For a long time, Priscilla Presley felt that her marriage to Elvis Presley was on shaky ground. He was rarely home, and she began to feel that they lived entirely separate lives. While she loved Elvis and wished their marriage could work, she knew that Elvis wasn’t willing to do what was necessary to keep their relationship alive.
Priscilla Presley said Elvis wouldn’t take action to save their marriage
In the final days of Priscilla and Elvis’ marriage, she felt that they had grown apart as people. He was away so often that she had developed hobbies and friendships entirely separate from her marriage, which she had never done before. He didn’t seem to even be aware of their changing relationship, though. Even if he had been, Priscilla wasn’t sure if he would have been willing to change in meaningful enough ways.
“In order for our marriage to survive,...
Priscilla Presley said Elvis wouldn’t take action to save their marriage
In the final days of Priscilla and Elvis’ marriage, she felt that they had grown apart as people. He was away so often that she had developed hobbies and friendships entirely separate from her marriage, which she had never done before. He didn’t seem to even be aware of their changing relationship, though. Even if he had been, Priscilla wasn’t sure if he would have been willing to change in meaningful enough ways.
“In order for our marriage to survive,...
- 11/12/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In the 1970s, Elvis Presley’s grandma, Dodger, began to worry about the state of her grandson’s marriage. She had known Priscilla Presley for years and had grown close to her. While she loved her grandson deeply, she could tell that his behavior was hurting his wife. He spent long stretches away from home and didn’t want his wife or young daughter to join him on the road. When Priscilla told Dodger she was leaving Elvis, she tearfully said that she had warned him about this.
Elvis Presley’s grandma said she warned him not to spend too much time away from his family
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Elvis began touring again for the first time in years. He also played residencies in Las Vegas that kept him away for at least a month at a time. Even when he wasn’t performing, though, he stayed away from home.
Elvis Presley’s grandma said she warned him not to spend too much time away from his family
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Elvis began touring again for the first time in years. He also played residencies in Las Vegas that kept him away for at least a month at a time. Even when he wasn’t performing, though, he stayed away from home.
- 11/7/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Like many other celebrities, Elvis Presley had an entourage. They toured with him, lived with him, and served as dedicated employees. According to the other people in Elvis’ life, they were a little too devoted to the musician. One of Elvis’ backup singers said there was always a level of tension in the room when Elvis’ entourage was around. It wasn’t always clear if Elvis was aware of this.
Elvis’ entourage guarded him closely
Elvis’ piano player, Glen D. Hardin, described the entourage as a “silly boys’ club … Just one big party.” Others viewed it differently, though. Many members of the entourage had known Elvis for years and were willing to defend him by any means necessary. As a result, the musician began receiving assault and battery charges.
Though Elvis wanted them to protect him against assassination attempts, they also kept people in Elvis’ band away from him. Elvis...
Elvis’ entourage guarded him closely
Elvis’ piano player, Glen D. Hardin, described the entourage as a “silly boys’ club … Just one big party.” Others viewed it differently, though. Many members of the entourage had known Elvis for years and were willing to defend him by any means necessary. As a result, the musician began receiving assault and battery charges.
Though Elvis wanted them to protect him against assassination attempts, they also kept people in Elvis’ band away from him. Elvis...
- 11/5/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
During one of Elvis Presley’s concerts, Priscilla Presley got onstage with the musician as a joke. He brought women up to the stage each show to “give away kisses.” Priscilla decided to walk up with these women, but her joke didn’t go as planned. She spent far longer in front of the crowd than she planned and walked back to her seat in embarrassment.
Priscilla Presley got embarrassed while on stage with Elvis
Elvis spent a great deal of time away from home to perform. Even when he didn’t have concerts scheduled, he avoided returning home to Priscilla and their daughter. This left Priscilla feeling like she had to compete for his attention.
“The jokes I played on him were also efforts to get his attention,” she wrote in her book Elvis and Me. “One night, after he’d left early for a show, I put on...
Priscilla Presley got embarrassed while on stage with Elvis
Elvis spent a great deal of time away from home to perform. Even when he didn’t have concerts scheduled, he avoided returning home to Priscilla and their daughter. This left Priscilla feeling like she had to compete for his attention.
“The jokes I played on him were also efforts to get his attention,” she wrote in her book Elvis and Me. “One night, after he’d left early for a show, I put on...
