Dolly Parton isn't ready to hang up her bunny ears just yet!

The country legend has given fans a rare glimpse into her private life this week when she decided to recreate her iconic Playboy cover shoot from 1978 as a birthday surprise for her husband of 57 years, Carl Dean. Celebrating his 79th birthday, Dolly posed for a new, updated Playboy cover, framed alongside her original Playboy cover.

“Wonder why I’m dressed like this? It’s for my husband’s birthday. Remember some time back I said I was going to pose for Playboy magazine when I was 75? Well, I’m 75, and they don’t have a magazine anymore,” Parton told fans in the post.

“My husband always loved the original cover, and I was trying to think of something to do to make him happy. He still thinks I’m a hot chick after 57 years, and I’m not going to try to talk him out of that.” See below.

It’s always #HotGirlSummer for my husband, Carl 💝 Happy birthday my love! pic.twitter.com/utz7Atpk3F

— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) July 20, 2021

Parton and Dean have rarely appeared in public together since they were married back in 1966 but according to Dolly, Carl is simply a “homebody.” Her sweet birthday tribute comes more than 40 years after Parton originally appeared on the cover of the magazine’s October 1978 issue.

“Anyway, what I did for his birthday, I did a little photoshoot in this little outfit and I had a cover made of the new Dolly — the old new Dolly,” she explained.

“In the first one — remember this? — I was kind of a little butterball in that one. Well, I’m string cheese now. But he’ll probably think I’m cream cheese … I hope. Anyway, I’m going to surprise him, going in singing to him in my little bunny suit.”

“What do you think? Think Playboy oughta pay me for the photoshoot? I do!”

We think she’s still got it! 

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