Parton offered medal

New York: Dolly Parton was twice offered the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the Trump administration, but turned it down, she revealed yesterday.

‘‘I couldn’t accept it because my husband was ill,’’ she told in an interview.

‘‘And then they asked me again about it and I wouldn’t travel because of the Covid.’’

Parton said the office of President Joe Biden had reached out to her but that now, she is hesitant.

‘‘Now I feel like if I take it, I’ll be doing politics, so I’m not sure,’’ the star, who turned 75 on January 19, said. — TNS