Priscilla Presley Denies Ever Having Sex With Elvis Presley While She Was a Minor – She Was 14 and He Was 24 When They First Met

Priscilla Presley and Elvis Presley had a bit of a ‘Romeo and Juliet’ relationship when they first met on September 13, 1959 – she was 14 years old at the time, while he was 24. They met at a party in Germany and the sparks started flying immediately, but her parents quickly stepped in and insisted she not see him. 

Nonetheless, Elvis was persistent and convinced her parents to allow him to see Priscilla. They spent a lot of time together during his military service in Germany, but they started to drift apart when he returned to the US in 1960 – they still kept in touch via the phone, but went two years without seeing one another. 

By 1963, at the age of 17, Priscilla moved to Memphis to be closer to Elvis – who promised her parents that he would financially provide for her and ensure she received a proper education. She eventually moved in with him and the couple wed on May 1, 1967 – Lisa Marie Presley was born nine months later.

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Considering Priscilla Presley was just 14 years old when they met, many people have criticized and even slandered Elvis Presley for sparking a relationship with a minor – with some people even suggesting that he was only in it for the sex. Of course, that wasn’t the case and Priscilla is now letting everyone know it. 

The 78-year-old, whose divorce from Elvis was finalized in 1973, recently spoke to the press at the 80th Venice International Film Festival – where Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla (based on Priscilla’s Elvis and Me autobiography) was being screened. It was there that she decided to set the record straight about Elvis.

“[He liked me] because I was more of a listener. Elvis would pour his heart out to me every way … and I was the person who really, really sat there to listen and to comfort him. That was really our connection,” she said on Monday (September 4) – insisting that they ‘never had sex’ and he ‘respected’ her age. 

It wasn’t just her ability to listen that drew Elvis in – he also appreciated the fact that she kept their early romance a secret from everyone she knew to avoid too much press and attention. “I never gave him up in any way. I never told anyone at school I was seeing him,” Priscilla Presley said at the press conference. 

Priscilla Presley Says Elvis is Still the ‘Love of Her Life’ 

Priscilla Presley also wanted to make one more thing clear. While she and Elvis divorced in 1973, their love for one another never faltered. In fact, she blamed Elvis’ rockstar lifestyle as the reason why they broke things off – describing his lifestyle as ‘difficult’ and declaring that ‘any woman can relate to that.’