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Priscilla Presley slams ‘manipulative’ Michael Jackson marriage to Lisa Marie Presley

In her new memoir, Priscilla Presley confesses she was “appalled” by Michael Jackson’s marriage to Lisa Marie Presley and shares what Elvis would have thought.

Priscilla Presley slams ‘manipulative’ Michael Jackson marriage to Lisa Marie (Picture: GETTY)

Elvis Presley’s solely youngster, Lisa Marie Presley, was married 4 instances in her transient 54 years, together with to Michael Jackson for a few years within the early Nineties.

And now her mom, Priscilla Presley, has spoken out about her disapproval in her new memoir, Softly, As I Go away You: Life After Elvis.

The 80-year-old wrote: “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.”

She wrote that the King of Pop, who died aged 50 in 2009, wanted “good publicity” following his alleged youngster abuse, which he denied.

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Based on The Solar, Priscilla wrote: “Michael was a manipulative man, and I feel he had his sights set on her lengthy earlier than she realised it. The childlike innocence he projected was a part of his public masks… I requested her if they’d a bodily relationship. Like so many individuals, I wasn’t certain. She stated ‘Yeah.”

Lisa Marie addressed “controlling and calculating” Jackson’s virginity and youngster abuse allegations in her posthumous memoir, From Right here to the Nice Unknown.

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As for what Lisa’s father, who died aged 42 in 1977, would have made from the wedding to the King of Pop, Priscilla addressed this too. After simply two years of marriage, Lisa Marie filed for divorce and her mom wrote: “I may virtually hear Elvis sigh with aid.”

Softly, As I Go away You: Life After Elvis by Priscilla Presley is revealed tomorrow.

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