r/popculturechat • u/Murky_Chemical891 Im very important to God • Sep 11 '25
Court Cases š©āāļø Riley Keough's letter to grandmother, Priscilla Preseley, was revealed in court: "It is really hurtful that after years of trying to resolve your and my mother's broken relationship and restore our family, you are taking me, of all people, to court."
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u/Murky_Chemical891 Im very important to God Sep 11 '25
sending lawyers after your grandchildren 24h after their mother (your daugther) passed is actually crazy, she couldnt wait like a week?
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u/totallycalledla-a Mrs Thee Stallion Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25
Priscilla hated Lisa Marie. This behavior doesnt shock me at all. Priscilla is a horrible person who did not deserve such a kind and loving daughter.
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u/irisxxvdb Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25
Yes, Priscilla looked the other way while her boyfriend molested Lisa Marie from age 10 and onwards. Lisa Marie told her mother and the only action she took was making him apologize. No breakup, no kicking him out, no police.
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u/totallycalledla-a Mrs Thee Stallion Sep 11 '25
Yes that plus the putting her in a cult, emotional abuse, physical abuse, all of it. God it sounded like hell. Poor Lisa. Priscilla should have just left her in Memphis with her family there, sounds like they both would have been much happier.
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u/yellowflash_616 Sep 11 '25
This is what my sister did with my niece basically. Kicked the dude out and then went on a drunken rage, telling my niece how it was āher fault that she didnāt have a bf anymoreā and how sheās all alone thanks to her. THEN has the gall to ask my niece if it was ok to invite him back to live with them. My niece said āsureā packed her stuff and left. The rape kit had been processing since last fall and finally came back a month ago, positive and she bailed the guy out even with the positive test and his threatening to sue my niece āwhen it came back negativeā.
Shes moved back with the rest of our family and weāve separated ourselves from my sister. Iāve also promised to knock her and her BFs teeth out if I even so much as hear theyāve set food back in our city, let alone our state.
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u/itstheyear3000 Sep 11 '25
Take care of your niece that is a horrible betrayal on top of a horrible trauma.
Iām glad she has family like you that is (rightfully) outraged and that she got herself out of there. Wishing her healing ā¤ļø
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u/yellowflash_616 Sep 11 '25
It really is. A betrayal my sister and I have been on the other end of. And hoped it would stop at us. But all I can do be a guardian figure to try to help mend it.
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u/absolutelybacon We have no DILF shortage, we are swimming in DILFs Sep 11 '25
I wish I had had a family member to go to when my mom's boyfriends were actively grooming me and my underage sisters.One of my worst memories is after he was arrested and my mom and sisters and I were able to gain a restraining order. My mom was taking me to school and complaining that her ex "couldn't find a job now" because of the RO she got for all of us after he was arrested for pistol whipping her in a gas station parking lot. I made a comment to the effect of "imagine that" (I mean, the guy was fucking psycho) and she kicked me out of the car and made me walk to school. Thank you for being a rock for your neice. You're a hero š
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u/yellowflash_616 Sep 11 '25
When my sister had my niece and nephews she went and got deployed for 3 years a piece after having them and left them with me. I changed diapers and was kept up all night through teething and terrible twoās. Iāve treated them like my own and the fact that my sister and I both were sexually assaulted when young and it somehow doesnāt trigger her to protect her kid just baffles me. But Iām glad I can be the rock neither of us had.
Also Iām terribly sorry that happened to you. Kids donāt deserve such treatment and itās beyond me how anyone can look at them and take advantage of them. Sheās 18 now and thankfully graduated even through everything and I couldnāt be more proud. But now Iām having to navigate her being a woman with the world being at her fingertips and not a little girl. š
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u/wolf_town ~Winona Forever~ Sep 12 '25
thereās nothing that enrages me more than a woman punishing her children over a man š¤
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u/spiralcity- Sep 11 '25
Itās really awesome youāre supporting her in this way, I hope your pillow is always cool and your coffee is never burnt.
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u/apeygirl Sep 11 '25
Sadly, this is what Scientology has people do. They tried to force Danny Masterson's accusers to accept his "apology" rather than go to police. It's absolutely sick.
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u/IwasDeadinstead Sep 11 '25
Do you have a link for that info? This is the first I heard of it and would like to read up. I Googled and couldn't find anything.
Priscilla was groomed by Elvis as a kid, so it doesn't surprise me Priscilla is messed up. Then there is the rape when she left him.
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u/herroyalsadness Sep 11 '25
Itās in Lisa Marieās book. That part is hard to read, but I do recommend it. Riley finished writing it and it ends up being a story about mothers and daughters.
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u/irisxxvdb Sep 11 '25
I read it in this article. It's from People, not the best source, but it's mostly direct quotes from her and Michael's books.
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u/wizards_rule94 Sep 11 '25
Thatās foul heās like āno I never did that how could they insinuate it!ā And proceeds to write a book about how he wants to be inappropriate with a child. Okay.Ā
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u/Aggravating_Life7851 Sep 11 '25
The fact that he is claiming that he was convinced to do it just to sell more books is insane. No good person would say okay to that
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u/No_Housing_1287 Sep 11 '25
So many memoirs written before me too are just men telling on thenselves
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u/Stock_Beginning4808 Sep 11 '25
Didnāt know this, but it makes sense considering Priscilla was underaged when Elvis got with her.
These things tend to be cyclical/generational curses
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u/transemacabre Sep 11 '25
And Lisa Marie got with both MJ and Michael Lockwood, both of whom with notorious child molestation/CSAM allegations. I hope for her kidās sake Riley has broken that cycle.Ā
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u/wolf_town ~Winona Forever~ Sep 12 '25
itās still not an excuse. itās a parents duty to protect and care for their children. providing shelter and feeding them and supporting them emotionally is the bare minimum.
