Danny Keough and Lisa Marie Presley
Paul Harris/Getty ImagesThe late one Lisa Marie Presley And ex-husband Danny QTheir whirlwind romance continued to make headlines years after their breakup.
After first meeting in 1985, Presley and Keogh exchanged wedding vows in October 1988. The couple welcomed their daughter. Riley Keough And his son Benjamin Q In 1989 and 1992, respectively. (Benjamin He died by suicide He was 27 years old in July 2020.)
Two years later, in 1994, Danny W Only daughter to Priscilla Presley and Elvis Presley Call it quits. Despite their split, the couple has remained close over the years.
“Their lives were very simple,” Riley said of her parents during a January 2025 episode of the show. “Call her father” Podcast. “Not with the press and the craziness. But as far as the house was concerned, she didn't have ten million helpers. She didn't need all that. And I think that's changed.”
After their breakup, Lisa Marie moved in with her Michael Jackson. The pair secretly tied the knot less than three weeks after her divorce from Danny was finalized. (After her divorce from Jackson in 1996, Lisa Marie married… Nicolas Cage From 2002 to 2004 and on Michael Lockwood From 2006 to 2021. Lisa Marie and Lockwood welcomed twins Harper and Finley in 2008.)
Keep scrolling to read Lisa Marie and Danny's relationship timeline:
1985
The pair crossed paths first.
October 1988
Lisa Marie and Danny tied the knot.
1989
The couple welcomed their first child, daughter Riley.
She revealed in her new book that Lisa Marie Presley regretted having an abortion during her relationship with Danny Keough. “I never got pregnant by anyone else, which is amazing because I was just as dirty, and I never used birth control or anything,” Presley wrote in her posthumously published memoir, “From Here to the Great Unknown.”
1992
Lisa Marie and Danny Jr. have added Benjamin to their family.
1994
The duo called it quits.
2003
After their breakup, Lisa Marie and Danny remained close. “The smartest thing I ever did was to have children with this man because I knew this was the only man I could be involved with for the rest of my life,” Lisa Marie said during a 2003 interview. Rolling Stone.
2005
Lisa Marie said the people in 2005 that her relationship with Danny was “like brother and sister”.
“Ultimately, this is a good message to send to people: You don't have to blame your kids even if you're not together. You can still be civilized,” she said at the time. “I knew when I had kids with him that Danny was someone who could To be in touch with him for the rest of my life. I knew he would be a good father.
2024
In Lisa Marie's memoir, published posthumously, she revealed that she regretted having an abortion during her relationship with Danny.
“I've never gotten pregnant with anyone else, which is great because I was just as filthy, never used birth control or anything,” Lisa Marie wrote. “It happened with Danny the first time, and then it happened again when we got back together.”
Lisa Marie recalled that she did not know about her first pregnancy for four months. She went to hospital after experiencing “terrible pain.” According to Lisa Marie, doctors initially thought it was the appendix. “They pushed me into surgery,” she wrote. “When I came, they told me I had an ectopic pregnancy.”
In her second pregnancy, Lisa Marie and Danny “didn't know what to do,” so she had an abortion. “It was the stupidest thing I've ever done in my entire life. I was devastated. I did it and we both cried. We were devastated and not long after that we broke down and broke up. I couldn't live with myself,” she wrote.
Lisa Marie Presley was married four times throughout her life, and each relationship sparked more interest in the public eye. The daughter of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley grew up in the spotlight, and it wasn't long before her personal life started making headlines. Lisa Marie followed in her father's footsteps, continuing (…)
The pair eventually reconciled. “I planned and planned and planned,” Lisa Marie wrote, noting that she knew “exactly” when she ovulated and went to visit Danny. “I remember coming back to the ship hoping I had done it.”
Lisa Marie admitted that she “didn't really mean” to corner Danny, while Riley wrote in her own section of the book that her mother “totally meant to corner my dad.” (Riley finished From here to the great unknown Next is Lisa Marie Death at the age of 54 years In January 2023.)
Both Lisa Marie and Riley claimed there were “multiple attempts” by Priscilla to prevent Danny from being a part of their lives. “I felt like it was me and Danny against everyone,” Lisa Marie recalls.
2025
Riley shared details Her dynamics with her parents During an episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “There weren't a lot of boundaries. It was like everyone knew everything about everyone. If I broke up with her boyfriend, she was involved,” Riley said of her mother. “Everyone, my brother, my parents. “We're too involved, I think.”