- 10/28/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Priscilla Presley didn’t particularly like touring with Elvis Presley, but she liked having distance between them even less. His long stretches away from home put strain on their relationship and left Priscilla concerned about his behavior. It didn’t help that Elvis didn’t let her travel with him even if she wanted to. He banned wives from touring with him.
Elvis told Priscilla Presley she couldn’t travel with him for concerts
After a series of career disappointments, Elvis finally found success in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He had gone years without performing live, and suddenly, he began touring constantly.
“From 1971 on, he toured more than any other artist — three weeks at a time with no days off and two shows on Saturdays and Sundays,” Priscilla wrote in her book Elvis and Me.
Elvis Presley | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
She struggled with the distance between...
Elvis told Priscilla Presley she couldn’t travel with him for concerts
After a series of career disappointments, Elvis finally found success in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He had gone years without performing live, and suddenly, he began touring constantly.
“From 1971 on, he toured more than any other artist — three weeks at a time with no days off and two shows on Saturdays and Sundays,” Priscilla wrote in her book Elvis and Me.
Elvis Presley | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
She struggled with the distance between...
- 10/25/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Priscilla Presley was thrilled when Elvis Presley’s career improved, but she hadn’t realized the impact it would have on her marriage. After a comeback special and a series of successful shows in Las Vegas, Elvis was finally content in his career. Unfortunately, with this creative reinvigoration came increased time away from home. The strain of the distance grew so great that Priscilla worried her marriage wouldn’t survive.
Priscilla Presley said distance was not good for her marriage to Elvis
After thrilling the audience in a concert at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Elvis signed a five-year contract with the hotel. He would perform a series of concerts twice each year. He also began touring for the first time in years.
While Priscilla attended several of these performances, Elvis eventually told her she had to stop. He felt that if she joined him on the road, he...
Priscilla Presley said distance was not good for her marriage to Elvis
After thrilling the audience in a concert at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Elvis signed a five-year contract with the hotel. He would perform a series of concerts twice each year. He also began touring for the first time in years.
While Priscilla attended several of these performances, Elvis eventually told her she had to stop. He felt that if she joined him on the road, he...
- 10/24/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Priscilla Presley began feeling unfulfilled in her relationship with Elvis Presley after she gave birth to their daughter. She felt the passion had left their relationship as he avoided touching her. He also was frequently away filming a movie, and Priscilla knew he had a history of flings with his co-stars. She began taking dance lessons as a distraction but soon found herself falling for her teacher.
Priscilla Presley had an affair during a rough patch in her marriage to Elvis
For months after Priscilla gave birth to her daughter, Elvis hardly touched her. She began to feel unfulfilled.
“I am beginning to doubt my own sexuality as a woman,” she wrote in her diary at the time, per her book Elvis and Me. “My physical and emotional needs were unfulfilled.”
To make matters worse, Elvis “started getting into his old habits” while filming Live a Little, Love a Little.
Priscilla Presley had an affair during a rough patch in her marriage to Elvis
For months after Priscilla gave birth to her daughter, Elvis hardly touched her. She began to feel unfulfilled.
“I am beginning to doubt my own sexuality as a woman,” she wrote in her diary at the time, per her book Elvis and Me. “My physical and emotional needs were unfulfilled.”
To make matters worse, Elvis “started getting into his old habits” while filming Live a Little, Love a Little.
- 10/15/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Priscilla Presley moved into Elvis Presley’s house when she was a high school student. She bounced between Graceland and his home in Bel Air. The latter was exciting for her parents. When they left Germany, where they’d been living, they moved to Sacramento. This meant that they could see her more often. For Priscilla, their move to Sacramento was anxiety-inducing, as she didn’t want them to know the truth about her living situation with Elvis. She had to rearrange the house when they finally convinced her to let them visit.
Priscilla Presley rearranged the bedrooms at Elvis’ house in Bel Air
When Priscilla and Elvis stayed at the Bel Air home, she tried to keep her parents away from the house. After a while, though, they finally persuaded her to let them drive her home after a visit. She felt a grim obligation to invite them to dinner.
Priscilla Presley rearranged the bedrooms at Elvis’ house in Bel Air
When Priscilla and Elvis stayed at the Bel Air home, she tried to keep her parents away from the house. After a while, though, they finally persuaded her to let them drive her home after a visit. She felt a grim obligation to invite them to dinner.