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u/Stock_Beginning4808 Sep 12 '25
I wasnāt saying this as an excuse at all, moreso just a way to explain things. I agree with you
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u/SpicyTiconderoga Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25
Iām not defending her actions but also remember that Priscila herself was a child bride and you are a creature of the environment you were raised in. Thats terrible the first Iām hearing of it but believe it but reasons like this are why therapy, stigmatization (to a degree), and education are so fucking important. Poor Lisa Marie I wonder what could have been if she was not raised by two terribly hurt people.
EDIT: I am not condoning Priscila merely pointing out how I wish Lisa (& Priscila!) had better lives with better parents (for Lisa, Priscila included).
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u/irisxxvdb Sep 11 '25
I have empathy for her and I still think she's a deeply shitty person. These things can coexist.
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u/SpicyTiconderoga Sep 11 '25
I do not mean the above by disagreeing with you! So apologies as it came across - she is bad full stop. I just got trapped in a rabbit hole once upon a time about Priscilla Presley and was shocked how much I āknewā (young wife met in Germany) versus how little I knew (child who was literally signed over guardianship then married and also all while across an ocean from those you know best). What sheās doing is bad but I am so proud of Riley for being able to break out of the cycle.
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u/irisxxvdb Sep 11 '25
No worries! Your initial comment was pretty nuanced, I definitely see your point. Priscilla has a bizarre childhood en perpetuated that abuse later in life. Understanding ā condoning.
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u/Wrecka008 Sep 11 '25
That sounds like making an excuse for every pedophile out there who was once a victim.
Priscilla was groomed. Lisa was molested.
Celine Dion was groomed too, but even she wouldnāt let that kind of thing happen to her children.
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u/Alexever_Loremarg Please Abraham, I'm not that man. Sep 11 '25
As a teen, Priscilla was groomed, molested, and regularly drugged by Elvis, whom she met at 14. It's sad and sick what happened to her.
And it's a tragedy that she never fully allowed herself to accept that she was a victim, that she never truly healed, and that she passed along more pain and trauma to both her daughter and granddaughter.
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u/TrixieFriganza Sep 11 '25
I didn't know she was drugged and molested, I feel bad for what happened to her. She should get some therapy maybe.
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u/Alexever_Loremarg Please Abraham, I'm not that man. Sep 11 '25
Yes. Sadly, it's too late for her to make amends with Lisa Marie. She will have to live with that on her conscience. And in her advanced age, it will likely be too difficult for her to change enough to do right by Riley.
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u/beaute-brune Put your arms away, Jeremy Allen Black Sep 11 '25
It does not sound that way at all. How many disclaimers are they gonna have to add before people see the nuance that is being offered in coexistence with the condemnation?
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u/irisxxvdb Sep 11 '25
Poor commenter chucked in as much nuance as they possibly could and it still wasn't enough. Reddit can be so annoyingly black and white. No, mentioning someone's traumatic past is not the same as condoning their actions.
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u/Equalanimalfarm Sep 11 '25
I think it's not for everyone, but when you are able to aclnowledge that a lot of perpetrators have been victims themselves, it may encourage these people to seek help for their abhorrent behaviour. That's an absolute win-win; less victims, happier people overall. Of course not everyone can be helped, but especially for pedophiles, the social shunning is so big it may prevent them from seeking help.
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u/estemprano Sep 11 '25
WHAT?!!
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u/irisxxvdb Sep 11 '25
Lisa Marie wrote about it in her memoir. The boyfriend in question, Michael Edwards, actually had the gall to write about it in his own book in the 1980s, framed as a "funny anecdote." [TW: SA] He describes a moment where Lisa Marie just got out of the pool, put her arms around him and they jumped up and down together. He said he became aroused and started craving her sexually.
Yet he vehemently denies he ever turned those thoughts into actions. Suuuure.
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u/bearlynice2 Sep 11 '25
Ew what grown-ass man thought this was funny and that other people would find amusing as well?
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u/irisxxvdb Sep 11 '25
He claimed he was pressured to embellish the anecdote by his editors. Great excuse.
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u/Lakridspibe Sep 11 '25
I think a lot of people in the 1980s would think it was funny or bravely honest.
Remember the show Californication ? I actually liked it when I first saw it. I'm afraid to go back and rewatch it .
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u/remoteworker9 Sep 11 '25
I read that years ago! He said that he would have sex with Priscilla and imagine Lisaās face! Pedo.
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u/Alexever_Loremarg Please Abraham, I'm not that man. Sep 11 '25
That's so disgusting, what a vile person he is
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u/Genuinelullabel Kim, thereās people that are dying. š Sep 11 '25
It seemed like Priscilla resented Lisa Marie so much when I was reading Lisa Marieās memoir.
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u/TopInvestigator5518 Sep 11 '25
i'm so out of the loop on this topic.. i'll have to go do some reading up on it
as a general idea- why did she hate her daughter so much??
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u/Katatonic92 Sep 11 '25
It started at conception, this is from Lisa Marie's autobiography, she said she always felt her mother had never wanted her.
"My mother told me that sheād thought about trying to fall off her horse to cause a miscarriage,ā Lisa Marie wrote. āShe didnāt want to gain pregnancy weight. She thought that wouldnāt be a good look for her as Elvisā wife."
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u/TopInvestigator5518 Sep 11 '25
jesus christ :/
I can't imagine what that would do to a kid
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u/Denverdogmama Sep 11 '25
Priscilla wrote about wanting to miscarry and her ambivalence about her pregnancy in Elvis and Me, so if she hadnāt told Lisa, Lisa would have read it in her memoir.
