Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, and Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are just a few “power couples” in music. Before any of those individuals married, one of the original music “power couples” was Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley. After first meeting one another in 1975 at an Elvis concert, Jackson and Presley got married nearly two decades later on this day, May 26, 1994.
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Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley only remained married for two years, as the two divorced in 1996 due to a lack of compatibility. However, folks have speculated that Jackson’s drug abuse and perfectionist attitude also contributed to the divorce. They officially divorced on August 20, 1996. Regardless, before the two divorced, they were both seemingly smitten with one another. As a matter of fact, after Jackson professed his love to her, Presley recalled in her memoir, Here To The Great Unknown, that “by then, I felt I was in love with him too.”
Prior to their wedding, Presley’s husband was Danny Keough, who is the father of Riley Keough and the late Benjamin Keough. However, in order to marry Jackson, Presley quickly divorced Keough. Weeks later, Presley and Jackson married in a small ceremony in the Dominican Republic. Concerning the wedding, Lisa Marie stated that she was “very much in love with Michael.”
“I dedicate my life to being his wife,” she said, per Business Insider. “I understand and support him. We both look forward to raising a family.”
Behind Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley’s First Encounter
When Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson first met in 1975, she was seven years old. Jackson was 17 years old and still a member of the Jackson 5. Following their initial interaction, the two remained in contact and spoke with each other over the phone.
“I thought he was lonely and needed a friend,” Presley wrote in her memoir, recalling their early relationship. “But he was pursuing me.”
Despite the accusations Jackson faced during their marriage and the pair’s very odd early relationship, Presley still called her time with Jackson as “one of the highest points in [her] life,” per Oprah.com. Around 13 years after their divorce, Michael Jackson died in 2009.
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