Riley Keough is trying to save mom Lisa Marie Presley’s legacy - and clean up her family’s tragedies

[shangri__la]

Riley Keough is trying to save mom Lisa Marie Presley’s legacy - and clean up her family’s tragedies https://t.co/jxcIpyghef pic.twitter.com/cfPBXY1SGb
- Page Six (@PageSix) June 1, 2024

• Sources say a year and a half after Lisa Marie Presley’s sudden death, daughter and Graceland heir Riley Keough is "living with ghosts." A source said: "Riley

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[lamppost1911]

I can’t imagine how stressed she is. Has she even had time to mourn AND enjoy being a mother??

[shangri__la]

There's no way she has. Eta: I did see on one of her glam team's Instagram, someone being judgy and asking how can she smile and laugh and be okay after her mom died and her glam squad member answered "she's NOT okay." Like, she's going through this shit in the public eye and people judging her. She's a strong woman because it couldn't be me.

And this memoir, she has to navigate entitled Elvis fans, crazy Michael Jackson fans, legal AND scientology? I don't envy her one bit.

[lamppost1911]

Jfc that makes me raaaaaage. I mentioned this in previous posts but “friends” judged me for laughing and telling stories at my dad’s memorial and it’s like “maybe because it’s nice to feel ‘normal’ every now and then???”

Wow.

And omg I didn’t even think about the Elvis fans. They’re prob the wooooorst.

[afeelingunacted]

I still don't understand how people don't understand that even within mourning there is laughter and jokes. They're the things that pull us through the dark times.

So sorry your friends did that to you.

[lamppost1911]

Thank you, what you said is exactly it. I know not everyone grieves and mourns the same way so as an outsider you may not know what to expect or how to express yourself but to make the effort to gossip? Nope!

I still remember a friend’s older brother who passed from cancer and at the memorial I basically broke down and their mom was comforting *me*! She literally lost her first born and was there for me, simply a friend. And she shared these funny stories about him. I don’t know how she went through it, and is still going through it. But anyway!

[aleksie]

For a lot of people, they don't want to be crying and focusing on the death all the time. As the most impacted, they need to follow your lead and not judge you for doing something harmless.

I was grateful that some people told some normal stories about nothing relevant when my mother died.

[lamppost1911]

“normal stories about nothing relevant” Those stories are the best!!! I don’t know if you meant the same thing but my favorite stories about those who moved on are when they were just their true selves, it didn’t need to be groundbreaking or whatever. My mom died before I could even remember but I was LIVING for the stories about her. TELL ME MORE.

And I’m so sorry about your mother’s death 🧡 yes, life is life but it doesn’t make it easier.

[aleksie]

Both my parents are deceased and it's complicated. With my mother, I was glad to have some ridiculous story about anything. About the deceased, whatever.

[lamppost1911]

I totally get it, literally, both parents have died.

Stories are all we have sometimes whether it means through memories or photos or recipes and what have you. But that’s also not always available. I feel lucky to have those memories. Anyway! I kinda want to hear the ridiculous story and i know it may not mean as much without context but I liiiiiiive for nostalgia

[bluestoplights]

I made jokes at my dad's funeral too

I bet all those judgemental friends have dads that are still alive huh

[lamppost1911]

Everyone reacts differently with death so it should be a no judgement space. For me it became cathartic and I don’t know if it felt the same for you but that’s why I felt comfortable to laugh and celebrate. I had (and still do) cried my eyes out but there are sooooo many other feeling associate with death and remembrance.

Sending you all the love!

[lamppost1911]

And you’re not wrong re: your second sentence.

[theylezharold]

I looked up where the phrase "Elvis has left the building" came from, and it's because Elvis fans were so unhinged, poorly behaved, and wild (and were mostly men according to several accounts) that these people would fully refuse to leave a venue even though Elvis had literally left the venue 30 minutes ago, and was long gone÷⁴.

So venue managers would make announcers repeat "Elvis has left the building" over and over again until the crazed fans left.

The announcers and managers would have to repeat the phrase that "Elvis has left the building" just to get his fans to stop screaming, being violent, trashing the place, and fucking leave.

They didn't care if someone was performing after, or if the venue was closing, etc. All they cared about was seeing him and touching him. So embarrassing for them.

[lamppost1911]

Damn, thank you for doing the research! I didn’t even think about that. How awful.

[alwayspolaris]

I feel like only people who have never gone through grief think you can't smile or laugh at a memory of the person you've just lost, or be happy around people who are close to you that remind you how much you and the person you've lost are loved. I remember we all laughed while reading my grandfather's obituary at his memorial service because my Dad snuck in how much my grandfather loved dancing with us grandkids, even though he was a devout Baptist and not supposed to dance. There's room in the human heart for multiple emotions even when there's been a great loss. There's also plenty of times where you have to fake being better around others.