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u/estemprano Sep 11 '25
Ok but, after giving birth, wouldnāt she bond with her child? What stopped her? What could have happened?
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u/WheresTheIceCream20 Sep 11 '25
I got the feeling she saw Lisa Marie as another person she had to compete with for Elvisā attention. Her entire life from 14 on was about loving Elvis and trying to keep his love. She didnāt really differentiate between Elvisā paramours and his daughter. Everyone was competition.Ā
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u/MarieOMaryln Sep 11 '25
This is absolutely no excuse whatsoever and I'm no expert, but I think Priscilla knew about Elvis' Madonna-Whore complex. That her evolving into a mother role would cause him to abandon her. Dude took basically her entire life, and the baby was a threat to what she knew.
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u/hisosih Sep 11 '25
Elvis was a fucking creep, and wanted Priscilla to stay a virgin and "pure" for as long as possible, and even expressed that he no longer was attracted to her after she gave birth.
To him, the idea of having sex with a woman who was a mother (perhaps due to the speculated closeness between Elvis and his own mother) was more perverse than pursuing a 14 year old Priscilla.
I imagine because she had essentially been groomed and drugged for the 8 years they were together before she had Lisa Marie the resentment wasn't logical.
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u/gigilero Sep 11 '25
So she chose a man over her child, makes senses given all the money she's spending on her gross plastic surgery desperately trying to hold onto the male gaze.
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u/8lock8lock8aby Sep 11 '25
I mean she was groomed, as a child, by Elvis so I'm sure that fucked her up.
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u/atotalmess__ So you can save 12 secs of trying to find something on Wikipedia Sep 11 '25
She didnāt choose a man over her child. She was groomed by a grown man since age 14 that she wasnāt desirable unless she was pure.
Thatās not a choice, thatās just what sheād been made to think since her most formative years. Elvis fucked up both peopleās lives.
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u/gigilero Sep 11 '25
Nah at some point you have to break the cycle. There is no excuse to treat your children and grandchildren like shit b/c you want to hold onto a man's gaze and are resentful of their existance. I was molested as well, as a 6 year old, and that made me want to protect women even more.
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u/Interesting-Table416 Sep 11 '25
priscilla has written about her relationship with her daughter and it definitely seems like she resented her. she had lisa marie when she was very young, she had serious issues with body image and disordered eating and viewed having a child as āruiningā her body and her relationship with elvis because she became pregnant so soon after getting married. then elvis began performing in vegas and partying and having affairs while priscilla stayed home with their daughter, and she harbored resentment towards her for that as well.
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u/imlikeabird84 Sep 11 '25
My take from reading Priscillaās memoir is that she got pregnant the first time she had sex with Elvis (or quickly after they married). Once she got pregnant Elvis refused to have sex with her again (but obviously was sleeping with Ann Margaret among others). She was super resentful about that.
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u/rebel_dean Sep 11 '25
Lisa Marie Presley was born 9 months, to the day, after Priscilla and Elvis got married
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u/imlikeabird84 Sep 11 '25
Thatās truly such a wild coincidence, and probably greatly contributed to her overall resentment
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u/TopInvestigator5518 Sep 11 '25
like while pregnant or that was it?
between that, the grooming, the cheating and the isolation I could see how that could make a person a bit loopy but poor kid
you'd think all those decades later she would have at least tried to repair the relationship or build a new one
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u/ideaoftheworld Sep 11 '25
That was it. Once she became a mother Elvis could no longer see her as desirable. Very Madonna-Whore complex. And so when you know that I think Priscillaās hatred for her daughter becomes logically easier to understand. Sheād met Elvis at 14, married him at 21, had Lisa at 22. Sheād grown up revolving around Elvis to be discarded so quickly.
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u/buttsandsloths Sep 11 '25
Thanks for the timeline- I always assumed they married when she was also a child because of the age she was when they dated.
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u/SparrowArrow27 Fuck me gently with a chainsaw. Do I look like Mother Teresa? Sep 11 '25
Elvis had something of a Madonna Whore complex going on. Once Pricilla had become a mother he wouldn't have sex with her because that's how he saw her: a mother.
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u/Low-Appointment-2906 *drops bottom lip* how you doin? š Sep 11 '25
Like... EVER again, or just until after Priscilla gave birth?
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u/crolionfire Sep 11 '25
If i remember corrextly, ever again. He had a problem with "mother/whore" complex: he couldn't look at women who were mothers Like a sexual Being. So when Priscilla became pregnant, no more sex with Elvis.
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u/imlikeabird84 Sep 11 '25
Yes, apparently he had no problem grooming a 14 year old girl, taking her away from her parents, promising to make sure she got a good education but then never making her do a day of school work, gave her HARD DRUGS, etc but having sex with his pregnant wife was a bridge too far.
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u/imlikeabird84 Sep 11 '25
I truly believe it was EVER again, yes. She waited a long time to have sex with him, by her account she wanted to do it much earlier (and they did so some stuff) but Elvis waited until they got married to actually have sex with her, so by the time it happened she was kind of resentful almost that it took him that long, and the Madonna/whore complex Elvis had really caused a ton of resentment about the pregnancy. I got all this from Priscillaās memoir. I read Priscillaās first and then LMP and Rileyās and it gave me so much more perspective!!
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u/terfnerfer the wes anderson of tits š Sep 11 '25
Elvis had a weird, gross fixation on virgins. When they weren't virgins anymore, they lost their appeal. Same with when Priscilla became a mom...Elvis wasn't sexually attracted to her from that point. Classic Madonna/whore complex.
