Married to Michael Jackson in the 1990s, Lisa Marie Presley has always refused to start a family with him for a surprising reason according to The Mirror.
If she was the first wife of Michael Jackson for two years, from 1994 to 1996, Lisa Marie Presley never wished have children with the King of Pop. Elvis Presley’s only daughter was then already mother of two children, fruits of his love with singer Danny Keough. The latter, actress Riley Keough and Benjamin Keough (died July 12, 2020) were only 5 and 2 years old when the American singer married the interpreter of Billie Jean. But it was not ultimately them who motivated his refusal. In 2010, during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, the main concerned revealed that she did not want to start a family with her ex-husband, for fear of possible separation, and therefore a battle for their custody.
“I looked to the future and thought I didn’t want never fight him for their care“, Thus declared Lisa Marie Presley, “I wanted to make sure that he and I were really united.”A refusal badly experienced by Michael Jackson, according to a series of recordings from 1999 to 2001, cited by the British tabloid The Mirror. “Before we get married, she promised me than the first thing we would do is to have children“, Declared the star in one of them. “So I was heartbroken and I walked around with it all the time little dolls in the arms and I was crying. I was determined to have children.“
Michael Jackson made his dream come true
Michael Jackson, Billie Jean – 1983 Motown 25th. The 5mn long version.
The singer who died in 2009 had appealed to a surrogate mother whose identity remains unknown
He had to wait a few months after his divorce from Lisa Marie Presley so that his wish could be granted. November 14, 1996 Michael Jackson married Debbie Rowe, whom she had met 15 years earlier. She was the nurse of her dermatologist Arnold Klein, who diagnosed her with vitiligo. Their marriage gave birth to two children, Michael Joseph Jackson, nicknamed Prince, born February 13, 1997, as well as Paris Jackson, which was born on April 3, 1998.
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Later, and after a second divorce, the singer who died in 2009 had appealed to a surrogate mother whose identity remains unknown. The latter gave him a third child, Prince Michael II Jackson, nicknamed Blanket. For his part, Lisa Marie Presley also had the opportunity to welcome other children. Married to guitarist Michael Lockwood in 2006, during a ceremony in Japan, she gave birth to Twins on October 7, 2008, named Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood and Finley Aaron Love Lockwood. Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Lockwood divorced eight years later over irreconcilable disputes.