- 10/14/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Priscilla Presley enjoyed much of her time with Elvis Presley, but sometimes the stress of the relationship was too much to bear. Elvis’ emotions changed rapidly, often because of his career problems. Priscilla’s biggest problem with this was that he wouldn’t talk to her about it. She felt helpless in the face of his distress, and he didn’t want to hear about her feelings about the situation. The stress of this eventually gave her an ulcer.
Priscilla Presley was in agony over the stress of her relationship with Elvis
As Elvis’ career began to fade in the mid-1960s, he grew frustrated and upset. He didn’t like the projects he had to work on, and his music sales were declining. Priscilla tried to give him advice, but this only made him angry.
“I didn’t understand his difficulty in revealing his weaknesses to me,” she wrote...
Priscilla Presley was in agony over the stress of her relationship with Elvis
As Elvis’ career began to fade in the mid-1960s, he grew frustrated and upset. He didn’t like the projects he had to work on, and his music sales were declining. Priscilla tried to give him advice, but this only made him angry.
“I didn’t understand his difficulty in revealing his weaknesses to me,” she wrote...
- 10/12/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
As Elvis Presley’s career began to decline, Priscilla Presley felt desperate to help him. She could see how his disappointing music sales and unchallenging film career frustrated him. Any time she tried to offer advice, though, he lashed out at her. Sometimes, he reacted violently. Other times, he warned her against trying to counsel him. He believed that women had no place in his affairs.
Elvis Presley told Priscilla she shouldn’t be advising him on anything
One of Elvis’ biggest career frustrations occurred when his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, and his label began to change the sound of his music. This was the part of his career he valued the most, and he wanted to have creative control. When they began to take that away from him, his spirits tanked.
“Elvis could handle only so much and then he’d lose heart,” Priscilla wrote in her book Elvis and Me.
Elvis Presley told Priscilla she shouldn’t be advising him on anything
One of Elvis’ biggest career frustrations occurred when his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, and his label began to change the sound of his music. This was the part of his career he valued the most, and he wanted to have creative control. When they began to take that away from him, his spirits tanked.
“Elvis could handle only so much and then he’d lose heart,” Priscilla wrote in her book Elvis and Me.
- 10/11/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
As Elvis Presley rose to fame, his father, Vernon, was by his side, helping him manage his affairs. Vernon and Elvis got along well, but they had different approaches to life. Elvis liked to spend extravagantly, gifting expensive presents to the people around him on a whim. Vernon was far more frugal. By the mid-1960s, he had to beg his son to stop spending so much money.
Elvis began spending money extravagantly, much to his father’s dismay
In the mid-1960s, Elvis began buying horses. Priscilla Presley had mentioned wanting one, and soon, everyone in Elvis’ entourage had one. While driving in Mississippi, Elvis and Priscilla fell in love with a 160-acre ranch. He decided that he had to have the home.
“We were determined to buy it, never foreseeing the burden it would become,” Priscilla wrote in her book Elvis and Me. “He wanted the ranch as much as I did,...
Elvis began spending money extravagantly, much to his father’s dismay
In the mid-1960s, Elvis began buying horses. Priscilla Presley had mentioned wanting one, and soon, everyone in Elvis’ entourage had one. While driving in Mississippi, Elvis and Priscilla fell in love with a 160-acre ranch. He decided that he had to have the home.
“We were determined to buy it, never foreseeing the burden it would become,” Priscilla wrote in her book Elvis and Me. “He wanted the ranch as much as I did,...
- 10/7/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Priscilla Presley never met Elvis Presley’s mother, Gladys, but she heard all about her. One of the biggest tragedies in Elvis’ life was his beloved mother’s premature death, and he spoke to Priscilla about her often. As a result, she felt she understood the dynamic between mother and son. When Elvis began pulling away from Priscilla after she gave birth to their child, she felt Elvis’ relationship with his mother was partly to blame.
Priscilla Presley shared how Elvis’ relationship with his mother impacted her marriage
Priscilla and Elvis shared one child, Lisa Marie. While Elvis loved being a father, Priscilla noted a distinct shift in the way he treated her after she gave birth. Her motherhood had a “disquieting effect on him,” she wrote in her book Elvis and Me.
