CNN apologizes after mistakenly airing image of Dolly Parton impersonator during report on icon's death
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Video CNN mistakenly airs photo of Dolly Parton impersonator CNN accidentally aired a photo of Dolly Parton impersonator Kelly Vohnn during a report about the music icon's death.
CNN offered a mea culpa after the network mistakenly aired a photo of a Dolly Parton impersonator during its coverage of the death of the American icon.
Parton died Tuesday at age 80 after a brief battle with cancer. Her death sent shock waves around the world, millions paying tribute to the country music legend.
On Tuesday's installment of "Laura Coates Live," a montage of photos appeared onscreen as CNN correspondent Shimon Prokupecz was reporting live from Nashville.
CNN mistakenly aired an image of a Dolly Parton impersonator during its coverage of the death of the country music icon. (Screenshot/CNN)
However, among them was an image of Patron tribute artist Kelly Vohnn seen attending a screening last year of "Song Sung Blue," a film about the real-life Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning & Thunder, starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson.
"We regret the error and apologize to the Parton family," a CNN spokesperson told Fox News Digital .
Dolly Parton died peacefully Tuesday at age 80. (Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage)
Vohnn spoke with the New York Post about how her phone began blowing up after her image appeared on CNN, calling the experience "weird."
"I started getting all these texts in from friends saying that I was on CNN, and I couldn’t believe it," the Canadian-born impersonator told the Post . "I felt so sorry and apologetic for Dolly ... and CNN just picked something not appropriate.
Dolly Parton impersonator Kelly Vohnn knocked CNN for accidentally airing a photo of her during the network's coverage of Parton's death. (Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for Focus Features)
"It was quite embarrassing, to be honest."
Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.
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