relating to a celebrity’s weight. I guess they have realized that it sells more magazines!
Anyway, this article talks about how Dolly Parton has dropped down to a shocking 89 pounds - and that friends are begging her to eat something. Some of the terms thrown around in the story are “a malnourished aunt” and “too thin chicken legs”.
Dolly Parton is reportedly 5 feet tall. If she weighs 89 pounds, that makes her BMI sit at 17.4, which is very underweight. I don’t know if that cover photo is altered at all, but she looks scary-thin.
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I’m like the biggest Dolly fan and I do not think she’s too thin, she’s had a tiny waist for like 30 years now. And I get my hands around my waist I’m not scary or anything.
Do you all think she’s had ribs removed? I think she has. I don’t think her body looks too bad. She’s adorable and she looks fairly healthy. Although, the BMI thing isn’t even a good measure because it doesn’t take into account BOOB size!! hahaha!! She she is super super super thin. Dolly’s face just bothers me a big. I think once women reach 60 … or maybe 65 … they just cool it on the make up and hairdye. Natural older women are so lovely …
her tits are just too big.
period.
eww.
Aw, I really like Dolly. She’s struggled with body image for years though–I remember her talking about her “chew and spit” method of dieting. Sad, because she’s a lovely person.
Really? Scary thin? Womans always been thin. It just the combo of the gianormous boobs and cinched waist on her coat that make her look a little more skinny. I think she looks fine. Absurdly fake and inhuman, but fine.
you know, if you just compare the two photos that they give you… it’s really just her boobs that look smaller. so maybe she had a breast reduction. if she was 89 pounds, a good chunk of that would come from her breasts, and the rest of her would have to be pretty damn skeletal… and it just doesn’t seem that way.
She’s not THAT skinny! I mean, she’s thin, but she’s not in danger!!
Whoa….I wonder how many inches her waist is. It looks to be teeny tiny although I’m sure her big boobs actually make it seem even smaller.
I don’t think Dolly’s ever been big… other than her breasts. She’s really petite. so I think she’d probably be Olsen-esque without her huge melons. And I certainly don’t recall her ever being “roly-poly” as the article notes.
Quibbling about her forays into surgery is irrelevant, because she said herself “It takes a lot of money to look this cheap.” I don’t think she’s exactly going for a “natural” look.
Forget about the food Someone needs to tell her she should have ditched those ta ta’s 10 years ago!
i’m sorry but i’m dolly’s height and anywhere from 92-95 lbs and you certainly can’t fit both hands around my waist. either girlfriend’s got herself a great corset or this is bull.
She’s wearing a corset, she’s been wearing corsets to get the small waist she has for years. And 5′ and 89lbs? That’s not “dangerously thin”. That’s perfectly fine. The BMI system is a fluke anyway. It’s not an accurate way to determine health.
i’ve met her in person & seen her dresses up close & she has always been super tiny, so i wouldn’t give to much merit towards that particular claim.
hmm i donno… look at her arms
Dolly has been corset-training her body for years. Even back in the seventies she had an unnaturally thin waist. I do think she is looking too thin though. The woman has the voice of an angel though
It’s hard for me to tell the difference between the two pics, honestly. And having ginormous boobs would make anybody’s waist look small.
But Izzy, that isn’t necessarily healthy. I’m 4′11 and I got a fitness assessment done a few months ago, and it said my lean weight (as in just my bones and internal organs and stuff) is 96 pounds. So if I had NO body fat whatsoever then that is what I would weigh. And I have a small frame too.
Shes so creepy, just looking at her is scary. Shes really gross. Um can we go back to Britney Spears and Kelly Clarkson updates, not this scary old lady? Okay thanks
Meredith, but I’m 5′3 but even WITH my fats and stuff I weigh 96 lbs and I’m completely healthy!
BMI and the lean weight thing varies from people to people, I guess? :/
(Anyway Dolly scares me a bit, don’t dig the nails.)
Oh, and agreed with r, I think it’s also her giant boobs and cinched jacket!
truthfully, i don’t see much of a difference in the shape in her legs and face in both pictures. sure her waist looks thinner, but she is wearing a blazer in the second picture, which makes her waist look smaller, which is essentially the function of the fitted blazer for women.
so in all, i don’t think she looks dangerously thin, she doesn’t look so different in this picture where she is reportedly dangerously thin in comparison to her at her “buxom best.”
also, my mother is 5′6″ and 108 lbs, also giving her a BMI of 17.4 and my mother isn’t dangerously thin looking.
she doesn’t look human.
