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Priscilla Presley Talks "Dark" Journey After Lisa Marie Presley's Death
Austin Butler is opening up astir his relationship with the precocious Lisa Marie Presley.
During the Jan. 30 occurrence of The Tonight Show, the Elvis histrion reflected connected his bond with Priscilla and Elvis Presley's girl and recalled gathering her for the archetypal time.
"I archetypal met Lisa erstwhile we screened the movie astatine Graceland, and I've ne'er had an acquisition wherever I met idiosyncratic and felt an contiguous extent of narration to them," helium told big Jimmy Fallon. "And she was a idiosyncratic who didn't truly person thing to beryllium and wouldn't unfastened up to everybody, and she conscionable opened up to me. And we got truthful adjacent truthful fast. So, it's conscionable devastating."
Lisa Marie died astatine the property of 54 connected Jan. 12. Her passing came soon aft she'd been rushed to the hospital, with a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department telling Entertainment Tonight she'd suffered a cardiac arrest. An authoritative origin of decease has yet to beryllium revealed.
Just 2 days earlier her death, Lisa Marie attended the 2023 Golden Globes with Priscilla, wherever they watched Austin instrumentality location the trophy successful the Best Actor successful a Motion Picture, Drama category for his portrayal of Elvis.
"It's weird successful moments similar this due to the fact that it's truthful bittersweet," the 31-year-old prima continued. "I mean, truthful overmuch large worldly is happening, but I'm conscionable devastated for her household and for her to not beryllium present celebrating with us….To get to beryllium with her astatine the Golden Globes, like, I'll ne'er hide that for the remainder of my life."
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Austin said helium has galore memories of Lisa Marie that he'll ever remember, similar erstwhile she showed him a brace of her dad's slippers.
"I get goose bumps," helium shared. "That was aft we screened the film. His chamber is simply a spot that astir radical ne'er get to see, and she said, 'You know, I wanna amusement you something.' And she took maine up determination and it was—I mean, moments similar that. We conscionable sat successful his bedroom. And up determination he's not Elvis, helium was conscionable dad. So to perceive those stories, and I genuinely volition treasure that forever."
After Lisa Marie died, Austin attended her nationalist memorial successful Graceland, wherever she was laid to rest adjacent to her precocious lad Benjamin Keough. The Oscar nominee also paid tribute to her, noting successful a connection to E! News that his "heart is wholly shattered" for her daughter Riley Keough, 33; twins Finley and Harper Lockwood, 14; and ma Priscilla.
"I americium eternally grateful for the clip I was fortunate capable to beryllium adjacent her agleam airy and volition everlastingly cherish the quiescent moments we shared," Austin added. "Her warmth, her emotion and her authenticity volition ever beryllium remembered."
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