Elle King Reveals She Had to Go to Therapy After Drunken Performance at Dolly Parton's Birthday: 'I Was Very Sad'

Elle King has gone through a great deal of healing since kicking off the year with a drunken performance for Dolly Parton 's birthday back in January.

During a recent guest appearance on the "Off the Vine" podcast, the 35-year-old opened up about how she's recovered in the past eight months after finding herself in headlines for admittedly being intoxicated on stage at the Grand Ole Opry , as King revealed she needed to go to therapy in order to heal.

"After everything that happened in January, I went to a different type of therapeutic program because I was very sad and nobody really knows what I was going through behind closed doors," the "Ex's & Oh's" singer explained to podcast host Kaitlyn Bristowe .

King continued: "And I just took that as, A., if it wasn’t this it was going to be something else, and B., I 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,' and I’m like, ‘I haven’t found it yet motherf------!'" the "Jersey Giant" hitmaker quipped.

In all seriousness, King feels like a "different person" than the girl who embarrassed herself in front of a packed crowd of fans at the world-famous live music venue in Nashville, Tenn.

"I'm still incredibly anxious constantly , but I was before, so at least I’m a little more conscientious of it," the "America's Sweetheart" vocalist confessed.

"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," King declared, noting she "waited to talk about everything until I had better footing."

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While Parton's army of supporters were quick to criticize King after she announced being "f------ hammered" during the show, the "Jolene" hitmaker didn't hold any ill will against the "I Told You I Was Mean" singer because of her actions.

As OK previously reported, the "9 to 5" singer was questioned about King's mishap during a February interview, though Parton, 78, only had nice things to say, as she asked fans to "forgive" the "Worth a Shot" performer's behavior.

"Elle is really a great artist," Parton declared following the drunken on-stage fiasco , calling King "a great girl" who has "been going through [a lot] of hard things lately."

King has not elaborated on what specific dilemmas she was dealing with at the time the incident occurred.