Why Linda Thompson and Elvis Presley broke up - "I can't spend my life trying to keep him alive"
Elvis Presley's girlfriend, Linda Thompson, talks candidly about what went on behind the scenes living with Elvis during their 4.5 year relationship. Linda Thompson and Elvis Presley started dating in July 1972.
In this Linda Thompson interview from 2019, Linda Thompson talks about Elvis Presley health including Elvis health problems, Elvis health decline, and why they broke up.
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When it came to women, Elvis was like a kid in a candy store. He just loved and adored women. It’s really sad that he could not be loyal to Linda Thompson. I have met both she and her brother Sam at several events and they are both such wonderful people. Linda is such a classy lady with a beautiful heart 😌🌹
@harrietjohnson4698
11 ай бұрын
It's sad he couldn't be faithful to Pricilla.. the mother of his child that he loved very much.
@Elizabeth-dw6lc
9 ай бұрын
@harrietjohnson4698...apparently, he didn't. You really need to do some research.
@nat22_tv
8 ай бұрын
@@harrietjohnson4698 Elvis didn't want to marry Prissy FYI. And Prissy was unfaithful in Germany and during the marriage.
I am a long time elvis fan , but honestly , I wish he had stayed with Linda and never left, because he might have lived a little longer thank you, Linda for being Elvis's best friend as long as you could
@harrietjohnson4698
11 ай бұрын
He didn't love her like he loved Priscilla!! You can see it in every picture that was ever photographed with him and Pricilla!! You can see it all over him.. people stop being so stupid and neive!!!!
@resa.walters
11 ай бұрын
@@harrietjohnson4698 You really can see how happy he looked in his wedding video and photos, and in lots of home movies and photos with both Priscilla and Lisa.
@patcater65
11 ай бұрын
Elvis never loved pris Dont you know that if he cared for her he would have ..left hér his estate.
@resa.walters
11 ай бұрын
@@patcater65 Well it seems since they divorced that wasn't going to happen. He was going to leave it to family, so they could preserve it for Lisa Marie. Maybe he would've left it to LMP automatically if Vernon or Minnie May had not outlived him. But he couldn't because she was too young. Otherwise I guess Aunt Delta handled it and even lived at Graceland till she died in 1993. Lisa got control that year, when she was 25. I think I read that Vernon got Priscilla involved because his health wasn't good. Vernon trusted her as she was Lisa's mother. I think Elvis still loved Priscilla but not sure he really trusted anyone.
@diankreczmer6595
11 ай бұрын
@@patcater65 I think Elvis did not leave Priscilla his estste because she left him and then he divorced her. In his concert he explained that he asked her what she wanted and she said one million dollars which is what she got, and I think he felt that he did not owe her anything else. I cannot help but wonder how he would feel about her being buried at Graceland!
This was great to watch and she is still gorgeous
Thanks. Elvis forever!❤❤❤😊🙏🙏
Linda was great woman for elvis care for him true love her but to late now all no he in our heart forever
He was his own worst enemy. Very sad.
Linda, mówiła że Priscilla nie interesowała się wogole Elvisem, ani razu nie odwiedziła go w szpitalu jak leżał, Priscilla go oszukała, a potem porzuciła i o to miał do niej żal, mieli porozumienie że ślubu niebedzie, nie wezmą go, ale ona zmieniła zdanie, on dotrzymał obietnicy, chociaż jej nie kochal, Elvis poważniej traktował malzenstwo niż pusta, ale cwana Priscilla.
@user-jr2nx6pk3r
11 ай бұрын
Bad Priscilla😤
@candle1606
11 ай бұрын
If your man leaves you at home for months sleeping around with other women would you stay around ? Priscilla left because Elvis left her for years they were leaving separate lives. Now for whatever reason Elvis married her , she was his only wife.
Where Elvis's Life First Went Wrong Is One For Colonel Parker To Have Control Over Elvis And Two Is When Elvis's Mom Died It Broke Elvis's Heart And Soul And Three Is When Elvis Married Priscilla And Four Is When Elvis Hired Larry Geigler . Elvis Had To Much Evil Around Him . And Also Elvis Should Of Had Many Children To Love And Be His Own Family .
I can't blame her. I cone from a family of addicts and its soul destroying.
