Riley Keough on Being at Graceland with Lisa Marie Presley While Tourists Were There: We'd 'Stay Upstairs and Wait'

Mar. 15, 2025

While speaking with Meyers, 50, about howshe cowrote the memoir, Riley also shared some of her favorite memories growing up, which included staying at Graceland, often during times when tourists were also present.

“This is fascinating to me, that Graceland is a place that your mother would stay, you had stayed, while it was an active place that was hosting tours,” theLate Nighthost began.

Riley Keough and Lisa Marie Presley in Los Angeles in June 2022.Steve Cohn/Shutterstock

Graceland, home of the late Elvis Presley in Memphis, Tennessee.Raymond Boyd/Getty

Raymond Boyd/Getty

“Yes. So, how this worked is it wasn’t all the time,” theDaisy Jones & The Sixstar replied.

“There were some nights where [my mom] wanted to stay there, and she would bring us with her,” she explained.

“The tours start in the morning, and they end at 4, so if we were to stay in the house, Elvis’ room and my mother’s room are not part of the tour, so we would stay upstairs and have to wait, basically,” Riley said.

“We’d get stuck until the tours were over,” the actress added while laughing. “If we didn’t get out before 10 [a.m.], we were stuck there until like 5 p.m.”

An intrigued Meyers replied, “That’s like the weirdest hotel,” to which Riley referred to Graceland as “Hotel California.”

Riley Keough and Lisa Marie Presley in April 2012 in West Hollywood.John Sciulli/WireImage

John Sciulli/WireImage

Meyers said he assumed the family could leave at any time if they truly wanted to, however, it might “blow the minds of the tour-goers so much that they wouldn’t be able to put their brain back in their head.”

“I think it’s funny ‘cause, I guess they could’ve stopped the tours for a second so we could run out, but they never did that. They never offered,” Riley said while laughing.

Meyers suggested that Riley simply “walk down” and tell the tourists that she’s “an actor playing Elvis’ granddaughter.”

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TheZolaactress promised to try it this weekend when she heads back to Graceland as part of her ongoing book tour.

Riley recalled that her family used to all go to Graceland together often and have dinner there once the tours were over.

According to Meyers, it would be a great idea if her family went again and had dinner during a tour with their table “roped off” as fans walked past.

“It would be very interactive,” she said.

From Here to the Great Unknownis out now and available wherever books are sold.

source: people.com