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Former wife of the ‘King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ Elvis Presley, Priscilla Presley joins Piers Morgan Uncensored to discuss the new film all about Elvis’ life by Baz Luhrmann and how accurate the film really was and how well Austin Butler played him.
Piers firstly asks about the movie and what Priscilla thought about Butler’s depiction of her late ex-husband. The actor had studied Elvis for two years to perfect his character and mannerisms. Priscilla also gives her verdict on Olivia de Jong, who played her in the movie.
Piers finally asks Priscilla if she thinks Elvis would survive in today’s world of cancel culture with all the controversy that’s surrounded his life, which leads to her addressing reports he was racist.
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Where does Elvis Presley rank all-time?
We all knew he was a Racist… you can cover him up all you want but we know
No one back then would have survived me too.
Based on as much music and culture that mother77cker stole he was in love with Black people
I respect Priscilla for this! Keeping Elvis Presley's memorie alive. God bless and R.I.P Elvis Presley 🙏🏻🎶🎤❤️
He may have not been racist but he definitely stole mannerisms and styles from Otis Redding and the Black men who are now forgotten about I mean in those days it was very easy for a white handsome man like him to have done so without accountability lol. To ignore that reality just bc people loved Elvis is almost cruel.
It really angers me that some people try to tarnish Elvis’s legacy and say such awful lies like him being a racist when he was just the opposite. I think it’s jealousy and envy of Elvises popularity at that time. Thanks god for Priscilla to set the record straight. She is such a lovely person i can see why she caught Elvis’s eye. She is truly special and very classy lady. I can see why Elvis tried to look for someone like her but just like him they are both one of a kind and nobody can match either one of them. I appreciate her honesty and humility still lovely as ever. God bless her and may she live a long life. 🙏
It was a horrid movie!
I was born in 96 almost 20 years after he died , so I obviously didn’t get to see him live or see much of his personality , but I was intrigued by him . Then I heard rumblings about him being racist and took that at face value and lost my intrigue . Then this movie came out , I saw the trailer and was like “I gotta see this” (loved the movie btw), and I find out the mf was raised around nun but black ppl 😂 , his whole style was based off black ppl . He wasn’t a culture vulture he was a product of his environment. Of course I knew it was just a movie so I needed a few references to see if the portrayal was accurate so here I am getting the confirmation I was looking for . Long Live The King Of Rock and Roll
Why would anyone even SUGGEST such a thing??!!??? Elvis lived in a time and place where he too suffered simply for NOT being racist. Elvis loved Jack and Bobby, and Dr. king.
Who on earth thinks he’s racist? He literally helped end segregation and was a massive fan of black culture and music and had many black friends and refused to play a concert unless the segregation law was temporary lifted.. or he wouldn’t come he said.. well needless to say it was lifted. Similar to what the Beatles did. Really he preached unity and that’s why they wanna attack him.
Austin wanted the approval from her he thought it was the most important thing
Albert Goldman 1981 biography of Elvis claimed he was racist, that book was just 736 pages of venom
Listen to the song “In the ghetto” he ain’t a racist.
HERE ARE THE FACTS: The great legends of color in his era: BB King – Jackie Wilson – James Brown – Little Richard – Muhammad Ali were there to witness Elvis‘ creativity. He was a one-of-a-kind super talent that grew up in the black community during the Great Depression and segregation in the deep South. Born in 1935 in a shack his father built (no electricity or plumbing). His twin brother died at birth. The Presleys were so poor that they buried his stillborn twin brother in a shoe box.
So Elvis experienced the depths of poverty from the day he was literally born. He grew up playing with black friends on the streets and in black and white southern Baptist churches, in the poorest mixed and black neighborhoods in Tupelo — a potentially deadly activity back in the 1940s-60s down South. Elvis' support for the civil rights movement was real and is not known by the greater population in America.
The new Elvis 2022 movie examined this part. This is why almost all black musicians from that era absolutely loved Elvis because he was able to take that Memphis sound all around the country and then the world. Little Richard credited Elvis Presley multiple times for opening up the door for black music and creating a path that he could travel and so he could make his mark.
Clearly a terribly racist time Elvis put poverty and racial socialization on his platform. But he did it all through Music and his behind the scenes actions alone. He never got political I think that’s what actually made him so powerful and able to succeed.
