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Riley Keough Reveals What She Thinks Of Former Stepdad Michael Jackson's Molestation Allegations!

Riley Keough Details Lisa Marie Presley & Michael Jackson Marriage

Riley Keough is opening up about what life was like with Michael Jackson as her stepfather.

In Wednesday’s episode of Call Her Daddy, Riley got candid about her mother Lisa Marie Presley‘s high-profile two-year marriage to the King of Pop from 1994 to 1996. The Daisy Jones and The Six star was just 5 when the union happened, and she recalled things changing a ton after, saying:

“Our life wasn’t crazier because that already existed. But her life, I think when she saw Michael’s life — there were things that he had that she didn’t have. Like, she didn’t have a plane at the time, you know things like that. She was then like, ‘Oh I should have a plane. I should have this and that.’ So, our life in that way kind of got bigger.”

Related: Riley Reveals The Most Heartbreaking Take On Mom Lisa Marie’s Death

While she and her late brother Benjamin Keough were used to paparazzi at that point, their life did get a lot more luxurious with MJ in the picture, she recalled:

“Before that, she was with my dad [Danny Keough] and their life was very simple. At home, she didn’t have 10 million assistants. She didn’t need all of that. I think that changed.”

It wasn’t that they just had more people around, they were also treated like royalty. For instance, the 35-year-old remembered a time she and her brother once got to go to a toy store in London that had been shutdown for them and they were allowed to pick anything they wanted. This became common practice for the fam, she shared

“There was a lot of closing down things for us. It was kind of like the only way our family could do things. If we wanted to go to a toy store or something like that — ride rides. I don’t know if it was necessarily done for us or if it was just for our family situation.”

That would be wild for a little kid — especially if it wasn’t always how she grew up!

But, of course, things weren’t always light-hearted with the PYT singer. During the marriage, he was being investigated by the LAPD for alleged child molestation — really concerning allegations! But Riley doesn’t remember being aware of any of it at the time. Whoa! She reflected:

“I was never told anything. It’s not something I’ve ever asked as an adult. I think it just was what it was. I would imagine my dad was really heartbroken reading the news. I would imagine he said all kinds of things to my mom that we didn’t know about. We didn’t know anything. We didn’t know about the allegations. We had no awareness of that.”

We bet Danny was really unnerved by those allegations! How interesting that Riley’s never asked about it since…

Elsewhere in the chat, the actress insisted that the romance, although brief, was a happy one:

“They were in love and their love for one another was genuine because I was there and I remember. Everything else I don’t know because I wasn’t there for it.”

Well, at least as a child, she felt the love. That’s certainly better than the alternative.

Thoughts? Let us know (below).

[Image via Rob Grabowski/Judy Eddy/MEGA/WENN]

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Jan 15, 2025 10:30am PDT