Dolly Parton has revealed she is ready for any emergency as she's been sleeping in a full face of make-up since the 1980s, and fans have been left divided by the revelation.
The iconic country music star and actress, 77, has vowed never to be caught out looking anything less than flawless - even in the event of a fire or other emergency - so goes to sleep in full glam every night.
While sleeping in your make-up might be a big beauty no-no for most, Dolly revealed that she makes sure she takes it all off and cleanses her face before reapplying it in the morning.
She revealed that she first started doing so in the 1980s after moving to Los Angeles, where there was a chance that she may have to evacuate her home in the night due to earthquakes.
Dolly wrote in her new book, Behind The Seams: My Life in Rhinestones: "When I arrived in LA in the 80s, I started sleeping with my makeup on, partly because of the earthquakes.
"I thought, 'I’m not heading out on the streets without makeup in case there are cameras out there! I’m going to be ready to go!'"
Despite committing the cardinal beauty sin every night for over four decades, Dolly credits her flawless skin to the fact that she does a full skin routine every morning when she wakes up to cleanse her face after a night of sleeping in her make-up.
She explained: "It doesn’t matter when you clean your face as long as you clean it once a day. After I wake up, I do all the little rituals, and then I start over again and go out every day and look good all day long.
"This is also true back home in Tennessee. I don’t want to go to bed looking like a hag with Carl [Dean, her husband of 57 years]."
Dolly has been married to Carl since 1966 and the couple remains devoted to one another as they keep their romance largely out of the limelight.
It's not the first time Dolly has revealed she sleeps in her make-up, telling WSJ Magazine in 2021: "I do all my beauty work and cleaning my face in the morning because I usually try to keep my makeup on at night.
"Because I never know if there’s going to be an earthquake or a tornado or a storm and I’m going to have to go out in the middle of the night."
She also revealed to People that the only time someone will catch her looking anything less than her best is when she's dead.
Dolly joked: "Death! You'd just have to see me laid out on a stretcher.
"No, if my husband was sick, or if there was an emergency, of course, I would [leave the house without makeup].
"If I got arrested for a bad tag or whatever, I don't want a mugshot looking like some of the stars I've seen. I'm going to clean up a little if I'm going outside, unless there's an absolute emergency, and it would have to be pretty serious. I would do it then, but that would be the only way."
Fans were left divided by the revelation, taking to social media to share their thoughts. One wrote: "The pillowcases must be so dirty," while another added: "I’m curious to know how much she’s spent on pillowcases over the years."
Another commented: "I can’t wait to take off my makeup! To each their own!", while someone else wrote: "Oh gosh my skin and eyes would itch so much but Dolly is amazing and can do whatever she likes."
One fan pointed out: "That is TERRIBLE for your skin!"
Others commented: "She is pretty with or without makeup. We love you to heart sweetheart", and: "I never take mine off, good to know Dolly doesn’t either! She has beautiful skin."
One added: "She's b***dy lucky then. She must have really good skin. I'd be covered in zits if I did that!"
It's definitely not for everyone, but whatever works for Dolly!
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