Elvis Presley ‘wasn’t racist at all,’ says Priscilla Presley

Priscilla Presleyex-wife of Elvis Presleystated as the Rock king “wasn’t racist at all” when talking about cancel culture during an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensoredgives TalkTV.

Also, on the TV show, Priscilla also talked about Elvisa biopic of the singer directed by Baz Luhrmann which has Austin Butler in the role of the rock and roll star. At a later point in the conversation, the presenter Piers Morgan asked if she believed that there would be “a campaign to try to cancel [Elvis] for inappropriate statements, inappropriate behavior [ou] inappropriate letters.”

It is worth remembering how the singer was criticized by several black artists in recent years. For example, Quincy Jones stated as “Elvis Presley was racist, I would never work with him” in May 2021.

“He wasn’t racist – he was never racist,” he explained. Priscilla. “Elvis I had friends, black friends, friends from all over. He loved their music. He loved their style. He loved being around, you know, black musicians.” She even cited her ex-husband’s friendships with Fats Domino and Sammy Davis Jr.and claimed how “they always entered the dressing room” when Elvis Presley did shows in Las Vegas.

“He just wasn’t prejudiced at all, and he wasn’t racist at all. So I don’t know. [como ele se sairia contra a ‘cultura do cancelamento’]. This is a very scary moment… it’s almost like we’re looking for something from everyone,” he continued. Priscilla Presley. See the interview below:

‘Elvis Presley was a racist, I would never work with him’, says Quincy Jones

the legendary producer Quincy Jones revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter as I would never work with Elvis Presley – because the owner of “Can’t Help Falling In Love” “was racist.”

At one point in the interview, they were asked to Jones would have worked with Presley. “I wouldn’t work with him,” she replied. “I wrote to [líder da orquestra] Tommy Dorseyoh God, back then in the 1950s. Elvis arrived and Tommy said, ‘I don’t want to play with him.’ He was a racist son of a – I’ll shut up now.”

“When I saw Elvishe was trained by Otis Blackwell [compositor de ‘Don’t Be Cruel‘]telling him how to sing,” he added. The Hollywood Reporter also notes: Blackwell I told David Lettermanin 1987, that the producer and Presley never met.

Quincy Jones also spoke about the anti-racist protests in the United States after the death of George Floyd: “This has been going on for a long time, man. People turn their heads the other way, but it’s all the same to me – misogyny, racism. You need to be taught to hate someone. It doesn’t come naturally. Unless you’ve been trained. It’s a bad habit.”