When was Lisa Marie Presley married to Nicolas Cage and why did they split?
FRIENDS, family and fans are morning the sad loss of Lisa Marie Presley.
Elvis’ daughter was just 54 when she passed away, and was married four times during her life.
When was Lisa Marie Presley married to Nicolas Cage?
Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie Presley and Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage met in 2000.
After a very on/off romance, they wed in a lavish ceremony in 2002.
Meanwhile, Lisa Marie first tied the knot with actor Danny Keough in October 1988 when she was just 20 years old, but their divorce was finalised in 1994.
After this Lisa Marie famously married Michael Jackson from 1994 until 1996.
After Nicolas she went onto wed to Michael Lockwood for ten years from 2006 to 2016.
Until her death she lived with her ex-Danny, following the tragic death of their son Ben in 2020.
Why did Lisa Marie Presley and Nicolas Cage split up?
There was trouble in paradise even before they got married, and it was reported the couple had a very tumultuous relationship.
At one point in their engagement, while enjoying a boat ride, Lisa Marie’s $65K six-carat yellow diamond engagement ring was mysteriously thrown into the ocean during an argument.
Divers were hired to recover the gem, but it was never found.
Nicolas reportedly then bought Presley an upgraded 10-carat version.
But after their wedding they were married for exactly 107 days before Lisa Marie filed for divorce, saying it was “a big mistake”.
What did Lisa say about her marriage to Nicolas Cage?
At the time of their split, Lisa Marie released this statement: “I’m sad about this, but we shouldn’t have been married in the first place. It was a big mistake.”
Meanwhile, Nicolas revealed in an interview with Barbara Walters in 2016 how it “wasn’t meant to be”
He said: “Oftentimes when you have two people who are very strong and their own personalities and rather intense, sometimes you can have a hard time meshing. It’s sad and I miss her every day,.
“And sometimes I wish we couldn’t have rushed the marriage and sometimes I regret rushing the divorce, but it just seemed like it wasn’t going to change.”