--- description: Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Little Big Town, and more of country's biggest names faced their Twitter detractors and their insults. title: Watch Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson Read Mean Tweets image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and More CMA Stars Read Mean Tweets  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 3, 2016 2:52 PM CUT  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 3, 2016 2:52 PM CUT Wednesday night’s [50th annual Country Music Awards](http://time.com/4555797/beyonce-cma-awards/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") were, as ever, a celebratory affair. But not everyone is enamored by the country stars—especially not all the (mostly) anonymous denizens of Twitter. As has now become routine, _Jimmy Kimmel Live_ scraped the social site for [the best insulting tweets](http://time.com/4225424/grammys-2016-mean-tweets-jimmy-kimmel/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") about everyone from Bonnie Raitt to Miranda Lambert [to Little Big Town](http://time.com/4553923/taylor-swift-little-big-town-better-man/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined"), and got the musicians themselves to read them out (and respond, of course). “Why does the blonde in Little Big Town have hair like a _Zoolander_ villain?” asks one detractor, as the singing quartet bursts out laughing. “Aw, man,” the blonde in question sighs. [Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dolly Parton](http://time.com/4513643/dolly-parton-rupaul-bffs/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") also gets lampooned. “It’s not a hooker convention, it’s a Dolly Parton concert,” Parton reads. Her response? “I guess I should feel hurt, but I don’t, because I pattern my look after a hooker,” she explains with an unconcerned pout. Dolly: yes, still flawless. For further gems from country legends like Willie Nelson and modern favorites like Florida Georgia Line and Hunter Hayes, you’ll want to watch the video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4556275/watch-dolly-parton-willie-nelson-and-more-cma-stars-read-mean-tweets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4556275/watch-dolly-parton-willie-nelson-and-more-cma-stars-read-mean-tweets/"},"headline":"Watch Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and More CMA Stars Read Mean Tweets","datePublished":"2016-11-03T14:52:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:20.574Z","description":"\"Willie Nelson, you're gettin' pretty crusty, pal.\"","url":"https://time.com/4556275/watch-dolly-parton-willie-nelson-and-more-cma-stars-read-mean-tweets/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4556275/watch-dolly-parton-willie-nelson-and-more-cma-stars-read-mean-tweets/","name":"Watch Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and More CMA Stars Read Mean Tweets"}}]}] ```