CNN Accidentally Shows the Wrong Dolly Parton
The Cut • • entertainment
Key Points:
- CNN mistakenly used a photo of Dolly Parton impersonator Kelly Vohnn during live coverage of Parton's death, causing confusion.
- The image showed Vohnn dressed as Parton at a 2022 film screening in Las Vegas, not the actual singer.
- Vohnn expressed feeling "heartbroken" over Parton's death and described seeing herself on CNN as "weird" and "embarrassing."
- CNN issued an apology to the Parton family, acknowledging and regretting the error.
