When Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley married on May 26,
1994, friends observed that they were a great fit after all.
Jackson always questioned any possible
love interest motives that they would only use him because of his fame and fortune.
But clearly, that wasn't the case with the heir
to the Elvis fortune, although the two were very different in personality.
They bonded and understood each other
on a deeper level due to their shared experience.
Both grew up in the spotlight,
both lived under intense media scrutiny, and both were mistrustful of outsiders
having spent most of their lives feeling exploited via their relationship.
They were able to develop a connection,
as well as an unparalleled trust in someone else in a world that often
seemed treacherous and hostile towards them.
However, this connection wasn't enough
for a lasting marriage, with the couple divorcing less than two years later.
So what did ultimately caused the relationship to break down?
Let's take a look inside the marriage, the tensions in the events that led up
to the divorce of Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson.
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married life for the newly wedded couple.
They divided their time between Jackson's 2700 acre Neverland Ranch in Santa Inez,
California, and Presley's 4000 square foot estate 100 miles away in the Hidden Hills,
although they spent a lot of time together.
Presley did not move into Jackson's home
upon getting married, according to biographer J.
Randy Taraborrelli,
this was due to her wanting to remain independent as well as Presley's children,
Danielle and Benjamin, finding their new stepfather a little strange.
It was reported that they weren't intimate physically during their marriage.
However, Lisa Marie has repeatedly stated that they were telling her best friend he
is hot stuff in bed, that he liked her to wear jewelry
in the bedroom and that they would engage in role playing games.
But her friend expressed disappointment
when Lisa Marie would never tell her which role he would play.
Having been brought up in showbiz,
Presley was used to what others might call strange.
When asked if Jackson wore makeup in bed,
she confirmed and stated, I don't have any problem as long as he's happy.
Looking back,
Presley has said one of the very highest points of my life was when things were
going really well and he and I were united together and I could take care of him.
Jackson and Presley appeared
on the television show Prime Time in June 1995, in Jackson's first interview since
1993 and Presley's first ever, Diane Sawyer quizzed the pair on their
private life with a series of insensitive questions.
Presley boasted that she and Jackson had
regular sex following lawyers questioning their sex life.
When asked if the marriage was a sham,
Presley asserted that such rumors were crap.
She said she would never marry someone for any other reason than being in love
with him, and concluded that if the public thought differently, they could eat it.
The following day, Presley reflected that the interview had been a disaster.
She had hoped the couple would be perceived as being serious.
Yet Jackson fooled around during the show,
at one point holding two fingers behind his wife's head to make bunny ears.
Presley's friend, Monica Pasto,
revealed that it was at this point that Presley began to wonder whether she
had made a mistake in choosing Jackson as a long term partner.
Tune in next week for Part three, where we investigate the aftermath.
As after their divorce was finalized, the two rekindled their relationship
and attempted to make it work again for several years.
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