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Source: MEGAReba McEntire confessed she’s never met her good friend Dolly Parton’s husband, Carl Thomas Dean.

Reba McEntire recently revealed on Andy Cohen Live that she has never met her good friend Dolly Parton’s husband, Carl Thomas Dean.

“Is Dolly as good a cook as she says she is?” host Andy Cohen asked.

McEntire, 69, chuckled and said, “She’s never invited me over.”

She then revealed that despite their 40-year friendship, she has yet to meet Dean.

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Source: MEGAReba McEntire and Dolly Parton’s friendship began in 1977.

“I saw something the other day that they were out camping, and she and Carl went back to where they got married,” the Happy’s Place star added.

McEntire couldn’t help but agree with Cohen when he expressed amazement at how Parton, 78, has managed to keep her relationship so private.

“Well, I feel better that you [Andy] haven’t met him now,” she joked.

Cohen replied, “Well, what do I know? Who have I met? You’re the queen of country, Reba, in my mind.”

Parton and Dean have been together since 1966, meeting outside a Nashville laundromat just two years before tying the knot.

“We’re the perfect partners. We both have a great sense of humor… We’re able to solve any problems and any situation, making a joke about it and not letting it get too heavy, but we respect each other and we like each other. We lucked up, let’s put it that way,” Parton said to Us Weekly in 2022 of her relationship with her husband.

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Source: MEGAReba McEntire first saw Dolly Parton at the Grand Ole Opry.

Parton recently shared why she doesn’t divulge too much about her hubby.

“My husband and I have always enjoyed each other. I love to do stuff with him; we have a little RV and like to travel around, especially in Tennessee – we love to get out just for the weekend or day trips. We’ve been all over the country in it,” she told HELLO! magazine.

“He’s never liked going out to dinner and all that stuff. And although I love to go out with friends to a nice dinner and have fun, it just felt natural to me to keep my life private,” she added.