'Do I look sick to you?' Dolly Parton releases video update to assure fans as rumors swirl

Country singer Dolly Parton took to social media on Wednesday to assure fans she was "okay" after her sister called for prayers due to health concerns.

"I ain't dead yet," the singer wrote on X, along with a video explaining the situation.

"Everybody thinks that I am sicker than I am," she noted. "Do I look sick to you? I'm working hard here."

"Anyway, I wanted to put everybody's mind at ease, those of you that seem to be real concerned, which I appreciate, and I appreciate your prayers because I'm a person of faith," she continued. "I've got some problems, as I mentioned, back when my husband, Carl, was very sick. That was for a long time. And then when he passed, I didn't take care of myself."

Parton said that her health problems were "nothing major."

"I'm kind of having a few treatments here and there, but I wanted you to know that I'm not dying," she added. "But I figured if you heard it from me, you'd know that I was okay."

"So anyhow, that's what I wanted to say, and I'm not ready to die yet. I don't think God is through with me, and I ain't done working."