Country music icons Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers sit side by side during a joint press conference in 1987. Facing a table filled with media microphones, Dolly speaks with her signature voluminous blonde curls in a graphic patterned top, while Kenny sits beside her in a casual white patterned sweatshirt, listening attentively. | Source: Getty Images
"And he's been married about 40 times! I couldn't catch him between wives!" she joked. Honestly, who else could tease him quite like that?
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Away from that beloved musical partnership, Kenny's romantic life included a less comfortable public episode. Three women filed lawsuits alleging that he had persuaded them to participate in phone-sex games.
Discussing the matter in 2012, Kenny said the women had called a number to retrieve messages and recorded them. He maintained that he could have fought the claims successfully, but chose to pay rather than face the expense of a legal battle.