That Kirstie Alley article was funny because of the way it was cut: “Kirstie Has a Thing For Jam…es Woods”
I kept waiting for them to bring up jam!
17.4 bmi is yes, considered underweight, but not emaciated skinny. she would need a bmi of around 15-16
i like her outfit.
well her waist is scary but still cute.she looks like a barbie wanna be.
“I kept waiting for them to bring up jam! ”
haha me too! I was wondering why they were talking about dating!?
I remember when she made the movie “9 to 5″ a million years ago and she was pretty thin then too. To me she’s always been really slim with huge boobs.
I’ve always hated fat asses on old women and I think she looks absolutely normal (for her), no fat ass in sight. There is really not that much difference in those pictures they give for comparison.
we all know dolly parton has taken the “i want to look like barbie” too far
she isnt too skinny
people must remeber as you get older you have to remain within your BMI
(those who think its rubbish are usually the ones trying to excuse their unhealthy eating habits because they are fat or too skinny)
very skinny old women tend not to eat the right nutrients and brittle bones suffered more by women because of the menopause
those who are too fat (before i get told of) put to much pressure on weak hearts and organs
i hope dolly is remaining healthy, because as you get to her age it becomes very important
wise words Brenda G. even being anorexic at a young age can give you brittle bones (osteoporosis).
She looks like she uses a corset which is VERY unsafe.
I don’t know if she’s so much scary skinny as she’s just scary. That woman gives the the creeps. She’s also on a slimming angle.
At her age it’s time to lay off the clown make-up, raise the necklines a little, and get the implants taken out. One woman who is rocking the classy older woman look is Helen Mirren.
I love Dolly. I do think she looks kinda bad here — less than 89 pounds, imho. Her face and neck look just awful and the area of her upper thighs and hips show just how small she is. 5′0″ and 89 lbs. may be OK on an 18-year-old, but a 61 year old woman is gonna look baaaaaaad, especially in the face. And she does.
I think she looks awful - her fce is scary and her arms are soooooo skinny - goodness me!!!
In one scene in Steel Magnolias ( I think they were going to church) she was wearing a black & white dress and her waist looked tiiiiiiny - like 18 inches tiny. I think she has just gotten older and it shows in the face. She’s always been very small.
Forget the body. What happened to her face? She looks like The Joker.
ps She is to skinny imo.
Yah, she definately looks like the Joker! Her make-up, and hair are terrible! And, she’s very, very, thin also.
She kinda looks like willy wonka in that picture… am I the only one that see that?
the then and now pics look the same - she’s obvisouly always had a tiny waist, and the huge boobs make it look even smaller.
there is no way shes 89 pounds - and how much do you think those boobs weigh?? well, actually, if it wasn’t for the mostrous boobs i’d say 89 sounds right, but i can’t get the idea out of my head that those boobs must weigh like fifteen pounds.
i’m 5′1.5 and 93 pounds, so we are almost the same, and i don’t look scary thin. and neither does she.
she’s been tiny for decades, now. Crazy done up, made up, tiny–you’ve just got to love her. She has staying power.
I don’t understand Dolly. She really doesn’t look good, if she thinks she does. She looks so fake. Doesn’t she want to actually look young, really?
Whatever, she needs help.
She looks like she could eat children
I admit I have a fetish about tiny waists and ribs.
Many years ago ( 20 years ????) I was watching Ophra and she had Dolly Parton as a guest for the entire show. This was right after Dolly lost a lot of weight. Oprah asked Dolly the question what is the size of your waist. Dolly giggled for a while and answered that she has an usual waist size. When she holds it in , it is 18 inches. When she holds it out it is 21 inches. I video taped that whole show. I have not seen it in years- I got to find that tape. I wonder if she still has that 18 inch waist since she has lost many pounds recently.
For Dolly to become dangerously thin at that age, she’s probably suffering an illness, not suddenly picked up an eating disorer.
Get a grip people. She might actually be sick.
she’s way too much of a cartoon character to try an evaluate her health based on photos. I love Dolly and I seriously doubt at her age she’d all the sudden develope an eating disorder…that would just be weird.