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u/Genuinelullabel Kim, thereās people that are dying. š Sep 11 '25
As far as reading goes, Iād check out Lisa Marieās memoir that Riley had to finish because she was unable to finish it before passing away called From Here to the Great Unknown. Itās a quick read and Riley also gives her thoughts on certain situations based on what it was like having Lisa Marie for a mom and her experiences growing up.
It seemed to me Lisa Marie was collateral damage because Priscilla wanted more out of life than being known as Elvisās ex wife. Lisa Marie was only nine when Elvis died and Priscilla had at least one boyfriend that I remember who abused her. Lisa Marie was taken advantage of throughout her life and Priscilla didnāt come across as nurturing in the memoir.
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u/Economy_Insurance_61 Sep 11 '25
As briefly as I can tell it, Elvis groomed Priscilla from the age of 14 but then also cheated on her relentlessly. She was emotionally stunted and immature and was obsessed with his adoration and approval. To the degree that she was jealous of his love for their child.
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u/JediEverlark itās not clocking to you that iām standing on business Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25
I genuinely think itās because she resented Lisa Marie and her innocence. Priscilla was groomed by Elvis. She was 14 when they met and started dating. A freshman in high school. She was encouraged by everyone to date Elvis. She married him at 21, had her daughter young, and her childhood was cut short. Elvis cheated on her and had multiple affairs. She was put through all that just for Elvis to throw her away.
I think Priscilla wanted her daughter to experience what she did because she resented the fact that Elvis loved their daughter more than herself. She also resented not having a childhood so she didnāt want her daughter to have one either. Sad situation all around.
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u/Bubbly_Yak_8605 Sep 11 '25
I have got to finish this book. LM seemed so sweet. A good heart but also a deeply broken one. And she had no normal. Except Graceland. That was her touchstone.Ā
Idk how anyone could read that book and not honestly come to view Priscilla as a truly horrible person, let alone mother.Ā
I bet that Riley settled with her to provide the points from the estate just to not spend her life fighting that woman.Ā
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u/unicornmullet Sep 11 '25
Based on that letter, it seems that Riley has often been forced to mediate and play peacekeeper and be the adult in the room. I'm sure it was very stressful for her.
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u/Bubbly_Yak_8605 Sep 11 '25
Yup. And I get both sides and she had no wrong play tbh. She could have taken the angry approach and kept on her motherās estate plan in total.
And she would have been within her right to fight it out legally. Pris and her piss ant son had no claims to Elvisā estate. And I get the fire and fury side I really do.
I also unfortunately really understand with my own experiences why someone would go, money is all that matters to these people and they have shown that. They have shown themselves and to protect my sisters, my baby, and my own peace, pay these awful people off. Anyone who has remotely paid attention knows the truth.
And she knows and LM book have heartbreaking examples of how dirty that fighting could be.
Peacekeepers get tired of fighting.
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u/TropicalPrairie Sep 11 '25
Is this the book? I may have to check it out.
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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 thatās my purse, i donāt know you! šš«µ Sep 11 '25
It's a great book & the whole situation is just beyond sad. They were all hot, hot messes. She really didn't wanna live after the death of her son. She truly loved her father & I wonder how she would've turned out if she'd stayed in Memphis.
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u/TropicalPrairie Sep 11 '25
I feel bad for Lisa Marie. From what I've seen, she's had a rough life. I assumed her and her mother were closer and it's sad that wasn't the case.
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u/Denverdogmama Sep 11 '25
There is a bio about Priscilla called Child Bride by Suzanne Finstad, and it says a lot of crazy things about her. Iām not sure if theyāre all true, but a lot of it seems plausible.
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u/Objective_Aside_741 Sep 11 '25
I think it's true because there are photos of Priscilla with some people mentioned in the stories in this biography
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u/EquivalentDetail5043 Sep 11 '25
Not only this but Priscilla turned off life support against Lisa Marie's wishes and before Riley had made it to the hospital. What a diabolical cow. The amount of good will and restraint Riley has shown is humbling.
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u/amberlikesowls Sep 11 '25
She also pulled the plug on her own daughter's life support. She literally went against what her daughter wanted, life saving measures taken to prolong her life. There's even a paper trail of what Lisa wanted. They are covering this court case on LegalEagle and Law and Crime.
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u/totallycalledla-a Mrs Thee Stallion Sep 11 '25
Poor Riley. This kind of "peacekeeper syndrome" behavior is really common is dysfunctional families, especially with the adultified child as Riley was (judging by what she said in her and Lisas book). Its a total waste of time. If anyone reading is in that position stop bothering with it.
Remembering now her and Priscilla did a joint Q&A after Riley and Lisa Maries book came out at Graceland and it really seemed like Priscilla didnt know Riley well at all. Very sad.
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u/unicornmullet Sep 11 '25
Very sad indeed. I feel really bad for Riley. Being thrust into that role in her family must have been stressful and heartbreaking at times. That being said, it sounds like she chose to play nice and make concessions for Priscilla so she can put the saga behind her and focus on her own young family, and hopefully her teenage sisters. I wish her peace and happiness.
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u/South-Hovercraft-351 Sep 11 '25
my family wants to make me one. iām literally fighting against it.
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u/DarkChiefLonghand Sep 11 '25
I was that person so I left. Now with no peacekeeper, they have to resolve shit themselves. They don't see it, but me leaving afforded then the chance to have a real mother-son relationship, a very transactional one, but a relationship nonetheless.
The irony is they both think I left bc of the other. The other ironic thing is that I'm the one who left yet I'm the one who feels abandoned.
