Michael Jackson: why Lisa Marie Presley never wanted to have children with him
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 wanted children with the king of pop. The only daughter of Elvis Presley was then already the mother of two children, the fruit of her love affair 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 they were not the ones who motivated her refusal. In 2010, during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, the main interest revealed that she did not want to start a family with her ex-husband, for fear of a possible separation, and therefore a battle for her custody.
“I looked into the future and thought that I never wanted to fight with him for his care“, So declared Lisa Marie Presley, “I wanted to make sure that he and I were really united.” A rejection badly experienced by Michael Jackson, according to a series of recordings from 1999 to 2001, cited by the British tabloid The Mirror. “Before we got married, she promised me that the first thing we would do is have children“She declared the star in one of them. “So I was heartbroken and I walked with him all the time little dolls in my arms and he was crying. I was determined to have children.“
Michael Jackson made his dream come true
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 for his wish to be granted. November 14, 1996 Michael Jackson married Debbie Rowe, whom he had met 15 years earlier. She was the nurse for her dermatologist Arnold Klein, who diagnosed her with vitiligo. Their marriage gave birth to two children, Michael Joseph Jackson, nicknamed Prince, born on February 13, 1997, as well as Paris Jackson, who was born on April 3, 1998.
Later, and after a second divorce, the singer who died in 2009 had appealed to a surrogate mother whose identity remains unknown. The latter bore him a third son, Prince Michael II Jackson, nicknamed Blanket. On her part, Lisa Marie Presley I 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 due to irreconcilable disputes.