Inside the Presley family’s tragic legacy of addiction, heartbreak & death
nypost.comwere at the Memphis mansion that Elvis called home, to introduce director Baz Luhrmann’s biopic starring Austin Butler as the icon.As Riley, 33, has previously stated, she broke down in tears while watching the movie for the first time with her mom and grandma. “I started crying five minutes in and didn’t stop.
There’s a lot of family trauma and generational trauma that started around then for our family.”That multi-generational trauma has included addiction, divorce and tragic death.For Lisa Marie, 54, the screening was her first public appearance since the devastating loss of her son Benjamin Keough, 27, who committed suicide in July 2020.She had not joined her mom and daughter at the film’s official premiere at Cannes Film Festival in May.
As she was introduced by Luhrmann, Lisa Marie was greeted by screams of “We love you, Lisa” from the audience. “I love you too,” she replied.In a video seen by The Post, she told the crowd: “My life is a little bit kind of down right now.
You’re pulling me up. so thank you.“I’m so proud of this movie, I really am … To be honest, I haven’t really left my house for the last two years unless it has to do with my children, so to get me to leave like California and fly to Memphis and be here, aside from coming to visit my [son’s grave, at Graceland], it’s a big deal.”The Post is told that Lisa Marie, who has been open over the years about her struggles with addiction, continues to be supported by her first husband, Danny Keough, the father of Benjamin and Riley.
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