Lisa Marie Presley 'regrets' she didn't save Michael Jackson
Oprah Winfrey, who sat down last night at the University of Illinois in Chicago to present Toni Morrison the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, aired a revealing interview with Lisa Marie Presley on her show today.
The topic was Presley's ex-husband, Michael Jackson. Presley has not spoken about her ex-husband's death except for a blog post soon after he died on June 25, 2009. And at the end of this interview, she swore she is never going to talk about Jackson again.
Lisa Marie recalled that the day Michael died. "I was crying all day," she told Oprah. She didn't know why. Finally, she got word. "Actually, John Travolta was one of the first texts I got, asking, "Are you all right?'"
Her reaction: "Real honest-to-goodness shock. I was floored. Honestly floored."
In the lengthy interview, Presley also revealed:
- "In every sense it was a normal marriage."
- "He was like a little gnome. because it was hard for him to sleep. I'd hear him piddling. It was a bit endearing and I didn't mind it. But he did have a hard time sleeping, yes."
- "I loved taking care of him. It was the highest point of my life."
-"He was like a drug for me. I always wanted to be around him. I never felt like that feeling with another human being except for one -- my father."
-Was there a lot of pressure to have a baby? "Yes," she said adding that Michael told her Debbie Rowe was willing to have one.
- "We would have three-day arguments, taking a break to eat or sleep," she said. Michael "really tried" to make the relationship work at times. "I didn't appreciate it then."
- "We were so united and then at some point he pushed me out."
- Their last "coherently good" conversation was in 2005. "I was so removed from him and he could feel it and hear it. I was very distant ... He was asking me, he wanted to tell me that I was right about a lot of people around him. And he asked if I still loved him. ... I told him I was indifferent and he didn't like that word. And the final part of the conversation was him telling me that someone was going to try and kill him to get a hold of his catalog and estate. And I really didn't know what to do with that."
- As she stood over his casket, was she able to make peace? "No. I wanted to apologize. I felt like I wanted to apologize for not being around."
- Could she have saved him? "Naively, I want to say: I wanted to. Could I have? Had I made a call? Had I stopped being so shut off from him? Had I just said, 'How are you?' I really did regret that I didn't."
- "If he didn't want you around, he could make you go away, including his own family. I think that was a train headed in a certain direction I don't think anyone could have stopped."
I always though she hated him. Its nice to see she actually cares about him. Oprah clearly believes Michael is a pedophile so idk why she even asked the question again.
I always though she hated him. Its nice to see she actually cares about him. Oprah clearly believes Michael is a pedophile so idk why she even asked the question again.
Yes Oprah is a bitch, she is always asking that questions to people who were close to Michael and she always gets the same answer, NO ONE SAW ANYTHING INAPPROPRIATE and michael was found NOT GUILTY.
About Lisa Marie i knew she was in love with him, you don't become bitter about an ex the way she was unless you still have feelings for them. Now she will always have this guilty conscience.
I always though she hated him. Its nice to see she actually cares about him. Oprah clearly believes Michael is a pedophile so idk why she even asked the question again.
Yep, she's been tactful since his death since it's no longer popular to hate on him, but it's obvious Oprah doesn't think well of Michael. But despite this she's still obsessed with him, as shown by this interview, getting the first interview with Katherine Jackson and mentioning him randomly in her Forbes interview and whatnot. Obviously he stays on her mind.
In any case, I won't be watching this. Last spoke to him in 2005? Not interested. Though the bit about him worrying about being murdered for his catalog is interesting...
I've never liked her. I don't like how she handled herself after her seperation with MJ, making fun of him and what not. Oprah is just using him for ratings, he made her a star after her interview with him in the 90's. I don't know how I feel about the whole situation.
Well I don't know how you can just make fun of someone that you once loved, and not stand up for him. That just means you didn't know how to love him in the 1st place. I won't watch this interview anyway, don't like the woman, and it's far too late for regrets anyway. They all let him down when he needed them and now they go on tv telling how sorry they are. I feel so hurt right now, I have tears in my eyes, the man was so unlucky, only surrounded by bad people.
