SEE IT: CNN Used Photo Of Vegas Impersonator In On-Air Dolly Parton Tribute

CNN had to apologize to the family of the late country music icon Dolly Parton after accidentally using a photo of a Las Vegas tribute artist in a report on her death.

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“We regret the error and apologize to the Parton family,” the network told the New York Post on Thursday.

The photo featured Parton impersonator Kelly Vohnn, and aired during “Laura Coates Live,” hours after the country legend’s death had been confirmed by her family.

Vohnn learned of the mistake shortly after the photo aired, telling The Post that her phone began blowing up with people telling her that they’d just seen her on CNN: “I started getting all these texts in from friends saying that I was on CNN, and I couldn’t believe it … I was already heartbroken at losing Dolly because of how much she has given to me as a woman and an artist.”

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“But then to see these images of me on screen was just weird. Somebody at CNN really messed up and didn’t do their research,” Vohnn added. “I felt so sorry and apologetic for Dolly, because over her career there are so many wonderful images and moments that they could have chosen from — and CNN just picked something not appropriate. To be clear, I have never represented myself as being Dolly ever in my life. I have always been known as a tribute act for her and many other stars. It was quite embarrassing, to be honest.”

Vohnn told The Post that she had considered reaching out to CNN herself to address the mistake, but that she’d been so upset by the news of the icon’s passing that she hadn’t done so: “I thought about calling CNN, but was really consumed by the grief of losing Dolly [and] I just wanted to be at home with my thoughts, raising a glass of wine to that brilliant woman.”

Parton passed away after a brief battle with cancer, leaving behind a legacy of music and philanthropy that touched millions around the world. She was 80 years old.

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