Barbara Walters
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“Where I come from, would I have called you a hillbilly? … When I think of hillbillies, am I thinking of your kind of people?”
Barbara Walters · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-31
In a now-famous interview nearly half a century ago, Barbara Walters asked Dolly Parton cutting questions about her background and identity.
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