FAMOUS QUOTES BY THE MOST KNOWN BLACK MEN and WOMEN OF THE 1940s-80s and beyond WHO ACTUALLY KNEW ELVIS:
JOHN LEE HOOKER – "Elvis was a really good friend of mine…. He was the king." — John Lee Hooker
MUHAMMAD ALI – 'Elvis was my close personal friend. He had a robe made for me. I don't admire nobody, but Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know. We must understand, Elvis did lot for poor people, he cared for people, he had a good heart, he just wasn't a person who was great with talent, but he was great in spirit and with God in his heart. I wouldn't praise nobody if he don't deserve it, because I am the greatest of all time in boxing, in boxing. I said boxing ! But I'm telling you, I'm Black, I'm a Islamic, I'm 100% different from you. But I’ll tell the world Elvis was the greatest of all time. I'm a Muslim who's black who stands up for what he believes. I don't have to say what I don't feel, I'm not false, I don't have to say this. I have no Bosses. I'm free. He to me, is one of the greatest singers, actors and all round men of all time.” ~ "THE GREATEST" MUHAMMAD ALI.
BB KING: 'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said in 2010. 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know'. — BB KING
The "GODFATHER OF SOUL" JAMES BROWN: “I wasn’t just a fan, I was his brother. He said I was good and I said he was good; we never argued about that. Elvis was a hard worker, dedicated, and God loved him … I love him and hope to see him in heaven. There will never be another like that Soul Brother”. During Elvis' private family wake, James was the LAST ONE TO LEAVE. 3 hours and 30 minutes later — it took several of his security guards to help him out of the room. James was devastated — James and Elvis sang Gospel together many a night to all hours of the morning at each others' homes. James Brown was considered family by the Presleys they were so close.
JACKIE WILSON: "A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man's music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied from Elvis." — JACKIE WILSON (Elvis quietly paid for Jackie's medical expenses until the day he passed away in 1977. Before Jackie's stage accident he would carry a small signed photo of Elvis in his pants pocket. Every day, bar none.)
RANDY JACKSON (of the Jackson 5): "Elvis used Rock and Roll music to bridge the gap between whites and minorities. He was a wonderful person."
LITTLE RICHARD "He sung my Tootie Fruti & by him singing it, made it bigger & made ME bigger" And then he said: “I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road…”— Little Richard
CISSY HOUSTON: "Elvis loved gospel music. He was raised on it. And he really did know what he was talking about. He was singing Gospel all the time – almost anything he did had that flavor. You can't get away from what your roots are." – Cissy Houston (The Sweet Inspirations co-founder & member & sang vocals for Elvis, also mother of Whitney Houston)
Elvis was a pioneer. One of the architects of Rock and Roll. He did not steal black music. The 1940s' and 50s was an era of music and culture experimentation and many thousands of hours jamming melding of R&B, Gospel and Rockabilly. Elvis was a genuine part of this era and new sound. He was a pioneer. Not first. But still a pioneer. In that era, it was an age of legendary songwriters. Elvis performed some 700 songs.
Elvis was a musician who played great rhythm guitar and piano and boy could HE SING. Legendary sought after rich baritone.
ZERO of his works were stolen. Elvis CREDITED SONGWRITERS on EVERY SONG, on EACH ALBUM. EVERY SONGWRITER GOT PAID, and some paid really well (Little Richard. Otis Blackwell.) Yes — Including the black song writers that sold their music to Elvis to perform.
Legends such as Al Green, BB King, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Sammy Davis Jr, Chuck Berry and Little Richard roamed the Earth at the same time Elvis did and they all knew Elvis, loved him, and praised him very highly. Elvis merged black and white music to help form Rock and Roll jolted a youth movement and civil rights movement to the forefront so both could succeed. It’s safe to say Pierce knows nothing about Elvis.
The people THAT KNEW ELVIS PERSONALLY of course KNEW THE TRUTH about Elvis, and what made him SO DIFFERENT from other white musicians of the day, and different than white people in general.
#1 Recommendation: Elvis and the Black Community. A great collaboration of interviews by legends and historic figures in the black community discussing Elvis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1pXw1DmsA
#2 Recommendation: Just as important to watch. An amazing HISTORICAL interview with one of Elvis' first close friends, a black gentleman by the name of SAM BELL. Sadly Sam died soon after this interview. You'll learn more watching this one video than ANY ONE HOUR HISTORY CLASS you ever attended. The beginning of the new ELVIS MOVIE came from this very interview about LIFE in one of the first mixed (predominantly black) communities in America. Black and white boys playing TOGETHER — didn't happen down in the segregated South in the 1930s and 40s — it was very dangerous to life and limb for kids or adults. You don't want to miss this if you want the actual truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrFCyNMvZWk&t=
I'm Black and I like Elvis Presley music
The Elvis Presley Estate really needs to contract a black PR firm that specializes in reputation management so that they can advise Priscilla that going on Piers Morgan to talk about her ex-husband not being racist, isn’t the best way to convince the people that think he’s racist that he’s not racist. 😏
I’ve done enough research on Elvis to accept that he likely wasn’t racist, but he did have prejudices and biases that he was examining, working through and actively challenging (which is more than a lot of people can say) and he did have some people around him who were “good old’ boys” and held some closed minded beliefs that he should have purged from his life.
