“Neither Elvis nor I was ready for a child,” she wrote in her memoir, before later revealing why she didn’t trust Michael Jackson when Lisa Marie revealed she was marrying the pop icon.<\/h2>\n
Priscilla Presley<\/strong><\/a> is opening up about her time with Elvis Presley.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n In a new memoir entitled “Softly, As I Leave You,”<\/strong><\/a> Priscilla revealed Elvis offered for her to have an abortion when she was pregnant with their daughter Lisa Marie<\/strong><\/a>, per Page Six.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n According to the publication, the book detailed how Priscilla discovered she was pregnant just a few weeks into their marriage.<\/p>\n “Our wedding had meant I could finally come out in the open,” Priscilla said, “I was so excited. But when I got pregnant on my wedding night, those dreams fell apart,” she wrote, per the publication.<\/p>\n “Neither Elvis nor I was ready for a child,” she continued.<\/p>\n “For weeks, Elvis and I worried in silence about what was to come. At my lowest point, I even wondered how I’d feel if I had an accident and miscarried. I felt so guilty that I was even having these thoughts,” she said.<\/p>\n When he met Priscilla, Elvis was 24 and\u00a0serving in Germany in the US Army,\u00a0while she was just 14 years old. However, the pair married when Priscilla was 21.<\/p>\n In the memoir, Priscilla recalled Elvis asking her if she wanted to get an abortion.<\/p>\n “He told me he’d support whatever I wanted. His words were a wake-up call,” she wrote. “The enormity of it hit me head-on, and I began to cry. I told him, ‘No! We can’t do that. This is our baby!'”<\/p>\n Priscilla and Elvis went on to welcome Lisa Marie in February of 1968.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Priscilla Presley Recalls Heartbreaking Moment She Took Daughter Lisa Marie Off Life Support – Click image for related story<\/p>\n She also revealed what life was like with her late daughter, who died in 2023, and Lisa’s short lived marriage to Michael Jackson.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n