Dolly Parton is opening up about the conditions she had for working with Sabrina Carpenter following the release on February 14 of their Please Please Please remix.

The 79-year-old country music legend made it clear to the 25-year-old pop star that she would only join a duet version of the song if Sabrina agreed to clean up her language on the tune — which included excising anything that would have mocked Dolly’s religion.

‘Of course, she can talk a little bad now and then,’ the Jolene singer admitted of her vocal partner while chatting with Knox News recently, before laying out the rules she had for the two to work together.

‘I told her, I said, “Now, I don’t cuss. I don’t make fun of Jesus. I don’t talk bad about God, and I don’t say dirty words, on camera, but known to if I get mad enough,”‘ she stated.

Sabrina celebrated Valentine’s Day this year by releasing a deluxe version of her hit album Short N’ Sweet, which included the new version of Please Please Please featuring Parton, who revealed her reaction to a recent Grand Ole Opry tribute to her late husband Carl Dean, who died on March 3 at 82.

In order to make the new version of Please Please Please clean enough for Dolly’s tastes, it was necessary to change a lyric in the original version: ‘I beg you, don’t embarrᴀss me, motherf***er, oh, please, please, please.’

Dolly Parton is opening up about the conditions she had for working with Sabrina Carpenter — including religious concerns — following the release last month of their Please Please Please remix; seen March 20 in Nashville, Tenn.

The country music star, 79, told the 25-year-old pop star that she would only join a duet if Sabrina agreed to clean up her language on the tune — which included excising anything that would have mocked Dolly’s religion; Sabrina pictured March 1 in London

For the newer version, the line was redone with a sensible change: ‘I beg you, don’t embarrᴀss me like the others, oh, please, please, please.’

The original Please Please Please music video featured Carpenter starring opposite her then-boyfriend Barry Keoghan, who was confirmed on Monday to play Ringo Starr in a four-film biopic series about The Beatles to be directed by Sam Mendes.

Sabrina, who was linked to Barry back in late 2023, starred in the music video as a woman who is swept up into her new love’s life of crime, which includes dangerous interactions with the mob and bank robberies.

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Sabrina and her actor boyfriend later split in December of last year, reportedly to focus on their careers, that he was swept up in infidelity rumors. 

Fans later speculated n social media. that the Please Please Please remix was meant to take a swipe at the Killing Of A Sacred Deer actor.

In the video, Sabrina and Dolly are seen fleeing from police in black-and-white footage of the two driving a pickup truck.

But the Thelma & Louise–inspired music video ends with the two revealing that they have a man tied up and struggling in the truck bed, and he has on the same outfit that Barry wore in the original music video.

Some fans even wondered if a recent TikTok Sabrina reposted was meant to be read as a dig at her ex, though she hasn’t confirmed if that was her intention. 

‘Of course, she can talk a little bad now and then,’ the Jolene singer admitted of her vocal partner while chatting with Knox News recently, before laying out the rules she had for the two to work together

‘I told her, I said, “Now, I don’t cuss. I don’t make fun of Jesus. I don’t talk bad about God, and I don’t say dirty words, on camera, but known to if I get mad enough,”‘ she stated

The two later appeared in a black-and-white Thelma & Louise–inspired music video. The remix was featured on a deluxe release of Sabrina’s album Short N’ Sweet

Fans thought the new video was a jab at Sabrina’s ex Barry Keoghan — who starred in the original video — as a man wearing the same costume he had one was seen tied up in a pickup truck bed

Sabrina and Barry broke up in December 2024 after being linked in late 2023. They reportedly split to focus on their careers, but infidelity rumors swirled around Barry ; pictured at last year’s Met Gala 

Despite the tragic death of her husband Carl Dean, Dolly is staying as busy as ever. One of her net major projects will be the stage show Dolly: An Original Music, which is set to open July 18; pictured in Nashville on March 20

Dolly’s duet with Sabrina Carpenter follows another high-profile collaborations with Beyoncé on her blockbuster Cowboy Carter album. 

The LP, which finally earned Beyoncé her first Album of the Year Grammy, featured the veteran songstress doing spoken-word transitions for multiple songs.

Beyoncé also paid tribute to the 9 To 5 actress with a cover version of her iconic ballad Jolene, which featured rewritten lyrics to make the song more aggressive.

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‘She was so sweet,’ Dolly raved about Sabrina, adding, ‘And Beyoncé’s great and Miley [Cyrus], you know I love her. So, I’m just having fun with all of it.’

When she was asked what other artists she wanted to collaborate with, the I Will Always Love You singer sounded open to anything.

‘Whoever calls me that I like. [And] I’ll I say, “Yeah, I’ll do that!” she gushed.

Despite the tragic death of her husband Carl Dean, Dolly is staying as busy as ever. One of her net major projects will be the stage show Dolly: An Original Music, which is set to open on July 18 this year. 

The music is scheduled to run through August 17 at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts in Nashville, Tennessee.