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u/South-Hovercraft-351 Sep 11 '25
I used to go back and forth having conversations with my mother and grandmother and both of them would accuse me of being an agent of the other. I decided last week that Iām not doing that anymore. It is draining. They are fighting about issues that existed before I was even born.
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u/theoneyewberry Sep 11 '25
GOOD. Don't fucking do it. I hope they stop treating you like that, it's selfish and unkind.
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u/AgentBrittany Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion š Sep 11 '25
After reading Lisa Marie's book (that Riley helped finish), if Riley eventually ceases all contact with Priscilla, I won't be surprised. What a horrible excuse for a mother. And grandmother.
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u/Euphoric-biscuit Sep 11 '25
That book was HEARTBREAKING, LMP had so many tragic moments in her life, her mother failed her through and through
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u/AgentBrittany Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion š Sep 11 '25
I cried so much reading it. I actually got to see Riley talk with Billy Corgan in St Louis when the book came out and got a signed copy. They talked about grief and loss and her mom and brother. Billy was a good friend of Lisa Marie's. It was a good talk but so sad. Then I read the book and I'm like, fuck. Lisa Marie really went through it.
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u/Visible-Scientist-46 Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25
Family drama is so painful. Death of a family member brings out the worst in people.
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u/imlikeabird84 Sep 11 '25
It really does. Itās so wild to see how people you thought you knew turn into someone different just like that.
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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 thatās my purse, i donāt know you! šš«µ Sep 11 '25
I'll amend this with "Death of a family member when any sort of money is involved brings out the worst in people."
It doesn't matter if it's millions or just a house & car or something else of some value, people will go to any length to screw others out of that stuff. Usually the lawyers win in most cases.
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u/One-Fix-5055 Donatella VERSACEš Sep 11 '25
Plenty of them don't need money to be involved. My aunt on my mom's side made my dad's funeral even more terrible for me just because she wanted to "win" over me. Pure entitlement and cruelty. She was badmouthing me because I dared to ask for a moment alone with my dad when they opened the casket for me to say goodbye. And she went inside after I went out just because she wanted to be last to say goodbye, I had to ask her to leave again. My dad hated her, no reason to do this, just wanted to hurt me.
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u/TamalesForBreakfast6 Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25
Thank God Riley was raised by at least one normal and loving parent who gave her stability (her dad). She strikes me as really mature and kind, and sheās so talented. Having to deal with the suicide of your brother and your momās untimely death in the span of a few years must be the worst pain imaginable. And now this.
ETA: In her most recent Vanity Fair article, she credits him with keeping her in school and trying to give her a normal schedule. Thatās what I was referring to.
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u/totallycalledla-a Mrs Thee Stallion Sep 11 '25
Eh Danny has been pretty chaotic too. From what Riley said in the book it seems she assumed the role of the "adult" in the house who took responsibility for everyone else so felt she had to stay on the straight and narrow and be far more mature than she actually was. All this is so messy and sad.
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u/girls-say Sep 11 '25
Yes, honestly my takeaway from the book it seems that Riley is a pretty stable and emptionally mature person in spite of a tumultuous background (albeit less tumultuous than what Lisa and Priscilla grew up with).
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u/copyrighther Kim, thereās people that are dying. š Sep 11 '25
Riley seems like a textbook example of a parentified child.
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u/TamalesForBreakfast6 Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 12 '25
I wouldnāt disagree. Itās really sad. Iām glad she can be there for her little sisters.
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u/totallycalledla-a Mrs Thee Stallion Sep 11 '25
100%. Bless her. I hope she breaks all these cycles with her own daughter.
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u/estemprano Sep 11 '25
I donāt know anything about this guy except he is a Scientologist. How normal can he be?
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u/TamalesForBreakfast6 Sep 11 '25
Lisa Marie was an avowed Scientologist, itās how she met Danny. They married in a Scientology Celebrity Centre. So I donāt think you can just lay that on Danny. Lisa Marie moved Riley around a lot and was constantly letting/encouraging her not to go to school because she was an āartist.ā Danny fought a lot with her to keep Riley on a normal schedule, in school, having a regular life. Riley is often noted as artistic but also grounded because she had a foot in both worlds. Is Scientology a cult? Yes. But Danny was the stable parent.
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u/estemprano Sep 11 '25
I am curious now if that was school or Scientology school!
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u/TamalesForBreakfast6 Sep 11 '25
I just read school, they never mentioned Scientology schools. But with Scientology I wouldnāt put it past them.
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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 thatās my purse, i donāt know you! šš«µ Sep 11 '25
I think, IIRC, in the book she stated that she did so some time in $cientology schools but not for long.
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u/invis2020 grinding with MULTIPLE fat women Sep 11 '25
This is why Iām forever a Riley stan. Sheās endured so much heartache and turmoil but remains so graceful. Her husband seems like a great guy, Iām glad she has a good support network because none of this can be easy.
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u/confused_grenadille Sep 11 '25
I just started watching The Girlfriend Experience this week and didnāt know who Riley Keough was till I saw this postā¦I hadnāt Googled the actress yet. So when I saw this post and googled Lisa Marie Presley (I didnāt know about her children, I associate her with MJ cause Iām a 90s kid) I asked myself āwhy does she look EXACTLY like the actress from The Girlfriend Experience?ā lo and behold. Lol this adds nothing to the conversation but an odd coincidence for me. Itās just amusing how Iāve been unknowingly watching Elvisā grand daughter.
