Dolly Parton has addressed concerns for her health after it was reported she will not attend a major upcoming award ceremony where she’s set to be honoured.

It comes after the 79-year-old music icon postponed her Las Vegas residency due to reported ‘health challenges’.

The country music legend will not attend the 16th Governor Awards in Hollywood, California on November 16.

Parton was set to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ board of governors.

However, Parton’s representative has now addressed her absence and debunked reports it relates to her prior health issues.

‘We told Governors Awards/Academy in June she could not attend due to a scheduling conflict when they first approached us,’ Parton’s publicist Marcel Pariseau

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