“I am no purveyor of Freudian theory,” Priscilla wrote. “I believe when a man comes into the world,...
Priscilla Presley shared how Elvis’ relationship with his mother impacted her marriage
Priscilla and Elvis shared one child, Lisa Marie. While Elvis loved being a father, Priscilla noted a distinct shift in the way he treated her after she gave birth. Her motherhood had a “disquieting effect on him,” she wrote in her book Elvis and Me.
“I am no purveyor of Freudian theory,” Priscilla wrote. “I believe when a man comes into the world,...
- 10/5/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Elvis Presley invited Priscilla Beaulieu to move to Memphis to be with him. While she excitedly moved to Graceland, she quickly realized that life there was lonely. Elvis was often away filming, and Priscilla wasn’t allowed to have any friends in the house. Eventually, though, she befriended some of the people around Graceland, including a member of Elvis’ Memphis Mafia. When Elvis found them speaking, he flew into a rage.
Elvis Presley didn’t want Priscilla Presley speaking to a peer at Graceland
After Priscilla graduated from high school, she spent every waking moment with Elvis, his family, and his employees. Naturally, she grew friendly with these people, but Elvis always ensured she was at a slight distance from everyone.
“Although I became friends with the guys in Elvis’ retinue, he never let me, or anyone else, forget that I was his girl,” Priscilla wrote in her book Elvis and Me.
Elvis Presley didn’t want Priscilla Presley speaking to a peer at Graceland
After Priscilla graduated from high school, she spent every waking moment with Elvis, his family, and his employees. Naturally, she grew friendly with these people, but Elvis always ensured she was at a slight distance from everyone.
“Although I became friends with the guys in Elvis’ retinue, he never let me, or anyone else, forget that I was his girl,” Priscilla wrote in her book Elvis and Me.
- 9/22/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Priscilla Presley was 10 years younger than Elvis, but she enjoyed treating him like a baby. She explained that she did everything for him, overseeing operations at Graceland to ensure all was to his liking. She enjoyed doing this for him, but she would also face his wrath if she didn’t. Elvis would fly into a rage if everything weren’t as he wanted.
Priscilla Presley said she did everything for Elvis
Priscilla Presley moved into Graceland when she was a teenager. She balanced her high school classes with overseeing the household. Elvis slept late into the afternoon, so by the time she returned from school, she had time to prepare his breakfast and ensure everything was perfect for him.
“I loved babying Elvis,” she wrote in her book Elvis and Me. “He had a little boy quality that could bring out the mother instinct in any woman, a beguiling way of seeming utterly dependent.
Priscilla Presley said she did everything for Elvis
Priscilla Presley moved into Graceland when she was a teenager. She balanced her high school classes with overseeing the household. Elvis slept late into the afternoon, so by the time she returned from school, she had time to prepare his breakfast and ensure everything was perfect for him.
“I loved babying Elvis,” she wrote in her book Elvis and Me. “He had a little boy quality that could bring out the mother instinct in any woman, a beguiling way of seeming utterly dependent.
- 9/21/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Elvis Presley was in a career flux when he met Priscilla Presley in 1959. Out of the public eye, he reinvented himself while stationed in Germany as a member of the United States Army. Seeing his shift on a personal and professional level for many years led Priscilla to reveal in a 1985 interview that the many changes Elvis endured throughout his career shaped their day-to-day life.
Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley were photographed in 1970 | Oscar Abolafia/Tplp/Getty Images Priscilla Presley claims that her marriage to Elvis Presley was determined by how his career was going
In an interview with Barbara Walters, Priscilla Presley said her marriage to Elvis Presley was in a constant state of flux and determined by the highs and lows of his career. She responded to Walters’ question that her union rode waves of uncertainty regarding Elvis’ professional life.
“That’s true,” Priscilla said. “He would just have low points.
Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley were photographed in 1970 | Oscar Abolafia/Tplp/Getty Images Priscilla Presley claims that her marriage to Elvis Presley was determined by how his career was going
In an interview with Barbara Walters, Priscilla Presley said her marriage to Elvis Presley was in a constant state of flux and determined by the highs and lows of his career. She responded to Walters’ question that her union rode waves of uncertainty regarding Elvis’ professional life.
“That’s true,” Priscilla said. “He would just have low points.
- 7/4/2023
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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