Priscilla Presley says she thinks Michael Jackson married her daughter Lisa Marie because of his 'intrigue' over her father Elvis: 'I was concerned'

Priscilla Presley has admitted she was wary of her son-in-law Michael Jackson during his two-year matrimony to her girl Lisa Marie.

The woman of Elvis Presley, 78, said that she had concerns that Michael's liking successful her girl was only owed to his 'intrigue' complete her father.

Priscilla besides claimed that Lisa Marie confided successful her astir Michael's regular absences, revealing that he would vanish for days connected end.

Speaking to Piers Morgan connected Talk TV, Priscilla said she had an honorable speech pinch Lisa Marie astir her narration pinch Michael.

Priscilla recalled: 'She said, "Mom, I'm really concerned," this is while they were married, and she said, "I ne'er spot him. He is ever gone."

When she pressed her connected wherever he goes to, Priscilla said that Lisa Marie admitted she didn't cognize wherever he was and he would conscionable telephone 3 aliases 4 days later.

Priscilla went connected to talk her fears complete Michael's liking successful Elvis, saying: 'I ever felt that Michael Jackson loved Elvis, aliases respected Elvis, truthful I ever felt that having nan name, associated pinch nan sanction pinch his daughter, I was concerned. I told her…'

When asked if she thought that was his main information for marrying Lisa Marie, she said that she did and added: 'I ne'er really sewage to cognize him'.

Piers past questioned if she would person preferred them not to person married, and she said: 'Yes, conscionable because I felt that he was truthful intrigued astir Elvis.', adding that he thought he was pinch her 'because she was a Presley'.

The mates met erstwhile Lisa Marie was conscionable a kid and a person of Michael's music, but she wouldn't go his person until they reconnected astir 2 decades later.

Many accused nan mates of marrying to distract nan world shape nan damning kid molestation accusations against Michael. The mates ever maintained their authenticity.

Lisa Marie was a Jackson 5 instrumentality erstwhile she was a child, and astatine 7 years aged her begetter brought her backmost shape astatine 1 of Jackson's concerts to meet Michael.

An worker of Michael's told People mag successful 1994 that Lisa Marie 'has known Michael almost each of her life, and they "stayed successful touch", aft their first meeting. 

Their relationship was rekindled successful 1992 aft they met again successful LA. Lisa Marie was joined astatine nan clip to nan musician Danny Keough, who she had 2 children with.

In 1993 erstwhile Jackson was accused of molesting 13-year-old Jordan Chandler, he and Lisa Marie talked regularly connected nan telephone and she became his support strategy passim nan investigation and its publicity.

During 1 of those telephone calls, Michael reportedly asked Lisa Marie if she would wed him if he asked her to.

Biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli, wrote: 'Michael weighted Lisa's settling effect connected him, truthful overmuch truthful that during his telephone conversation, he posed a mobility that amazed some of them, ''If I asked you to wed me, would you do it?' … Without missing a beat, she replied, "I would do it".

Lisa Marie's six-year matrimony to Keough was falling isolated astatine nan time, and months later successful May 1994 she and Michael jetted disconnected to nan Dominican Republic to flight nan property and elope. 

Lisa Marie revenge for a quickie divorcement from Keough, and she and Jackson were joined successful a 15 infinitesimal ceremony. They some wore black, and Jackson donned a cowboy chapeau and bolo tie.

The brace kept their matrimony concealed passim nan summertime arsenic rumours swirled, until Lisa Marie yet confirmed it successful a connection that August.

'My joined sanction is Mrs. Lisa Marie Presley-Jackson. My matrimony to Michael Jackson took spot successful a backstage ceremonial extracurricular nan United States weeks ago,' she said.

'I americium very overmuch successful emotion pinch Michael. I dedicate my life to being his wife. I understand and support him. We some look guardant to raising a family.'

A period later she and Jackson opened nan MTV Video Music Awards together. Walking retired connected nan shape hand-in-hand.

'Welcome to nan MTV Video Music Awards,' he said. Then, waiting different infinitesimal for nan applause to dice down again, he said pinch a not to Lisa Marie, "I'm very happy to beryllium here. Just think, cipher thought this would last."

He past planted a spot lip-locking buss connected his woman and pulled her successful adjacent arsenic nan crowd went wild. They past walked disconnected stage.

As nan mates continued to make nationalist appearances together crossed 1994 and into 1995, rumours began to swirl that they did not person sex.

They addressed nan whispers successful June of 1995 during an interviewed pinch Diane Sawyer. 

'Do we person sex?' Lisa Marie said, and together she and Jackson exclaimed 'Yes! Yes! Yes!' They added that they intended to person children together.

As if to accentuate their intersexual stance, a period later Michael released nan euphony video for You Are Not Alone, which prominently featured him and Lisa Marie canoodling, dripping bedewed and successful nan nude.

Rumours astir nan authorities of their matrimony continued to canine nan mates passim 1995, and yet came to fruition erstwhile they separated successful December of that year.

A period later Lisa Marie revenge for divorce, citing 'irreconcilable differences'.

Nevertheless, nan 2 tried to reconcile passim nan precocious 90s, pinch Lisa Marie walking nan world to beryllium pinch Michael astatine times, and nan brace occasionally being spotting together during his world tours.

Michael joined caregiver Debbie Rowe successful 1996 - who he would person 2 children pinch earlier divorcing successful 2000 - and Lisa Marie joined character Nicholas Cage successful 2002.

In 2003, Lisa Marie told Rolling Stone she was pulled into nan narration pinch Michael retired of a desire to prevention him during his first kid molestation charges. 

'You get sucked into the, "You poor, misunderstood person, you…" I'm a sucker for that,' she said. 'I sewage into this whole, "I'm going to prevention you" thing.'

Speaking pinch Oprah aft his death, she said caring for Michael was 1 of nan 'highest points' of her life.

'I loved taking attraction of him,' she said. 'It was 1 of nan highest points successful my life erstwhile things were going really well, and he and I were united. It was a very profound clip of my life.'