‘I Can’t Speak Anymore’: Priscilla Presley Ends Interview After Discussing ‘Insufferable’ Loss Of A number of Household Members

Priscilla Presley broke down in tears throughout an look on Piers Morgan’s present and requested to finish the interview after opening up about a number of household tragedies.
Morgan questioned Elvis Presley’s widow in regards to the lack of her daughter, Lisa Marie, who died of a bowel obstruction in January on the age of 54. Presley wept as she described Lisa Marie’s unhappiness over her son Benjamin Keough’s suicide and the emotional turmoil that ensued afterward. The enormity of the losses she suffered turned an excessive amount of to bear throughout her dialogue. “I can’t discuss anymore, are you able to cease the digicam, please?” she mentioned, because the tears flowed throughout a teaser clip of the interview.
The complete interview is about to air at 8:00 p.m. United Kingdom time on Thursday (4:00 p.m. EST).
TONIGHT: Priscilla Presley opens as much as Piers Morgan about dropping her daughter Lisa-Marie earlier this 12 months, being married to Elvis and extra.
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The actress and businesswoman, who married Elvis in 1967 and divorced him in 1973, rigorously guards her privateness and infrequently engages in interviews, however agreed to speak with Morgan in regards to the new film “Priscilla,” Sofia Coppola’s biopic about her life.
Morgan famous her demeanor and mentioned that she had admitted to feeling harassed earlier than sitting down with him.
Opening up about her hesitation, Presley mentioned, “You simply don’t know what’s going to return at you, you understand?” in keeping with the New York Submit.
It shortly turned evident that the subject of non-public loss was an excessive amount of for her to bear.
The 78-year-old former partner of the “King of Rock and Roll” spoke slowly through the emotional interview, as she mirrored on the sequence of tragic occasions which have affected her household.
Morgan touched on the demise of Presley’s mom, Anna Lillian Iversen, in 2021, together with that of her grandson, Ben, in 2020 and her daughter in 2023.
“They are saying that it’s the worst doable factor to lose a baby. It should have been significantly painful, insufferable” Morgan mentioned.
“It’s, it was insufferable, you understand. I misplaced my mom, I misplaced my grandson, and I misplaced my daughter,” Presley responded, including that “[l]osing Ben” was “the toughest factor” for Lisa Marie. (RELATED: Celebrities Mourn The Loss Of Lisa Marie Presley)
“He took his life and he was — I imply he was — the love of her life,” she mentioned.
Presley spoke in regards to the anguish Lisa Marie felt when her son died, and the way deeply her personal psychological well being was affected. As she began to clarify the devastation, she broke down and requested to cease the interview. And with that, the cameras have been lower.