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Parton 'Shocked' at Raunchy Stern Bit

By Jonathan Cohen,
Reuters
Posted: 2008-05-15 11:56:20
NEW YORK (May 15) - Country music star Dolly Parton has hit back against Howard Stern's satellite radio show, which last week manipulated recordings from one of her audio books into seemingly racist and sexually graphic sound bites.
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"I have never been so shocked, hurt and humiliated in all my life," Parton said in a statement on Wednesday. "I cannot believe what Howard Stern has done to me. In a blue million years, I would never have such vulgar things come out of my mouth. They have done editing or some sort of trickery to make this horrible, horrible thing. Please accept my apology for them and certainly know I had nothing to do with this."

She concluded: "If there was ever going to be a lawsuit, it's going to be over this. Just wanted you to know that I am completely devastated by this."

"The Howard Stern Show" frequently utilizes audio book recordings in this fashion; altered clips from "Star Trek" actor George Takei became a staple of the program in recent years.

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hphoto6 03:30:52 PM May 22 2008

I will never forget when Howard Stern made fun of a Wash DC plane crash and got fired from DC-101.

If you don't remember it, he called the airport ticket counter during his live show and asked " How much is a ticket from the airport to the bridge " ( where the plane crashed ). He did that a short time after the crash and while families were still mourning the loss.

I was in the fire department at the time and was in awe of the rescue efforts including one passenger who kept giving his lifebelt to other people. Then I heard the sick humor of Howard Stern making fun of the tragedy.

I am really disgusted with him, if it wasn't for cable, he would not have a job...

Howard Stern is from the devil's spawning ground and should go back to it !

miadams54 10:33:45 PM May 21 2008

Miadams Dolly go for it , someone has to to stand-up to ( stearn ) .
He thinks , he can get by with anything. Maybe someone
decent , like you , can slow him down. I believe this happened
for a reason---- For someone like you to get him in his
wallet ---- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That will sting alittle ! Go for it we will
be praying for you ! ! ! !

Rmb10221 08:57:16 PM May 21 2008

What a shame that the people who report this crap aren't literate.

Lyleallison 07:11:55 PM May 21 2008

Someone at AOL needs to study the English language...before they are allowed to type the news.

Lyleallison 07:10:30 PM May 21 2008

Who is typing for AOL...? They cannot spell.

VBeek2002 06:54:09 PM May 21 2008

Dolly should appologize for all the years of horrible wigs, big fake clown t*tties and horrendous music. How relevant is she? Oh yeah, she's not.

lu116barb 05:54:33 PM May 21 2008

he is a sick demented ass lou s

aavkmcg 05:24:55 PM May 21 2008

You people need to lighten up ! Its just a joke for christ sake , who cares? Howard Stern is funnier than hell and its nice to hear some humor like that , its a nice break from all the CRAP going on today!

marianlkgnv 03:30:10 PM May 21 2008

I simply cannot stand Howard Stern. He should not be on the airwaves anywhere or anytime. Whenever he was fired from one station, he should have stayed fired. Too bad these types of morons are always going to find work somewhere, while the good, decent folks never seem able to find good, steady jobs. I hope that Dolly Parton will go forward with her suit against Stern; maybe he will be careful of his language and his idiotic remarks. He is an ---hole and I hope that he loses his job; he doesn't deserve to be on the radio or on tv, or anywhere else for that matter.

GNLIZABETH 02:39:11 PM May 21 2008

When someone from the Stern show interviewed Dolly Parton and asked her when she lost her virginity she laughed and admitted she was really young. I think she has a sense of humor but the people that surround her are giving her bad advice in making a big deal of this. Howard did the same thing to Bill Shatner and Shatner went on the air with Howard and laughed at the bits while Howard played them. No one thinks Dolly really said those things. Alot of people find Howard to be offensive but it's all an act. He does a SHOW and if you don't like it, turn it off.

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