For the incident at her Dollywood Splash Country July 9 where lesbian Olivier Odom, at the park with her spouse Jennifer Tipton, was asked to turn a t-shirt inside out because it read "marriage is so gay" and might offend other parkgoers. While we would have preferred she get back to WBIR, which broke the news, first, she did write a statement to ABC news that read:
"I am truly sorry for the hurt or embarrassment regarding the gay and lesbian t-shirt incident at Dollywood's Splash Country recently. Everyone knows of my personal support of the gay and lesbian community. Dollywood is a family park and all families are welcome." Dolly adds that the policies on clothing or signs with profanity or controversial messages are in place to protect the person wearing the shirt and keep disturbances at the park to a minimum. Dolly concludes saying, "I am looking further into the incident and hope and believe it was more policy than insensitivity. I am very sorry it happened at all."
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