Lisa Marie Presley, the one little one of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, was briefly married to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, from 1994 to 1996.
And although the previous couple’s relationship and marriage have been extremely publicized on the time, Lisa Marie’s mom, Priscilla, lately revealed that she “didn’t consider” Jackson liked her daughter, describing him as a “manipulative” particular person.
Per US Weekly, Priscilla, 80, touched on how she felt about her deceased daughter’s marriage to Jackson in her new memoir, Softly, As I Depart You: Life After Elvis, which hit the cabinets on Tuesday.
“I used to be appalled by the wedding. I knew in my bones that Michael wasn’t marrying Lisa Marie; he was marrying the Presley dynasty,” Priscilla wrote in her memoir. “The King of Pop was allying himself with the King of Rock and Roll. I didn’t consider he liked her.”
Priscilla implied that Jackson married Lisa Marie as a result of he “desperately wanted good publicity.”
“It was one factor to legally struggle the kid molestation costs in opposition to him. There was no option to come out of that wanting good,” the 80-year-old added. “However images of him with Elvis’s daughter sporting the large diamond engagement ring he’d had made for her? That picture was pure gold.”
Lisa Marie and Jackson married simply 20 days after she and her first husband, Benjamin Keough, finalized their divorce. Priscilla wrote that Jackson “began reaching out” to her daughter “when the kid abuse costs” in opposition to the pop legend “went public.”
“I believe that’s how he hooked her to start with,” Priscilla acknowledged. “She felt sorry for him, and naturally, she believed in his innocence. No person needs to consider these sorts of allegations in opposition to somebody they know.”
In 1993, then-13-year-old Jordy Chandler initially accused Jackson of kid sexual abuse. And although Jackson maintained his innocence, he reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement of over $20 million with the Chandler household. In 2003, Jackson was finally arrested on little one molestation costs, however he was acquitted on all counts in 2005.
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Priscilla, in her memoir, wrote that Jackson “step by step” enticed Lisa Marie when the allegations initially made headlines.
“Michael was a manipulative man, and I believe he had his sights set on her lengthy earlier than she realized it,” she wrote, per US Weekly. Priscilla additionally acknowledged that her deceased daughter was unaware that the “childlike innocence” displayed by her then-son-in-law was a “warning signal.”
Priscilla additional touched on her relationship with Jackson, describing it as “weird.” She recalled Jackson’s habits when she visited the previous couple’s house for dinner.
“I used to be ready to be nice, however he needed nothing to do with me. He stayed as far-off from me as attainable. In actual fact, he stayed far-off from all of the adults,” wrote Priscilla. “He continued to go to nice lengths to keep away from me.”
She acknowledged that her “precise contact” with Jackson was when he “unexpectedly” attended an Elvis Presley tribute live performance in Memphis, per US Weekly. Priscilla, nevertheless, referred to the King of Pop’s presence as “one other publicity stunt.” She acknowledged that earlier than the occasion, she was with Lisa Marie at a lodge, however Jackson “didn’t come out” to trade pleasantries together with her.
“A couple of minutes after I arrived, the door down the corridor opened, and Michael popped out,” she recalled. “He grabbed his hat off the desk the place he’d left it, kind of smiled, after which popped again within the room and shut the door. He mentioned nothing to me on the way in which to the present.”
Priscilla mentioned that she couldn’t have a dialog with Jackson throughout the present, as there was “no alternative.” “Early the following morning, he was gone,” she continued. She described that because the “sum complete” of her communication with Jackson when Lisa Marie was married to him.
Jackson died of acute cardiac arrest from acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication on June 25, 2009. He was 50. Lisa Marie, however, succumbed to bowel obstruction on January 12, 2023, on the age of 54.
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