‘OG Calabasas Girl’ Riley Keough Reflects on ‘Wild Stepfathers,’ Surprising Kardashian Connection
08.08.2023 - 18:31
/ usmagazine.com
Riley Keough’s Hollywood connections extend beyond her famous Presley family.
In her September 2023 Vanity Fair cover story, the 34-year-old daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and Danny Keough reflected on her “very extreme” childhood.. “In hindsight, I can see how crazy these things would be to somebody from the outside. But when you’re living in them, it’s just your life and your family,” she explained.
Lisa Marie, who died in January, was married to Riley’s father from 1988 to 1994. Less than three weeks after her divorce from Danny, now 58, Lisa Marie exchanged vows with Michael Jackson. At the time, the marriage was seen as a publicity stunt — but Lisa Marie asserted in a statement that she was “very much in love” with Jackson.
The pair’s marriage lasted less than two years, but Riley has fond memories of Jackson. “I think he really got a kick out of being able to make people happy, in the most epic way possible, which I think he and my grandfather had in common,” she told Vanity Fair, referring to Elvis Presley.
Riley noted that she “spent more time” at Jackson’s Neverland estate than her family’s Graceland property. “That was a real home, whereas Graceland was a museum in my lifetime,” she said.
Lisa Marie and Jackson, who died in 2009, finalized their divorce in 1996. Following a brief engagement to musician John Oszajca, Lisa Marie married Nicolas Cage in August 2002. They called it quits that November.
“He’s a great actor,” Riley told Vanity Fair of Cage, 59, adding that she doesn’t keep in touch with her mom’s ex — but would consider working with him on a movie. “I’ve had some wild stepfathers. Famous and not famous.”
Baz Luhrmann, who explored the Presley legacy in the 2022 movie Elvis, compared Riley’s family tree to