Dolly Partonhusband Carl Thomas Dean He doesn’t show his face to anyone.

Reba McAllParton’s friend and fellow country music legend appeared in a new episode. SiriusXMs Andy Cohen Live and revealed that although he met the “Jolene” singer in the 1970s, he had never met Dean.

The issue came to the fore as follows Happy’s Place The 69-year-old star told Cohen that she “never” eats Parton’s food because the Tennessee native “never invited” McEntire to her home.

“Have you met Carl?” he asked Watch What’s Happening Live homeowner, 56.

“No. Is that so?” replied McEntire.

Cohen said he had not met Dean, 82, but insisted “people swear he really exists.”

“Yes,” the “Fancy” musician confirmed. “I saw something the other day. They were camping and she and Carl went back to the place where they got married.”

Parton and Dean met in 1964, quickly began dating, and married in 1966. He often talks about his relationships but he is rarely seen in photos and never at public events.

In an episode of Parton’s Apple Music 1 show What Would Dolly Do? Radio last year he talked about Dean’s decision to remain anonymous. “Carl has never been in the spotlight, he’s never wanted to be in it. He doesn’t like it,” she said at the time.

The “Here You Come Again” artist explained: “When we first got married, he went somewhere with me, for the BMI Song of the Year (event), and he came out of there with his tuxedo on, his tie on and all that, and he said, ‘Don’t ever ask me to go to one of these damn things again.’ Because I’m not going.’ “I never asked him, and neither did he.”

Parton described her husband as “very honest,” adding: “We have such a great relationship that if I don’t want an honest answer, I know better than to ask him.”

In an interview with Dean earlier that year, he described Dean as “a loner”. Fun Tonight. “He’s a bit of a loner, so he doesn’t really like being around anyone but me,” she said.

“She’s not one to go out there and socialize that much,” Parton added. “He loves living on the farm and taking care of the property he has had for all these years.”