Riley Keough and Lisa Marie Presley in Beverly Hills in October 2017.Photo:Neilson Barnard/Getty
Neilson Barnard/Getty
Riley Keoughis opening up about what it means to finish her late motherLisa Marie Presley’s memoir.
Several days after it was announced that the actress, 34, was helping to release her mother and the daughter ofElvisandPriscilla Presley’smemoir posthumously, she spoke toVarietyabout how “honored” she is to be a part of the process.
In a red carpet interview at Monday’s 2023Emmy Awards, theDaisy Jones and the Sixstar shared that Lisa Marie had been working on the book for several years before shedied at age 54 in January 2023, and said that she felt compelled to complete it.
Riley Keough at the 2023 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 15, 2024.Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty
Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty
“She had been working on it for I want to say three or four years and it’s just something I felt that I needed to do for her and help her complete that project,” Keough told the outlet ahead of the Emmys, which sheattended with her grandmother Priscilla, 78.
She added, “It’s very bittersweet and I am happy to do that for her. I feel honored to be able to help.”
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TheZolastar explained that she’s felt a mix of emotions revisiting the draft that her mother had long been working on. “It’s extremely emotional and also very therapeutic,” the Golden Globe-nominated actress revealed. “It makes me feel very close to her. So it’s kind of, again, bittersweet and difficult, but also really special.”
Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough in January 2023.Riley Keough/instagram
“Few people had the opportunity to know who my mom really was, other than being Elvis’s daughter,” the actress/filmmaker said in a statement. “I was lucky to have had that opportunity and working on preparing her autobiography for publication has been a privilege, albeit a bittersweet one.”
The Emmy-nominated talent continued, “I’m so excited to share my mom now, at her most vulnerable and most honest, and in doing so, I do hope that readers come to love my mom as much as I did.”
Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough in Los Angeles in May 2015.Eric Charbonneau/Getty
Eric Charbonneau/Getty
Keough opened up about finishing her mother’s memoir shortly after shereflected on the recent anniversary of her death.
source: people.com