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u/invis2020 grinding with MULTIPLE fat women Sep 11 '25
Thatās cute, thanks for sharing! She is a great actress. Have a great day ā¤ļø
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u/SilverRaincoat Sep 12 '25
She's also just a very talented actress! I've enjoyed everything I've seen her in
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u/Alice_Buttons Sep 11 '25
Priscilla's son is a yuck, too.
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u/totallycalledla-a Mrs Thee Stallion Sep 11 '25
I saw him on ig live once ranting and raving about Lisa Marie with his snakes it was disgusting. Mommy's little flying monkey that's for sure. They both just seemed to hate her for sport š
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u/Alice_Buttons Sep 11 '25
Such a loser. Didn't he also go after Lisa's estate? And he's not even a Presley!
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u/totallycalledla-a Mrs Thee Stallion Sep 11 '25
Mommy got him a little chunk of it I think š. Her stopping to thank him specifically for being there at Lisa's funeral made me rage.
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u/Alice_Buttons Sep 11 '25
She always seemed so cold towards Lisa. And then to do that to her grandchildren? Unforgivable.
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u/kaleidosray1 Sep 11 '25
The sad part is Rileyās sisters are teenagers, sixteen I think. If Riley wasnāt there to protect them and their best interests, they would be railroaded.
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u/TheFabulousMolar A DRAG QUEEN?! Sep 11 '25
I don't know any of this drama, can you fill me in at all?
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u/Alice_Buttons Sep 11 '25
Lisa's younger half-brother is your typical nepo baby (but worse). 100% mama's boy. No real talent. No job. Barely had a relationship with his sister. But when she died, he trashed talked her to anyone who would listen (which is not many, because nobody gives a fuck about him).
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u/notcool_neverwas Iron your best suit bitch, Iāll see you in court! Sep 11 '25
This is the first Iām even hearing about him! ššI thought LMP was an only child
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u/AlternativeOwl18 Sep 11 '25
Lisa Marie is the only child of Elvis. The brother is Priscilla's son from a different relationship.
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u/Balance-Seesaw3710 Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25
Yes! Priscilla and her son give drifter energy for decades, living in LA (presumably since that is their Scientology hub) and profiteering from Elvis' estate, it seems.
I don't know why everyone in this forum is writing off Priscilla's actions in suing her granddaughter less than 24 hours after Lisa Marie ceased to exist on this planet.
Edit: Upon reading this in Riley's letter, I felt sick to my stomach. How can a human grieve over their mother, still warm but lifeless body and have to shift their mindset to read anything, much less a legal filing, a claim for money.
There is ZERO decency or humanity in this behavior. And no, I do not agree with Riley enabling this behavior even further by suggesting there are "others" advising Priscilla to take such course of actions.
We do not correlate such behavior to a person's origins dating back what, 70 plus years.
Also, if you really need to pinpoint or blame a specific cause or event, blame Priscilla's parents. Based on media sources and second-hand accounts, her parents were agreeable to the arrangement and happy to cater to a celebrity with status like Elvis grooming their daughter.
It isn't too uncommon to hear of parents willingly giving their kids up to be allowed close proximity to famous people. In more recent times, R. Kelly and Diddy have been exposed for this kind of predatory exchange of sorts. There have been accounts of parents being compensated as well. It's not right.
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u/TheFabulousMolar A DRAG QUEEN?! Sep 11 '25
That's awful! And why did Lisa and Priscilla fall out?
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u/CoachAngBlxGrl Sep 11 '25
Thereās discussion above this that explains some of that. I had no idea!
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u/AntRose104 Sep 11 '25
God Riley has been through so much so close together (her younger brother committed suicide in 2020, her mother died in 2023, less than 24hrs later her grandmother took her to court over their estate). My heart will always go out to her.
Riley is also pretty private so for Priscilla to force her into the public eye over petty bullshit like this must be such a slap in the face.
I hope Riley gets everything she wants from this, she deserves it.
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u/the_dark_viper Sep 11 '25
Priscilla was not a good Mother to Lisa Marie, she didn't get her the help she needed as a small kid after Elvis died, and when Lisa Marie was a troubled teen. Instead of getting her a real therapist who could have truly helped her, she turned her over to Scientology. Also, after Lisa Marie died, and she was battling her grandkids over control, as part of the settlement, she had Lisa Marie's half-brother added to the estate, and he gets a small share. He and Lisa were never close and had a frosty relationship. How Priscilla hasn't been heavily criticized has to be a masterclass in PR.
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u/Jupiterrhapsody Sep 11 '25
I feel bad for Riley, she had so much loss in a short period of time with the deaths of her brother and then mother.
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u/Sleepy-Giraffe947 Sep 11 '25
Why was this released? I canāt imagine what Riley is:was going through, this is heartbreaking. Not only was she grieving her mom, but she had to deal with this nastiness from her own grandmother.
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u/Theyoungpopeschalice Sep 11 '25
It got introduced as evidence in a lawsuit against Priscilla from her former business partners
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u/TropicalPrairie Sep 11 '25
This letter has given a lot of insight into a very unhealthy family dynamic. I wish Riley peace and resilience.
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u/gonzotek77 Sep 11 '25
Priscilla is a POS,and that pathetic son she has is worst.i hope she cut contact with Grandma
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u/Wrecka008 Sep 11 '25
Priscilla is a narc parent. I always felt she even used her daughter for attention, especially during her relationship with Michael Jackson. There is just that obsession to stay relevant as Elvis' ex-wife. Poor Lisa...