SO SAD HE WASN'T FAITHFUL..WITH HER EITHER. PRISCILLA COULDN'T SAVE HIM EITHER. ELVIS HAD TO SAVE ELVIS PERIOD.
@nat22_tv
8 ай бұрын
Priscilla only think in herself.
@dennishardy3869
3 ай бұрын
Thank you. Exactly.
I’ve always thought with Elvis having that strong bond with his mom which everything he did it was for Gladys he had lived his whole life with a overprotective mother I don’t think Elvis thought he’d become as famous as he was it’s like everything was moving quickly when his mom died a huge part of Elvis went with her. I believe Elvis relied on his mothers love and guidance so with her death he was going through the emotions of living but didn’t really feel alive the prescription pills numbed the pain. Priscilla was the worst decision Elvis made in his lifetime he needed a strong southern Christian woman to give him strength, purpose and love. Priscilla was just too young I’d imagine with the age difference they didn’t have nothing in common so I can understand why Elvis and Ann Margaret had so much love for one another they had the same religious beliefs Elvis could open up to Ann and she would listen Priscilla said the only woman she ever worried about was Ann i believe that priscilla and her step dad threatened Elvis to go to the papers which would ruin his career it’s sad because it would explain why Elvis was caught crying by Gladys friend and longtime housekeeper Elvis confided he didn’t want to marry priscilla but he made that promise. People say Elvis groomed priscilla when in reality her stepdad did I’m sure many time while Elvis had other woman Priscilla would confide in her parents about wanting to leave but it would have all been for nothing priscilla knew she needed to have that last name for the money. Priscilla dated a couple guys while they were married she’s the one who asked Elvis for a divorce by than Elvis was deep into prescription pills so when Linda got with Elvis he was a mentally broken down man perhaps if she’d have got with Elvis years earlier he’d had lived Linda did say that Elvis got help with rehab but the addictions had gone on too long I believe they did love one another and she saved Elvis’s life many times Linda said out of all Elvis hospital stays priscilla never called Linda stayed by Elvis bedside at every hospital stay the only time priscilla called was for money or to have Elvis arrange a private plane for her parents all kinds of give me reasons or to talk about Lisa one time priscilla called mad because while Lisa was at Elvis’s she lost a tooth and the next morning instead of the tooth fairy giving Lisa money under the pillow Elvis done something extra special Elvis told Linda all priscilla ever wants is extra money or to nag she never asked how he was doing like it’s portrayed in all these movies and books she’s made over the years Priscilla has only ever cared about was fame and money they were divorced nearly 5 years but she talks as if they were still madly in love. I believe Linda was good for Elvis and even after his death Lisa went and called Linda not her mom but Linda that says a lot! The strange part was a year before Elvis died priscilla was dating kardashion they were in love he asked priscilla to marry him but she said I’m not marrying anyone why Elvis is still alive of course kardashion left her after this the kardashions wrote a book about it. Elvis gave and gave and a lot of people turned on him because once you give they want you to give all the time. There’s so much good to Elvis he stayed true to his beliefs he’s one of the most beautiful loving and caring famous people ever to live. Lisa was the only one that was loving and loyal to her dads legacy. Rip Elvis, Lisa and Benjamin ✝️
@dennishardy3869
3 ай бұрын
Well you all can blame Elvis for that. He did ask Priscilla to come live with him. So blame Elvis and stop hating on Priscilla. She left Elvis because he was cheating on her during their marriage. I can't think of any woman who would stay with their husband if she knew he was cheating on her all the time.
Elvis Done More Good In This Crappy World Then 100 Men Did . I'm Surprised Elvis Got As Far As He Did With All The Personal Close Obstacles Elvis Had Close To Him .
I don't believe elvis loved linda... he couldn't of he was with all kinds from 72 to 76
He had Ginger in the hotel when she came to see him. So unfortunately Elvis could never be faithful to anybody
@resa.walters
11 ай бұрын
You know, sometimes I think if he could've found the right one who could've just let him do what he wanted and still been able to handle it he might have lost that inclination to stray. Sometimes I think he just wasn't getting some type of particular love he needed. Have you all ever watched the Barbara Hutton story, poor little rich girl? She searched for what Cary Grant claimed was something unknown her whole life, which she never found. Watch that, it's the same thing I think he felt. He tried to find it flitting from woman to woman, but he never found it in anyone. Sad, but if I'd had the chance I wouldn't have wanted to abandon him. The song suspicious minds fits so well, a premonition of the divorce years later.
