Posthumous Memories of Lisa Marie Presley and new book by Priscilla reveal unpublished details about the marriage between Elvis’s daughter and the king of pop
Intimate revelations emerged from two family memories: the posthumous autobiography of Lisa Marie Presley, From here to the great unknownand your mother’s next book, Priscilla Presley, Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis. Together, these works shed an unprecedented light on one of the most controversial and enigmatic marriages in the history of entertainment.
The relationship between Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jacksonwhich culminated in marriage in May 1994 when she was 25 and he 35, was never well seen by the family matriarch Presley. The couple remained married for just over two years, ending the divorce in 1996. In their memories, Priscilla Presley It does not save words when describing its reaction: “I was horrified by the marriage.” The ex-wife of Elvis It reveals that, from the beginning, it suspected the true intentions of the pop star.
“I knew in my bones that Michael I wasn’t getting married Lisa Marie; He was marrying the dynasty Presley“, he writes Priscilla with a sharp frankness. For her, the timing was no coincidence: Jackson He faced serious accusations of child sexual abuse that emerged in 1993, just a year before marriage. Maternal distrust deepened in the perception that Jackson sought “good publicity” amid the allegations. “Michael He was a manipulative man, and I think he had his eyes on her long before she realized that. The childish innocence he project was part of his public mask, ”he says Priscilla.
The most shocking revelation comes from Lisa Mariewho in his posthumous autobiography shares intimate details about his sex life with Jackson. Lisa Marie claims Michael Jackson I told him that “he was still a virgin” when they started dating at the age of 35. “I was terrified because I didn’t want to make the wrong movement,” he confesses Lisa Marie about its reaction to revelation.
The relationship had gradually developed, they met when they were young, but only renamed themselves in 1993, when Lisa Marie I was married to Danny Keough. It was during a trip to Las Vegas that Jackson He decided to confess his feelings. “Michael Said: ‘I don’t know if you noticed, but I’m completely in love with you. I want us to marry and you have my children ‘”, he recalled Lisa Marie.
Jackson He would have shared with her details about her extremely limited romantic experiences. “He told me he was still a virgin. I think he had kissed Tatum O’Nealand he had something with Brooke Shieldsthat had not been physical beyond a kiss. He said that Madonna I had tried to stay with him once, but nothing happened, ”he said Lisa Marie in your memories.
The concern of Priscilla It was so deep that she even questioned her daughter directly about the couple’s intimacy. “I asked her if they had a physical relationship. Like many people, I wasn’t sure. She said yes.” The behavior of Jackson At family events also raised suspicions. Priscilla He noted that he avoided meeting her and preferred to spend time with children instead of adults during family meetings.
When Lisa Marie finally requested the divorce in 1996, the reaction of Priscilla It was of pure relief. “I could virtually hear Elvis sigh of relief, ”she writes, suggesting that even the spirit of King of Rock’n’roll would have approved the end of that union.
Riley Keoughdaughter of Lisa Marie and granddaughter of Elvisoffers a different perspective on this period. In January this year, she revealed that she was kept completely in the dark about allegations of abuse against Jackson during your mother’s wedding. “I never told me anything about the allegations. We knew nothing. We were not aware of it.” To Rileywho witnessed the relationship closely, there was an undeniable truth: “The only thing I know is that they loved each other, and that their love for each other was genuine, because I was there and remember.”
The memoir of Lisa Marie was completed by Riley Using recordings that the mother had made before her premature death in January 2023, at 54, due to long -term complications of bariatric surgery. “I hope that, under an extraordinary circumstance, people will relate to a very human experience of love, unloving, loss, addiction and family,” he explained Riley About the purpose of the book. “My mother wanted to write a book in the hope that someone could read her story and relate to her so that she are not alone in the world.”
Riley also reflected on the constant scrutiny that his mother faced for being the daughter of Elvis: “Because my mother was the daughter of Elvis Presleyshe was constantly commented, discussed and dissected. What she wanted to do in her memories, and what I hope I did when you finish them for her is to go beyond the idea of the magazine headlines about her and reveal the core of who she was. ”
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Source: Rollingstone
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