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But Priscilla’s reaction wasn’t just about the speed of the marriage. She saw the bigger game.
She reveals that Jackson was “allying himself” with Elvis’ family at a time when he “desperately needed good publicity.” The pop star had just been hit with the 1993 allegations of child sexual abuse – accusations that Priscilla suggests were weaponized to control him while shielding other powerful figures.
To her, Jackson’s pursuit of Lisa Marie looked like a PR move, not genuine love.
Strange and Bizarre Behavior
Priscilla also details her personal experiences with Jackson – and the stories paint a troubling picture.
During gatherings at Lisa Marie’s home, Jackson refused to interact with adults. Instead, he’d disappear into the backyard to play ball with children.
“He wanted nothing to do with me,” Priscilla writes, calling their relationship “bizarre.”
Even at an Elvis tribute in Memphis, Jackson avoided her entirely. She recalls that he “didn’t come out to greet” her, only popping in briefly to grab a hat before vanishing again.
For someone supposedly embracing the Presley family legacy, Jackson seemed to want nothing to do with Elvis’ actual widow.
The “Big Red Flag”
Perhaps the most chilling detail Priscilla shares involves Jackson’s obsession with having children.
Soon after the wedding, Jackson pressured Lisa Marie to start a family. When she hesitated, he issued a threat that Priscilla calls a “big red flag” – saying he’d have a child with Debbie Rowe if Lisa Marie wouldn’t.
That kind of ultimatum, Priscilla suggests, exposed the real motive behind his marriage: image, not intimacy.
Lisa Marie refused, and their relationship spiraled downward. Jackson would disappear for days without explanation, leaving her increasingly miserable under the constant glare of the media.
A Marriage Built on Sand
By January 1996, Lisa Marie had enough. She filed for divorce and confided in her mother that the whole thing was “a setup.”
Priscilla says her reaction was instant: “I could practically hear Elvis sigh with relief.”
For her, the writing had always been on the wall. Jackson needed the Presley name to clean up his image. Lisa Marie wanted to save him. And in the end, both were left disillusioned.
Later that year, Jackson followed through on his threat, marrying Debbie Rowe and having children with her – exactly as he promised when Lisa Marie refused.
The Legacy of Manipulation
Priscilla’s revelations strip away the fairy tale image that was pushed in the press at the time.
She casts Jackson not as a tragic romantic figure but as “a manipulative man” who targeted her vulnerable daughter when he needed her most.
The marriage may have grabbed headlines in the ‘90s, but now, three decades later, the truth is finally out: it was never about love – it was about survival.
