Elle King has revealed what led to her disastrous drunken Dolly Parton birthday tribute performance earlier this year.
The 34-year-old singer appeared on the Off The Vine With Kaitlyn Bristowe podcast where she revealed that she was in a 'high level of pain' leading up to the notorious performance.
The concert happened back in January at Nashville's Rynam Auditorium as it honored Parton along with other musical talent including: Ashley Monroe, Tigirlily Gold, Dailey & Vincent, and Terri Clark.
She - born Tanner Elle Schneider - revealed that she has since 'went to a different type of therapeutic program' after the experience.
Elle explained: 'I was very sad, and nobody really knows what I was what I was going through behind closed doors.
Elle King has revealed what led to her disastrous drunken Dolly Parton birthday tribute performance earlier this year as she appeared on Off The Vine With Kaitlyn Bristowe
The concert happened back in January at Nashville's Rynam Auditorium as it honored Parton along with other musical talent including: Ashley Monroe, Tigirlily Gold, Dailey & Vincent, and Terri Clark
'And I just took that as, if it wasn’t this, it’s gonna be something else.'
The daughter of Rob Schneider got even more candid about her previous mental state.
She said: 'I’ve 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.
'Ultimately, like, I couldn’t go on living my life or even staying in the situation that I had been going through. I couldn’t continue to be existing in that high level of pain that I was going through at the time.'
Elle also revealed her reasoning for taking months to fully address the incident.
She said: 'I waited to talk about everything until I had better footing.'
This came just months after she previously opened up about her infamous drunken performance.
Back in January, the singer was part of a birthday tribute to Dolly Parton at the famed Nashville arena, though the 78-year-old legend wasn't actually in attendance.
She - born Tanner Elle Schneider - revealed that she has since 'went to a different type of therapeutic program' after the experience
Elle explained: 'I was very sad, and nobody really knows what I was what I was going through behind closed doors. And I just took that as, if it wasn’t this, it’s gonna be something else'
Elle also revealed her reasoning for taking months to fully address the incident as she said: 'I waited to talk about everything until I had better footing'
She was seen slurring her words multiple times during the set before admitting she was 'hammered.'
Nearly five months later in May, King opened up on Chelsea Handler's Dear Chelsea podcast, revealing she was going through, 'something very heavy' just before the performance.
She admitted that it was her first time discussing the incident, beginning with she 'did a big no-no' that night.
'I not only did I cuss on stage, hammered, at the Grand Ole Opry, but it was Dolly Parton's birthday and the Opry was doing a Dolly Parton tribute.'
She added she hasn't talked about it in the five months since because she, 'had to just chill,' admitting it was a 'big deal.'
'I had been going through something very heavy and traumatic in my life at the time," Elle explained during the May 16 episode of the podcast.
'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.
King added, 'That day, I hadn't eaten, hadn't slept in days and I was really overwhelmed. I was like a shell of myself.'
Nearly five months later in May, King (pictured April 2021) opened up on Chelsea Handler 's Dear Chelsea podcast , revealing she was going through, 'something very heavy' just before the performance
Back in January, the singer was part of a birthday tribute to Dolly Parton at the famed Nashville arena, though the 78-year-old legend wasn't actually in attendance
She added that there were two separate shows, and there was a 'big snowstorm that day' and the previously-booked headliner canceled and they asked King to step in.
'They asked me if I would sing—if I would be the headliner and sing Jolene. I was like, "Great, I know that song,"' King added.
She said the first show was, 'f***ing perfect,' though she admitted to taking, 'one shot too many and I'm just not there, in my body,' adding, 'I don't even remember what I said.'
'I got the curtain dropped on me, and I was totally 100% disassociated, and I just cut to the dressing room—me on the floor just sobbing, like, "What have I done?"' she said, adding the next day it was, 'everywhere,' and she was 'mortified.'
She said she hand-wrote an apology letter to both the Grand Ole Opry and Dolly Parton herself, who called her a few days later, adding Parton is, 'proof that angels exist.'
She added she hasn't talked about it in the five months since because she, 'had to just chill,' admitting it was a 'big deal'
King added, 'That day, I hadn't eaten, hadn't slept in days and I was really overwhelmed. I was like a shell of myself'
'She just gave me really kind words and made me laugh and that's the kindness from women,' King added.
'That's the stuff that I received that I'll never forget because I wanted to f***ing die and I had to remove myself from the population for awhile,' King admitted.
She took a two-month break from touring after the incident, before sharing a message on Instagram in March.
'To everyone sending me love, because I'm human and already talked to Dolly. I love you. To everyone who told me to kill myself, I love you too,' she said.
