Elle King showed off a daring new tattoo this week – three months after her drunken antics on stage at Dolly Parton’s birthday show caused a stir.
The singer, 34, got her backside inked as she shared candid snaps dressed in thong underwear as her tattoo artist got to work.
The ink – tattooed on her right buttock – read ‘brothers’, with the singer explaining the meaning in a post.
She wrote: ‘I always said I would get my baby daddy’s name tattooed on my butt…and I did. I have “brothers” for the men who helped me raise my son.
‘I love you guys so much, I wouldn’t want to do life without you. Me and Lucky love you guys so much. Shoutout to my man @jonboytattoo for being the worst.”
Elle King showed off a daring new tattoo on her bum this week – three months after her drunken antics on stage at Dolly Parton’s birthday show caused a stir
The singer, 34, got her backside inked as she shared candid photos dressed in thong underwear as her tattoo artist got to work
King shares her son, two, with ex-fiancé Dan Tooker.
King was panned on Jan. 19 after he appeared drunk on stage at The Grand Ole Opry as part of a show celebrating Dolly Parton’s 78th birthday called “Opry Goes Dolly.”
During the doomed Nashville outing, King forgot the lyrics to Parton’s song Marry Me, slurred words and used profanity, admitting on stage that she was “damn hammered.”
In the caption of the post Sunday, King was seen in an Instagram post jogging up and down the steps of an arena. She captioned it, “Oh no my human show was,” with the hashtag #WWDD.
King, who returned to the stage earlier this month for the first time since the January fiasco, also addressed the controversy in the post’s caption.
She wrote, “To everyone who sends me love because I’m human and have already spoken to Dolly, I love you. To everyone who told me to kill myself, I love you too.”
Parton last month publicly urged fans and music industry professionals to forgive King after the embarrassing performance.
The music legend, who was not present at the show’s location in her honor, told the outlet Additional February 9 that she supports King and likes her and her work.
The ink – tattooed on her right buttock – read ‘brothers’, with the singer explaining the meaning in a post. She wrote: ‘I always said I would get my baby daddy’s name tattooed on my butt…and I did. I have ‘brothers’ for the men who helped me raise my son’
King shares her son Lucky Levi, two, with ex-fiancé Dan Tooker.
King was panned on January 19 after appearing drunk on stage at The Grand Ole Opry as part of a show celebrating Dolly Parton’s 78th birthday
“Elle is truly an amazing artist,” the author of Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones told the outlet. “She’s a great girl and she’s been through some tough things lately.”
The Jolene artist said of the fiasco, “She just had a little too much to drink so let’s just forgive and forget about that and move on because she felt worse than anyone ever could.”
On the night of the Parton tribute, the Grand Ole Opry told a concertgoer it regretted the profanity King, the daughter of actor Rob Schneider, used in her performance.
On January 23, a Parton insider told Ny Breaking.com that the legendary artist had no plans to publicly criticize King after the outing.
“Dolly is in no way going to bash Elle for her performance at the Opry, that is not Dolly’s style and that will not be Dolly’s intention to put down another artist, especially not a fellow female artist,” the source said .
The source continued, “Dolly is starting to not know what Elle is going through, even if it was just one bad night or something more, but there’s no way Dolly is going to drag Elle down, Dolly isn’t going to tear her down.
“This could ultimately lead to something positive and special in their future performance together. Dolly is all about building people up and this unfortunate incident is just that – a bump in the road.”
The source concluded, “Dolly will stick it out and expect the best and if she ever talks, sees or performs with Elle in the future, it will all be positive because that’s where Dolly’s mentality always is.”
The Grand Ole Opry said it regretted the profanity singer King used during her Jan. 19 performance at the iconic Nashville venue
King subsequently rescheduled a series of shows following the embarrassing performance at the 9 to 5 singer’s tribute the week after the disastrous outing.
In a January 19 tweet, the venue’s account stated that Lauren Alaina could not appear on the show; After King’s profane display, an audience member responded to the tweet about Alaina.
“I wish she had been there because Elle King ruined the evening with her horrible, drunk and profane performance,” the user said. ‘Dolly Parton would be ashamed. For our first time at The Opry, it was a shame that we all had to witness that.”
The audience responded: “We deeply regret and apologize for the language used during last night’s second Opry performance.”
Others who attended the concert expressed similar sentiments in the wake of the disastrous outing.
“I was there on Friday for the second show with my two young daughters,” the user said. “Paid $380 for tickets, $40 for parking and waited in sub-zero temperatures to get in, only to leave early because of the nastiness spewing from Elle. So heartbreaking for my 11-year-old who loves Dolly.”
Another attendee said they were “surprised” someone didn’t take the microphone away from her while she was “bombing hard” during the outing.
One user replied: ‘Knowing some musicians who fought so hard to be on that stage and what an honor it is, let alone to be part of a performance in Dolly’s honour, it was completely disheartening for my girls, who have their own dreams of one day being on that stage.”
One user said King’s outing was “the most disgustingly unprofessional display” they had seen at a concert, and wondered “why was she allowed on stage when it was clear she was drunk, out of her mind.”
One user asked the venue to never invite King “to return to such a respected institution” because “her trashy behavior was offensive not only to the Opry and its fans, but to the other artists performing that night.” were on stage.’
A TikTok video from @auctioneergirl King played Parton’s 2001 song Marry Me, while she seemed to forget the lyrics.
Instead, she sang, “I don’t know the lyrics to these things in this damn town… Don’t tell Dolly, ’cause it’s her birthday.”
She then started seemingly antagonizing the fans, saying, “Did you spend money on this?”
After a fan started yelling at her, King openly stated that she was drunk on stage, which did not go down well with the fans.
‘You won’t get your money back. I’ll tell you one more thing: “Hi, my name is Elle King (and) I’m fucking hammered,” she said on stage.
King subsequently rescheduled a series of shows following the embarrassing appearance at the 9 to 5 singer’s tribute the week after the disastrous outing
One of her bandmates suggested they play one of her songs, to which King replied, “I can barely play anyone else’s song, let me see if I can play one of my own.”
The Opry Goes Dolly show also featured Ashley Monroe, Tigirlily Gold, Dailey & Vincent and Terri Clark, while fans mocked King on social media.
Although King has not discussed that performance, she has spoken about her past drinking, insisting that she was able to keep it under control.
‘I really like drinking and singing. I don’t want to get as drunk as I used to,” King said in a 2022 interview. “It’s easier for me to say, ‘Yes, I want to drink and party and (then) go on stage.’ I get nervous before I go on stage, (so) I have a few drinks.”