Country musician Elle King postpones her scheduled performance at Billy Bob's Texas honky-tonk in Fort Worth, Texas, days after her tribute to Dolly Parton went viral. did.
Her performance, originally scheduled for January 26, has been moved to September 21, Fox News Digital confirmed. No further details were disclosed.
Commenters on the venue's social media pages speculated that the schedule change was due to Parton's performance at King, writing, “You can't disrespect Dolly and then come here,” and “I can't stand disrespecting Dolly.” There were posts such as “I can't do it.” Many people also expressed concern about the 34-year-old's health and well-being.
Elle King slams Dolly Parton's birthday performance as 'rude' by fans
Elle King was harshly criticized for her “disrespectful” tribute performance to Dolly Parton (inset) at the Grand Ole Opry to celebrate her 78th birthday. At one point she told the crowd that she had been “hit hard.” (Getty Images)
King, a well-known country musician himself, was chosen to perform at the Grand Ole Opry in celebration of Parton's 78th birthday last week. Unfortunately, King garnered a lot of negative feedback after a video surfaced showing her struggling to understand Parton's music.
In a video obtained by Fox News Digital, the “Ex's and Oh's” singer is seen attempting to perform Parton's song “Marry Me.” King cursed profusely, admitted her performance was “terrible,” and joked that people expected her to know her lyrics.
WATCH: Elle King forgets lyrics to Dolly Parton's song 'Marry Me'
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in another video Share to TikTokKing can be heard telling the crowd they haven't gotten their money back.
“Let me just say one more thing, just one more thing. Hello, my name is Elle King, and I'm so devastated.” Suggested the band play their own songs King retorted, “I can hardly play other people's songs. Let's see if you can play mine.”
Elle King performs on stage at the Country Bay Music Festival in Key Biscayne, Florida. (Ivan Apfel/Getty Images)
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The Grand Ole Opry issued an apology to X, saying, “We deeply regret and apologize for the language used during last night's second Opry performance.”
Dr. King has revealed in the past that he struggled with sobriety. In a 2020 interview with Variety magazine, King said he was “sober for quite a while” but was now sober.
In September 2021, she gave birth to son Lucky with Dan Tooker.
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