@Elizabeth-dw6lc
9 ай бұрын
He fell in love with Ginger immediately. He told Billy Smith and Vernon that she was the woman he had been searching for. He said she reminded him of Gladys.
Whatever! She finally realized Elvis wasn't going to marry her!
Priscilla was the worst mistake Elvis ever made in his entire life. Even the Colonel was at least good for something especially in the early years. Priscilla ruined Elvis‘s life and image and today he is being called bad names just because of her. Priscilla wanted nothing but fame and money, if she would have truly loved Elvis, she would have stayed and helped him but she didn’t. She just wanted to be free from him but at the same time have his money and privileges. She is nothing but s gold digger. I think Linda was truly the best for Elvis and she saved him multiple times. I also believe that the best choice of woman for Elvis would have been a southern belle, with strong Christian beliefs and who had the same upbringing as Elvis did. Ann Margret was Elvis‘s twin flame, but Ann was to career oriented for Elvis he didn’t want that or liked that. I don’t think he ever found his „soulmate“ or the love of his life. But then again, Elvis was not an easy man. He was very childish at times and irresponsible. He also depended on other people and pills to much. I don’t think how marriage to Elvis could work for any woman in this world.
@harrietjohnson4698
11 ай бұрын
I beg your pardon!!! He would never listened to anyone and their is your proof right there with Linda... he was famous and he loved women! Stop being neive. He loved Pricella. I think he loved Linda too but Pricilla was number one!!!
@ST-rt1qm
11 ай бұрын
@@harrietjohnson4698 no way, he was forced to marry Priscilla. He kept putting it off. She turned 18, 19, 20, 21and still no marriage. Forced with threat of prison under Mann Act by Priscilla's father. Career ruined too. Colonel Parker set up wedding right before her 22nd birthday. Night before Elvis cried to his cook about NOT wanting to marry Priscilla.
@CC-xr4sg
11 ай бұрын
@@ST-rt1qm Who knows what the tears were from? He had Priscilla in the relationship that worked for his career but he was forced to deal with grown up life. He was hurting Priscilla by not being married. He could not have children in his mind unless he was married. Everyone else lived off of him so he could not risk his career. He was terrified that being seen as a married man would effect how the public saw him as a lover-boy . The image sold the movies as well as his incredible talent. Just let it be! He loved Priscilla as his wife. He loved everyone that was part of his life. He honored her will being her husband. Why do these other want to take that away from him.
@ST-rt1qm
11 ай бұрын
@@CC-xr4sg The cook knew why the tears, cause Elvis TOLD her. And your comment "Just let it be" Just let WHAT be? Are you trying to tell a stranger what they can or can't post on a platform you do NOT own? Cause you don't agree?
@clairemooney1429
9 ай бұрын
i think elvis would still be alive to day if he had never married pricilla she was elvis s big mistake
I think elvis was in Lust with other women not in love..
@dennishardy3869
3 ай бұрын
Thank you. You hit the nail right on the head.
Linda has been making money off of Elvis for almost 50 years. 4 years is not a lifetime. I wish she's just shut up and allow Elvis to rest in peace without sharing silly stories about drowning in a bowl of chicken soup. I can live without knowing that. She is so competitive as wanting to be the "only" woman who could have saved him. Give me a break ENOUGH! I wish she'd find another topic to wear out. Why does she think she's more important than the dozen of other women that he was with. Go Away!
I don’t believe he said that. I’m not a fan of Linda even though many people are. And she had no idea that Elvis had inherited disorders. He didn’t know either, and his many disorders baffled all the doctors and specialists who treated him. He grew tired of her, that’s it. And she kept hounding him about getting married, he didn’t like that. Forget Linda. Forget Priscilla. They are old news.
@lilyramos6752
11 ай бұрын
I'm not a fan of hers either. She's always saying how great their relationship was and how Elvis was so in love with her. Elvis had other relationships (with Sheila Ryan, Mindi, etc) while he was with Linda. And the reason they broke up was bcuz LT cheated on Elvis with his keyboard player David Briggs. LT just needs to move on and stop her "talks" about Elvis already.