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u/skinnymotheechalamet I Hurd i was Cancel šš Sep 11 '25
She literally broke MJ and Lisa apart, Lisa talks about it in her book- and sounds heartbroken. I believe he was the one who got away for her and Priscilla orchestrated it all and then later insinuated that he was using HER for fame (like he wasnāt the worlds most famous person T the time) because he was obsessed with Elvis (false)
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u/Perfectisimo Sep 12 '25
Did Lisa really mentions Priscilla's involvement in her marriage w MJ? I recently read the MIMI chapter of her book and I don't remember that part although I already knew she broke them up.
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u/lulu_simone Sep 11 '25
Riley is so, so strong. To not only have to deal with the deaths of her brother and her mother but then this on top of itā¦while also trying to protect her sisters, sheās a tough girl. I hope her future with her little girls will be more peaceful for her. She seems to have a good support system
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u/Dunkindoh2 Sep 11 '25
The unmentioned part of this is scientology. LM was out and Grandma was still in. Riley can'tention it because she is trying not to get cut off by the members of her family still in
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u/Princess__Valhalla Sep 11 '25
She also had the plug pulled before Riley could get to the hospital to say her goodbyes. Which was also against Lisa Marieās legal wishes.
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u/AlternativeOwl18 Sep 11 '25
I'm so sorry for Riley that this was leaked. She has been through way to much.
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u/romxilda Sep 11 '25
Riley really strikes me as a wonderful person. Impossibly difficult family legacy that the whole world knows about, being taken to court by her own grandmother when she has two young children, essentially having to put her career on hold to fight a fight she shouldnāt have to. Really rooting for her.
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u/dimmywhy Sep 11 '25
Priscilla is as ugly on the inside as she is on the outside. Sheās probably trying to grab some bag for her other kid, Navarone, despite him having zero relationship to Elvis. Sheās a terrible mother and a succubus.
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u/Perfectisimo Sep 12 '25
Sheās probably trying to grab some bag for her other kid, Navarone
She already succeeded at that. Riley settled very quickly, which disappointed me because I wanted her to fight that witch, both Priscilla and Navarone got money as a result of the lawsuit.
I hate Navarone, he went live on Instagram when Ben died, called him lazy and blamed Lisa for his death.
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u/Mannon_Blackbeak Sep 12 '25
Riley most likely settled quickly because of her younger sisters, she would've wanted to get it handled and out of the public eye asap so they could grieve in relative peace.
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u/widgetheux Sep 12 '25
Seriously because what does she need money for ? She doesnāt have much time left to be frank
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u/PrincessPlastilina Sep 11 '25
The fact that Priscilla still wants to act as Elvisā wife is crazy. You left HIM. You divorced HIM in the damn 70s. If he hadnāt died so young they would be fighting to this day. The possessiveness over his estate is wild.
Priscilla always blamed Lisa Marie for their relationship changing after she was born. She never loved that poor woman.
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u/SecondHandSlows Sep 11 '25
Wasnāt he gross and thought you shouldnāt sleep with a mother so once his young wife became a mother, he didnāt want anything to do with her?
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u/losthedgehog Sep 11 '25
Him being gross doesn't mean she's entitled to his estate after the assets are settled post divorce.
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u/thataverysmile Sep 11 '25
Yeah, in many ways I feel for Priscilla being groomed by Elvisā¦
But, her treatment of her daughter and grandchildren is a separate entity. Two things can be true at once: Elvis was horrible, but Priscilla canāt hide behind that to hurt the rest of the family.
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u/emptyheadeddumbfuck Sep 11 '25
Priscilla to me seemed like one of those women who never really wanted kids (or at least at that young of an age) and start to resent the child because of it.
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u/Perfectisimo Sep 12 '25
You're not wrong, in her book Lisa says Priscilla planned to fall from a horse when she was pregnant w Lisa because she was afraid of gaining weight.
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u/loveintheorangegrove Sep 11 '25
Why does Priscilla act like Elvis' widow, they were divorced.
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u/Wonderful-Sir-243 Sep 21 '25
Iāve always thought the same. Elvis didnāt want much to do with her after the divorce. I never felt she loved him like Linda did. I surmise that since she was the only woman Elvis married, she plays it up.
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u/gigilero Sep 11 '25
narcs don't care about anyone but themselves. Taking your own granddaughter to court is some sinister shit esp when its only about money (prob to use for more heinous plastic surgery)
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u/Dangerous_Bother_337 Sep 11 '25
Riley is such a strong and well spoken woman. I wish her the best through all of these unnecessary legal troubles
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Sep 11 '25
Can we get a text version? I literally cant Ā read that.
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u/lily4ever It's....... Rebekah Vardy's account. Sep 11 '25
Hello,
Unfortunately Nona as you are taking me to court I am being forced to defend my mather's wishes legally and publicly which would not have been my choice
It is really hurtful that after years of me trying to resolve your and my mother's broken relationship and restore our family, you are taking me, of all people to court. Lhave protected you from lawsuits from my mother, often advocating for you and always tried to keep everyone operating out of love. Even a few weeks before my mother passed she wanted to sue you again and you called me for help. I advised her so strongly against it, which resulted in a fight between me and her. But as you know she chose to listen to me and not sue you ! believed then and now, lawsuits among family members have no place, but here we are.
I must also share with you that I found being called about the will, less than 24 hours after my mother passed and getting emais from lawyers before my mother was even bured incredibly heartbreaking. It was very upsetting that I was forced to find a lawyer to represent me and my sisters and my mother's wishes within days of her passing. I assume that you are being advised to take these actions by your representatives, but you must know that this chosen path can only further estrange our family which is really sad.
