They were married for a year and a half:  the “King of Pop” wed “The King’s daughter”.  Of her four husbands, M.J.’s superstar status reminded her most of her father…but, that’s when the similarities end.  Back in 1994, the MSM called it a fake marriage done for publicity.  And yet, they were both already famous.  What was their raison d’etre?

As it states in “From Here to the Great Unknown”, Lisa wanted to “fix” Michael.  M.J. wanted a child.  What better gene pool than Presley?

In 1993, child molestation charges were made against Jackson.  Lisa remarked in an interview that she never believed the allegations and that she would’ve hung him from a tree, if they were true.  At the time, Michael checked himself into a rehab in Switzerland for his addiction to pain-killers.  (Something Lisa could well identify with.)

M.J. paid his accuser $20 million to settle the case.  On T.V., Michael said he was innocent.  He told Lisa he was a virgin and that his relationship with Brooke Shields was fake.

MAY 26, 1994 

The Jackson family got along well with Lisa as well as with her children from another marriage, Riley and Ben Keough.  But when it came time for a Michael Jr. or little Lisa, Lisa didn’t want to commit.  The rift in the marriage began.

Eventually, M.J. would go on to have three children, two with Debbie Rowe (Paris and Prince) and one (Bigi formerly known as “Blanket”) with an unknown surrogate.

During the Jackson-Presley marriage, drug use re-emerged.  It began with pain medication he first received for scalp burns that occurred during a Pepsi commercial.

Michael had his own anesthesiologist.  This meant he could legally obtain the drugs of his choice.  At the time, Lisa was very anti-drug, knew he was lying and told him to stop.  But, he couldn’t and wouldn’t.

1994 MTV Awards

While on stage, Michael tells the audience, “And they said this wouldn’t last…” and kisses Lisa Marie.  Many said this proved it was a fake marriage because she stiffens and pulls away from him.  “The kiss”, to her, was a ploy for the press to make him appear normal.  She felt used.

Lisa heard Michael was ready to file for divorce, so she filed first.  Later, she discovered that he really didn’t want a divorce.  The marriage officially ended on January 18, 1996.

Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley stayed in contact until 1997.  In their last phone conversation, he said, “You were right.  Everybody around me wants to kill me.”

In those final years, M.J. tried to break away from the record contracts.  Sony owned him.  On June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson died from an overdose of Propofol, while his doctor Conrad Murray was in the next room.

As with her father, Lisa Marie stayed by her ex-husband’s coffin for a long time.

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