Riley Keough “by no means” knew it as a child.
Riley opened up about her childhood experiences and reminiscences of her former stepfather, Michael Jackson, throughout her look on the Call Her Daddy podcast.
The 35-year-old actress, who’s the granddaughter of the legendary Elvis Presley and daughter of the late Lisa Marie Presley, spoke with host Alex Cooper about her distinctive upbringing and her mom’s marriage to Jackson.
When requested if any adults had expressed concern about her spending time with Michael, particularly given the allegations of kid sexual abuse that surfaced a 12 months earlier than his marriage to Lisa Marie in 1994, Keough responded, “I used to be by no means informed something. And it’s truly not one thing I ever requested as an grownup.”
Reflecting on these occasions, Keough shared that her life then “simply was what it was,” including, “I might think about that my dad was actually heartbroken and studying the information. I might think about he stated every kind of issues to my mother that we didn’t find out about.”
Riley emphasised that her mother and father, Lisa Marie and Danny Keough, maintained a coverage of protecting their kids from grownup conflicts and discussions.
“We didn’t know something,” she reiterated. “We didn’t find out about any allegations. We didn’t know. We had no consciousness of that.”
Lisa Marie’s marriage to Michael, which lasted from 1994 to 1996, was a big a part of Keough’s adolescence.
Looking again, Keough stated, “The one factor I do know is that they had been in love, and that their love for each other was real.” When requested in regards to the allegations Jackson confronted within the years after their marriage, she merely acknowledged, “I don’t know, as a result of I wasn’t there.”
