Elle King is sharing her story after the mishap during Dolly Parton’s birthday celebration at the Grand Ole Opry in January. Speaking with the Off the Vine podcast recently, she admitted that she’s gone through therapy and addressed her mental health following the incident.
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“After everything that happened in January, I went to a different type of therapeutic program because I was very sad and nobody really knows what I was going through behind closed doors,” she told host Kaitlyn Bristowe.
She continued, “And I just took that as, A., if it wasn’t this it was going to be something else, and B., I had to heal and deal and go through things. And someone said to me, ‘I think you might find a silver lining or something good that comes out of your experience with that,’ and I’m like, ‘I haven’t found it yet motherf—er!’”
The most important aspect of it all, as King said, is “I feel like I’m a different person. I’m still incredibly anxious constantly, but I was before, so at least I’m a little more conscientious of it.”
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Elle King Opens Up About Mental Health, Shares Her Healing Journey
While Dolly Parton holds no hard feelings for Elle King, calling her a “great artist” and “great girl,” others didn’t exactly feel the same. Parton’s sister, for example, attempted to hold King accountable on Twitter. However, her social media rant simply fueled unfair comparisons between King and Taylor Swift. That’s not the point of it all.
“If I just reacted or if I just spoke about it then, it wouldn’t have been from a place of ‘I’m not healed,’ but I waited to talk about everything until I had better footing because I was not OK,” King said. “I’m still not OK, I’m a psychopath. You get it. But I also am coming out as a new person, and I’m still very much me. If anything, I’m much more me now than I even have been in the last 20 years.”
Elle King previously explained her mindset during the performance on an episode of the Dear Chelsea podcast with Chelsea Handler.
“I had been going through something very heavy and traumatic in my life at the time. That day was a really big day dealing with what I was going through and am still going through, and I suffer from severe PTSD,” she said. She further explained that the original headliner for the show had to bow out, and she was asked to step in three hours before the show. After days of not eating or sleeping, King admitted, “I was like a shell of myself.”
Since then, King has done right by herself by prioritizing her mental health. Healing is non-linear, and there are twists, turns, pitfalls, and triumphs throughout the journey. However, the most important step is the first one, which King has since made.
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