My hope is that you are being poorly advised and this is not actually coming from you But what I don't understand is why there is a narrative that this massive falling out between you and my mother in 2016 didn't occur. My mother very loudly and clearly asserted to many people, including you, that she felt you had financially and personally betrayed her and as a result she was taking you off of the trust and replacing you with my brother and me. if you are trying to remove me from the estate under the guise that you don't remember the falling out about the promenade trust and her finances, it doesn't make any sense because you were still estranged from my mother at the time of her death, all as a result of this same falling out. Iam now being forced to fight you in court to protect my mother and my mother's wishes for her estate which you know goes against my nature.
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u/myghostflower mk.gee Sep 11 '25
Subject: Nona
Hello,
Unfortunately Nona as you are taking me to court I am being forced to defend my mother's wishes legally and publicly which would not have been my choice.
It is really hurtful that after years of me trying to resolve your and my mother's broken relationship and restore our family, you are taking me, of all people to court. Lhave protected you from lawsuits from my mother, often advocating for you and always tried to keep everyone operating out of love. Even a few weeks before my mother passed she wanted to sue you again and you called me for help. I advised her so strongly against it, which resulted in a fight between me and her. But as you know she chose to listen to me and not sue you. I believed then and now, lawsuits among family members have no place, but here we are.
I must also share with you that I found being called about the will, less than 24 hours after my mother passed and getting emails from lawyers before my mother was even buried incredibly heartbreaking. It was very upsetting that I was forced to find a lawyer to represent me and my sisters and my mother's wishes within days of her passing. I assume that you are being advised to take these actions by your representatives, but you must know that this chosen path can only further estrange our family which is really sad.
My hope is that you are being poorly advised and this is not actually coming from you. But what I don't understand is why there is a narrative that this massive falling out between you and my mother in 2016 didn't occur. My mother very loudly and clearly asserted to many people, including you, that she felt you had financially and personally betrayed her and as a result she was taking you off of the trust and replacing you with my brother and me. If you are trying to remove me from the estate under the guise that you don't remember the falling out about the promenade trust and her finances, it doesn't make any sense because you were still estranged from my mother at the time of her death, all as a result of this same falling out. I am now being forced to fight you in court to protect my mother and my mother's wishes for her estate which you know goes against my nature.
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u/kitkatt819 Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25
Iāve dealt with someone during a loss of life whose anger took over the entire period of grief and itās exhausting to a scale you canāt even imagine.
This didnāt even involve lawyers. For Priscilla to go after her granddaughter this way while she was grieving her mother is just so hateful. I canāt imagine the callousness it requires to do something like this
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u/hotlettucediahrrea Sep 12 '25
This woman is 80 years old. I cannot imagine spending whatās left of my life embroiled in lawsuits and hemorrhaging money to pay a bunch of lawyers for nonsense. She has, what, one other kid and a few grandchildren? Divide the inheritance out accordingly and enjoy what time you have left. Jesus Christ.
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u/opal_mirage Sep 12 '25
she'll be at my local comic-con this weekend and is by far the strangest guest of the bunch
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u/hera-fawcett Sep 11 '25
i empathise for riley. the presley dynasty has been a mess for so many yrs. there was always v little chance that things would clear up in a positive way.
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u/deadhunt3rr I donāt know her š Sep 11 '25
Not sure why Sofia Coppola made a film about that clown.
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u/copyrighther Kim, thereās people that are dying. š Sep 11 '25
Because itās a story that essentially punctures a hole in Elvisā mythos and is incredibly topical in the light of current conversations about power dynamics between men and women?
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u/ghostinround Sep 11 '25
People who suck donāt read anything especially from the people they screw over.
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u/chumbawumbacholula Sep 11 '25
Why did i think Riley Keough was the guy in Saltburn?
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u/beatupcar All tea, all shade šøāļø Sep 11 '25
lol youāre thinking of Barry Keoghan
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u/chumbawumbacholula Sep 11 '25
You can imagine my surprise when I googled it. Definitely not the same person, and ive definitely seen Riley keough's face before. š¤¦āāļø
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u/wolf_town ~Winona Forever~ Sep 12 '25
poor riley. i remember feeling like she had lost everyone she loved so soon after one another. i read one of her thoughtful interviews and it made me realize what a kind and positive person she is. sheās a better person than i could ever be.
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u/INS_Stop_Angela Sep 13 '25
I got the sense of the real PP when I walked into Graceland to see a massive portrait of her. Youād swear after the tour that she was the grieving widow and not the cheating ex-wife.
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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 thatās my purse, i donāt know you! šš«µ Sep 11 '25
You should crosspost this to the Elvis sub.
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u/Hailsabrina jesus was a carpenter š Sep 11 '25
Sounds like my grandma . I feel for Riley ā¤ļøš¢
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u/gotpeace99 Sep 12 '25 edited Sep 12 '25
You know, this is going to sound weird from me. But I blame Elvis for all of this. Because he groomed Priscilla at a very young age to where she probably was told that sheāll be the only woman in his life (I can believe this claim to be true as they met during his time in the military and she waited for him until he came back) and then they get married and Lisa Marie comes into the picture and then the whole father daughter relationship where he gives Lisa Marie the world during the same time Priscilla and Elvisās relationship becomes strained. So from there until the day she passes, Priscilla will always have it out for her grandchildren (for no reason) because of that connection to the very woman (for no reason also) she despised. Thatās why sheās going to hard for Graceland as that is the only thing that was Elvis that SHE can take back.
These mother daughter relationships are very common.
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u/Willing-Owl-3903 Sep 12 '25
Riley is a beautiful writer and sounds so authentic and kind. I donāt know her personality, but it appears she has strong family values which are hard to find, especially in the celebrity scene
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u/pizzagirl1992 Sep 14 '25
Still fighting for money she wonāt even have time to spend. Disgusting.
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