I think that he’s misunderstood and his relationship with the black community is misunderstood, primarily because in the 60s when he was rehabbing his image and making films, he was living in a bubble while the world and music industry changed around him. Youth’s expectation of artists as political figures also changed (ironically partially due to his unintentional role as the face of integration in the late 50s). His public image was always inherently political, but he was just a man who wanted to sing.
His silence in the 60s (largely due to Colonel Tom Parker’s instance that he stays out of politics and Elvis’ agreeance) largely left him out of the conversation during a time when all artists were expected to have an opinion on Vietnam to Women’s Lib to Civil Rights etc. Now a days we can understand that decision, but at that time emotions around political issues were dire and public allyship was integral, even if it was performative.
Especially for ELVIS because of his history and how he got his start and the close ties that he historically had to the black community and black music. His involvement and need to “show up” is more necessary through the lens of time and how it would have helped his image today.
So, because he didn’t, and because there are no soundbites, headlines, appearances for lazy journalists to point to to evaluate his beliefs about race, all one can do is assume or sight rumors, rather than sit down and do the exhaustive research and REALLY exam his life in full context and see what black people that knew him thought or experienced. (NOT, what his white ex-wife thought 😉
Elvis was NOT racist. You will never find a man or woman that met and knew Elvis state that he was racist. And there were thousands of black and Hispanic people around him. There is no audio, video or quote from anyone that knew Elvis that would make you feel he was racist. Research his life. Listen to the men and women of color who knew him. The people THAT KNEW ELVIS PERSONALLY of course KNEW THE TRUTH about Elvis, and what made him SO DIFFERENT from other white musicians of the day, and different than white people in general. Here are the 2 best videos on this subject. Watch them closely. :
#1 Recommendation: Elvis and the Black Community. A great collaboration of interviews by legends and historic figures in the black community discussing Elvis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1pXw1DmsA
#2 Recommendation: Just as important to watch. A FUN HISTORICAL interview with one of Elvis' first close dear friends, a black boy by the name of SAM BELL. Sadly Sam died soon after this interview. You'll learn more watching this than ANY ONE HOUR HISTORY CLASS you ever attended. The beginning of the new ELVIS MOVIE came from this very interview about LIFE in one of the first mixed (predominantly black) communities in America. Black and white boys playing TOGETHER — didn't happen down in the segregated South in the 1930s and 40s — it was very dangerous to life and limb for kids or adults. You don't want to miss this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrFCyNMvZWk&t=
I wonder what she means about the lack of freedom in America nowadays?
Isn't it a bit rich of Piers Morgan to bring this up? Pretty sure he has said a lot of racist things so if anyone is racist in the rooms its him not Elvis
He was an informant… Elvis wore a wire .. I mean… its obvious where he stood
Some of these questions were super intrusive but she handled it with such class and clarity ! She is an amazing woman
Why are the idiots attacking Elvis?
Of course Elvis was never racist. Elvis recorded black music and bridged the gap with black & white audiences just like little Richard.
Elvis grew up, hung out, made music, partied with black people. It was probably an "oppressed" victimized blaque person to make up that bs
Loved being around “blacks” ok Priscilla.. lol having black friends don’t mean shit.
Props to Morgan for rephrasing the question about the Me Too movement about dating a 14 yr old pricilla to cancel culture out of respect. Times were a lot different back then with dating. It could’ve ruin the Interview for her
Watch biily Smith movie review. He was Elvis cousin and was with him since the beginning. HE knows the truth.
Movie did an injustices to Elvis. They have Elvis going down in history as someone who was depressed and so many lies in it. Depressing movie.
Thank you. She still looks beautiful. There's a lot of hate now. People were extremely racist in the fifties though Nixon was corrupt. People are less friendly now I noticed puree and they hide behind their screens and they don't own a socialized. That's why I'm on YouTube all day. I wish people were friendlier and would open their homes to people like they did a long time ago. My grandma said that they were friendly or back in her time and she went over her neighbor's houses even if she didn't know them. I won't listen to Chris Brown. There are certain artists I want listen to. It's not really canceling because it's just me. I'm glad he wasn't racist. Most people were back then.
Elvis sang the songs of his people real people. He represented the hope for change in an apartheid usa and all the heroes of the USA civil rights were also a source of inspiration to Irish civil rights struggles In Ireland MLK Muhammad ali JFK Nina Simone sang the Irish songs like the last Rose of summer as Nd black is the colour. Cultural appreciation. Songs of love songs of freedom. I guess the same oppressors started the false accusations to keep people devided.
I never believed he was racist!
Pricillla: I am not racist my friend is black. 😂
Sorry Prisillla that we don't live in the 1950s anymore where people can call black people nggers, steal and abuses black people and not hold accountable.
Good work Piers!