Random Disconcerting Stories From Elvis Presley's Personal Life (11 items)

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  (#7) He May Have Felt The Need To Maintain Priscilla's Virginity

  Elvis placed a lot of value on virginity. His preference for young women was widely known, but he wasn't quite the sex fiend that many assumed. When he first met Priscilla, she was 14 years old and still a virgin. Although fellow military officers saw him take her up to his room where they stayed until the early hours of the morning, he apparently did not consummate the relationship that night. In fact, it took him quite a while, with a lot of insistence from Priscilla, to have sex with her.

  Joel Williamson, author of Elvis Presley: A Southern Life, wrote, "He made love to her in every way short of penetration. It was as if Priscilla’s virginity was another thing that Elvis strangely and sorely needed to maintain."
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  (#8) Elvis Reportedly Wouldn't Have Sex With Priscilla After She Became Pregnant

  Elvis's marriage to Priscilla was fraught from the beginning. Those close to him claim that he never wanted to get married, but was pressured into it by his manager and Priscilla's parents.

  With regard to the conception of their daughter, Lisa Marie, former entourage member Lamar Fike has said Elvis "didn't pull out in time." According to an Elvis biographer, both Priscilla and Elvis loved their daughter, but their marriage fell apart completely after she was born – Elvis flatly refused to sleep with Priscilla after she became pregnant, and many speculate that it was because her pregnancy became a physical representation that she was no longer a virgin.
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  (#9) At One Point, Elvis Was Allegedly Dating Five Women

  Elvis led a very complicated love life, which isn't all that surprising considering how many young women were enamored with him. He publicly dated his first serious girlfriend, Anita Wood, for several years.

  Although they had a serious relationship, it wasn't strong enough to survive his introduction to Priscilla Beaulieu while he was stationed in Germany. Wood overhead Elvis telling his father he was torn between her and Priscilla, and she decided to end the relationship.

  During his and Priscilla's marriage, Elvis was dating five women. One was Viva Las Vegas costar Ann-Margret Olsson; when Priscilla found out about the relationship, she reportedly "picked up a flower vase and threw it across the room." Priscilla, in her own words, began to style her hair like Ann-Margret in an attempt to emulate her and win back Elvis's affections.
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  (#10) He May Not Have Lived Up To His Sexualized Image

  Although Elvis was famous for both his music and his highly sexualized persona, his actual performance in the bedroom was reportedly somewhat divergent from his public image. According to some sources, he was the "King of Foreplay," often wooing women into his bed without fully engaging in sexual intercourse.  
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  (#11) He Had An Extremely Close Relationship With His Mother

  Elvis's relationship with his mother, Gladys Presley, may have set him up for an emotionally stunted adulthood. It began the moment he was born when his twin, Jesse, was stillborn. After the tragic loss of one son, Gladys developed a strong bond with her only child. They even had a secret language that continued into adulthood. It included terms like "iddytream," which meant ice cream, and "butch," which meant “milk.”

  Gladys Presley passed away from hepatitis at only 46 years old; Elvis, 23, was so upset he tried to jump into her grave. 
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  (#1) Elvis Was Allegedly Obsessed With Teenage Girls And Called Them 'Cherries'

  One of the first documented times Elvis hit on a young girl was in 1956. Jackie Rowland was 14 to Elvis's 21, and Jackie's parents discovered the pair in a side room backstage at one of his shows. When Elvis requested to take Jackie to a bar, her mother told him, "My little girl is under-age and she is coming home with me."

  Another woman, Frances Forbes, says that she used to hang around Elvis's house when she was 13 years old. Elvis didn't notice her then, but as soon as she turned 14, he became interested. Forbes says "[14] was a magical age with Elvis. It really was." Elvis invited Forbes, along with two other 14-year-old girls, to pajama parties in his house, during which he taught the girls to apply makeup and tickled and kissed them. Elvis requested more young girls, and his manager delivered. One night, the singer removed a group of girls' clothing, kissed and fondled them, and then fell asleep with them in his arms. Another night, Elvis requested that the girls engage in mud wrestling while wearing white underwear.

  "He was fascinated with the idea of real young teenage girls. It scared the hell out of all of us," said Lamar Fike, a former member of Elvis's entourage. Two years after his and Priscilla's divorce, when he was 39, he began seeing Reeca Smith, a 14-year-old friend of his stepbrother.

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