Topics: Celebrity, Music, Piers Morgan, US News, Lisa Marie Presley
Elvis Presley's wife, Priscilla, became emotional as she revealed their daughter was feeling 'suicidal' before her untimely death.
Elvis' only daughter Lisa Marie passed away on 12 January at the age of 54, after suffering from a small bowel obstruction.
Her death came less than three years after her own son, Benjamin Keough, took his own life in July 2020.
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Lisa Marie's mom, Priscilla, opened up about the loss of her family members as she sat down with journalist Piers Morgan for an interview on TalkTV this week.
During the interview, she opened up about her relationship with Elvis, the movie about his life, and their wider family.
Morgan addressed Lisa Marie's death and said it must have been 'unbearable' for Priscilla, who pointed out that she'd also lost her own mom not too long after Benjamin's death.
"It was unbearable. I lost my mother, I lost my grandson and I lost my daughter," she said.
Priscilla went on to say that losing Benjamin was the 'hardest thing' for Lisa Marie, who 'adored' her son and considered him 'the love of her life', according to Priscilla.
"She would do anything for him. Anything," she continued.
The mom recalled the impacts of Benjamin's death on her daughter, recalling how they were sat together in Memphis one day when Lisa Marie indicated that she was struggling with suicidal thoughts.
Priscilla said: "We were sitting in Memphis in the suit, she said 'I don't know, I don't know if I want to be here'.
"And I would go 'what are you talking about?'
"And she would go on about Ben and how she was still grieving, this was a couple of months before [she died]."
Morgan clarified that Lisa Marie was 'feeling almost suicidal herself', to which Priscilla responded: "I think so."
The interviewer admitted the situation was 'so sad', which prompted Priscilla to become emotional as she put her hand up and said: "Don't talk any more."
She appeared to tear up as she attempted to gather herself to carry on, turning away from the camera as she did so.
Elsewhere in the interview, Priscilla said it was 'devastating' to lose Elvis in 1977, saying her 'big concern' was Lisa Marie, who was just nine years old at the time.
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