Riley Keough looked calm and collected while in Midtown Manhattan while promoting her mother Lisa Marie Presley’s explosive posthumous memoir.
The 35-year-old actress put on a brave face during her book tour for From Here to the Great Unknown, which chronicles Presley’s battle with addiction, marriage to Michael Jackson and decision to keep son Benjamin’s body on dry ice at home. two months after his death.
On Thursday, the Daisy Jones & The Six star was spotted in a white midi dress, black leather pumps and bright red lipstick after a busy week of appearances on several morning shows, including The View, and a sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey. .
Her late mother’s autobiography, which Keough completed after Presley’s death in early 2022, is full of heartbreaking and salacious revelations about her own life and about the lives of her ex-husbands and late father Elvis Presley.
On Wednesday evening, Keough, the granddaughter of rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis, kicked off her book tour with a stop with Gayle King at the Strand Book Store in New York City.
Riley Keough looked calm and collected while out in Midtown Manhattan as she continued to promote her mother Lisa Marie Presley’s explosive posthumous memoir
After the performance, the mother of two shared a behind-the-scenes video of her getting ready for her conversation with King.
“Thank you NYC for a great first stop on the FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN book tour!” she captioned the post. ‘And thanks to @gayleking for a nice conversation about my mother and why she wanted to share her story. It means a lot to hear how much you all love it too.”
Her latest sighting comes after Keough spoke candidly about her late mother – who passed away at the age of 54 – during her interview with Oprah Winfrey in a special titled An Oprah Special: The Presleys – Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley.
During the interview, Riley revealed that three weeks before Lisa Marie’s death, she noticed a change in her, noting that she seemed “distant,” “tired,” and overall just seemed like a “tired person.”
The memoir was released posthumously on October 8; Lisa Marie had been working on it at the time of her death. Riley completed the memoir after her death.
Lisa Marie died on January 12, 2023 at the age of 54 due to a small bowel obstruction – caused by complications from bariatric surgery.
She died two days after attending the Golden Globe Awards with Riley and Priscilla Presley – Lisa Marie’s mother and Riley’s grandmother.
Oprah asked her about mother Lisa Marie’s last days before her death and what she looked like.
The 35-year-old actress put on a brave face during her book tour for From Here to the Great Unknown, which chronicles Presley’s battle with addiction, marriage to Michael Jackson and decision to keep son Benjamin’s body at home for two months after his death described.
On Thursday, the Daisy Jones & The Six star was spotted in a white midi dress, black leather pumps and bright red lipstick after a busy week of appearances on several morning shows, including The View, and a sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey.
‘The last three weeks she was alive, there were a few times when I was with her that I was worried. I think there was always kind of an undertone for me because of the feeling that I was on borrowed time with her… there were a few interactions with her that just felt so different,” Riley said during the special.
Riley said mom Lisa Marie seemed “distant,” “tired” and “resigned” — as she reeled from the grief of losing son Benjamin Keough — who died by suicide on July 12, 2020 at the age of 27.
The actress noted that she didn’t think it was related to substance abuse: “It didn’t feel like drugs – I have a lot of experience with the drugs – it felt like a tired person.”
Riley also spoke about Lisa Marie opening up in the memoir about her decision to keep late son Benjamin’s body in a guest house at her LA mansion – using dry ice to preserve his remains for two months after his suicide in July 2020 .
On Wednesday evening, Keough, the granddaughter of rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis, kicked off her book tour with a stop with Gayle King at the Strand Book Store in New York City.
After the performance, the mother of two shared a behind-the-scenes video of her getting ready for her conversation with King.
“Thank you NYC for a great first stop on the FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN book tour!” she captioned the post. ‘And thanks to @gayleking for a nice conversation about my mother and why she wanted to share her story. It means a lot to hear how much you all love it too.”
Lisa Marie also got a matching tattoo as Benjamin during her grieving process.
Riley said she wanted his name and a matching tattoo of him on her hand.
When the tattoo artist asked her if she had any photos that would be helpful in the process, Lisa Marie took him to see Ben and his remains.
They ended up having the funeral in Malibu and buried Benjamin in Graceland, where Lisa Marie is also buried – near Elvis, who died of a heart attack in 1977 at the age of 42.
Her late mother’s autobiography, which Keough completed after Presley’s death in early 2022, is full of heartbreaking and salacious revelations about her own life and about the lives of her ex-husbands and late father Elvis Presley.
The interview took place at Graceland – the famous Memphis mansion that her grandfather Elvis bought in 1957 – which has since been owned by the Presley family.
It was the first in-depth conversation Riley has had since Lisa Marie’s death.