Dolly looks like a crazy person and I lover her
Agnes, you’re right she does look like she could eat children! But who cares because I absolutely adore Dolly Parton — I love her songs from the sixties. She knows she looks ridiculous and she embraces it.
she looks like a mix of the joker and a leprechaun and its horrible
Yes 89 doesn’t sound that bad for a short small boned person but people her boobs have to be at least 10lbs! That means she weighs about 79lbs she is way too skinny, she doesn’t look healthy.
Dolly looks like a Photoshopped leperchaun.
I don’t know about 89 lbs with those implants. Her body doesn’t look too bad, her face is a little scary though.
i’m sorry guys, maybe in the US it is a big
underweigth, i mean, of cours it is, but it’s
not that huge,
and common. Dolly Parton - please.
is that a human?!
also considering the main article of this publication is Laura Bush moving out of the White House I feel safe saying its all BS
well my bmi is 17.4 im 5′2 and 43kgs and i dont look too skinny. id say she has always had that tiny waist, shes practically famous for it. yes she looks older because she IS OLDER!!!
i hope shes ok but lets give her break, shes not gna eat anyone!!!
lovelove xxx
Danielle I guess it depends on how much muscle you have too. On my 2nd assessment my learn weight was 93 pounds (I had lost 9 pounds of fat and 3 of muscle) so I can see how if you are really thin you would have a low lean weight.
And WOW- 18 inch waist!!! What are her boobs, like in the 38-42 range? How does she stand up?
um, her body is the same size in both pictures, except the bustier is squishing her more in the 2nd. look at her legs.
have you ever seen Dita von Teese in a corset?
her waist is way smaller then Dolly’s is here. And she’s not that skinny. Corsets can do that.
I saw a show once on a woman who was a bit below average weight, who had worn corsets for years and years, and who could now strap herself in so tight, her waist was 14 inches…. which is NOTHING. So it’s possible, and it doesn’t mean Dolly is dangerously thin.
17,4 isn’t much, but my bmi is much lower and I’m not dangerously thin either ^_^
sorry honies i luvvvvv dolly too but lets be honest, she is starting to look crazy! yeah the boobs make her look skinnier than she is but lets be real, the lady is really really small which at her age and her level of activity is not healthy at all. If you guys really luv dolly, be honest about it, start a buzz and maybe someone will read it and either feed her or tell her to slow down a bit. I doubt she purposefully has an eating disorder or anything like that but she is incredibly thin. You may not be able to tell by the pic but I saw her at a concert (well not really concert she playd 2 songs 4 free!!) and she lookd insane. She needs some xtra weight so she doesn’t look like plastic hell. Again I love dolly but love or hate, she lookd near death.
I saw her at HOB a few months ago. She’s EXTREMELY tiny and thin, but she didn’t seem malnourished or frail or bony. Just tiny as hell. It is true, you could wrap your hands around her waist.
She looks a million times better in person than she does in pictures, and her boobs aren’t nearly as big as they seem in photos. She rocks.
Some people have naturally teeeeeny waists. If I wore a corset I could prob have the world record. And I naturally have big tatas too. But I’m 5″5 and 92lb
the full size artical is bad enough, but the cover alone creeps me out….for some reason she reminds me of beetlejuice….
Dolly’s been this tiny for years, ever since she lost that 50 lbs she’s kept it off. Some people claim she had gastric bypass surgery to lose the weight and keep it off but I doubt it. It wasn’t done much 20 years ago, was it? And probably not for that amount of weight, even if you are a celebrity! Love Dolly. She is who she is and makes no apologies.
God, it is articles like this that make me scared of some posters! She is obviously underweight, look at how tiny her arms are. And all of you swear she looks normal and talk about how you weigh 90 lbs. You guys are not healthy!
Lolita-5′5 and 92 lbs? You have a BMI of 15.3! Yeah, I’m sure you have “huge” A-cups on your emaciated frame.
You know, the combination of the hat, the make-up, and the eyebrows, scares me. i think that woman who age gracefully are much more attractive then those who try to stay young. (did she seriously have some of her ribs removed?!?)
I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well.
I’m 5′1′ and I weigh 84 lbs… and I’m not anything near skeletal.