Published August 27, 2026
Sandra Bullock is still recounting her few moments spent with Dolly Parton.
During the premiere of Practical Magic 2, Bullock talked about working with Parton on Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous.
“I hated flying for the longest time, and I used to just take a tour bus everywhere and I would sleep on the tour bus,” Bullock, 62, told People magazine.
“[Parton] came to Vegas, and she pulled her tour bus up next to mine—I think it was pink, of course—And I said, ‘Okay, So, Miss Parton, we’ve got a hotel and room for you that’s massive.’ And she goes, ‘No, I’ll stay in the bus.’ ”
In the 2005 comedy movie, Parton played a scene where Bullock’s character was mistaken for a country music icon lookalike.
Later on, Bullock remembered to asked Parton where will she do her makeup and hair.
“And she goes, ‘Oh, I’ll do it on the bus,’ ” the actress recalled.
Parton told Bullock she would also sleep on her bus, which prompted Bullock to reply, “Then I’m sleeping on the bus.”
“So she and I slept side-by-side on the bus,” the Oscar winner said.
“She’s here. She sprinkles everywhere,” Bullock added of Parton. “She’s not going anywhere.”
As soon as Miss Congeniality 2 landed in theaters, Bullock quippingly told the BBC it was “extraordinary to straddle” Parton.
“I was literally lying on top of her, and I didn’t feel comfortable with this but she looked at me and said: ‘We’re going to put the Madonna-Britney kiss to shame!’ ”
“And I thought, ‘Wow, you rock. You just rock!’ ” Bullock said in 2005. “Really, she was everything you’d want her to be and more.”
Parton died on August 25after brief battle with cancer.