@joannemcclure3546
11 ай бұрын
@@lilyramos6752 I totally agree, she makes herself out to be such a saint, “saving” Elvis from dying a couple times and always “watching” him like a babysitter. He lived fine without her after she left. If he wanted to marry her he would have. He didn’t.
@lilyramos6752
11 ай бұрын
@@joannemcclure3546 You're absolutely right. Elvis did not want to marry her, in spite of Linda begging him to marry her. In fact, Elvis wanted to get back at her (for cheating) when he proposed to Ginger, which was another joke. He told his MM to make sure Linda knew they were engaged 🤣
@lilyramos6752
11 ай бұрын
Oh and BTW...yes, LT always brags about saving Elvis's life 11-13 times by saying how she had to watch over him, how his face fell into a bowl of soup, etc. Shame on her, that should have been kept private to preserve his dignity! LT just needs to keep quiet already and go away.
@joannemcclure3546
11 ай бұрын
@@lilyramos6752 So true!!
I think Elvis did love Linda, and why is apparent, it is because she was a lot like him. They both were raised in the South, and shared the same values, as well as, had caring hearts. The reason that Elvis couldn't commit to any one woman was clear. He enjoyed being single. It was said he was pressured to marry Priscilla, and I think, after that disastrous marriage ended. Elvis didn't want to ever be married again. You can't really blame him, as his first marriage didn't last very long, and it left him heartbroken. Elvis cheated on Priscilla and Priscilla cheated on him. Elvis and Priscilla never did have a fairytale romance. Their relationship was one that was always troubled, and twisted, from the get-go of their sham marriage. However, if Elvis couldn't commit to one woman, he may've married Linda. It's not that he didn't love her, because he did love her, it's just that he didn't want to be married. I can very much understand Linda's position on breaking it off with Elvis. You can't blame her. She didn't want to see someone she loved, self-destruct, and Elvis had put himself on that path ever since he started his drug habit. Linda loved him too much to sit by, and see him harm himself, and she couldn't spend her entire life trying to keep him alive. I can see her point here, as when you love someone, you don't want to see them suffer day by day until they die. She loved him too much, to have him threaten his own existence, and this is what the prescription drugs were doing to him. They were taking his life away, bit by bit, and that reality was too difficult to deal with. I do believe this, if Linda had stayed with him, maybe he wouldn't have died on August 16, 1977. Maybe, just maybe, she might have been able to save his life. But, when it's your time, and God wants you. He takes you with him.
@resa.walters
11 ай бұрын
Poor Linda, poor Elvis. I think she did do a lot for him. It's sad they broke up. And sad too about Bruce changing, I hope he truly is a happier person and more comfortable in his own skin now. At least she had children, too bad Elvis couldn't have done that with her. Sometimes others will convince you to change, you do it for them if/when you can't do it for yourself. So sad.
@julies.3327
11 ай бұрын
@@resa.walters Yes, it is indeed very sad, maybe if Elvis would've married again, and had more children. He might've decided to give up the drugs and lead a healthier life. Sometimes, the right love can inspire change for the better, and Elvis did need some sort of miracle to improve his health and life. Maybe, just maybe, having another wife and child or children, might have changed his mind about his addiction knowing he had others dependent on him to be well.
Good for you. You were his girlfriend not his caregiver.
@CC-xr4sg
11 ай бұрын
I think they all knew after Pricilla they were there as a caregiver/girlfriend. They were paid with gifts and that is why they stayed. I like her too. However, look at the men she dated... all powerful and all had fame. There must be a reason and now she is making money off of those relationships. If it was just one... I might give her a pass but....
Whatever, she is so full of it! He was with Ginger at that time!
He was weeing her out she never left he left
@user-uq2rb9dl4x
11 ай бұрын
Exactly. I think elvis only loved pricilla.
@nat22_tv
8 ай бұрын
@@user-uq2rb9dl4x He didn't want to marry Priscilla.
Elvis broke it off with Linda because she was in tune with his ways and thoughts. She would have realized he planned to retire without the lawsuits making his future miserable by faking his death. Google Ron Laytner interview of Billy Smith Elvis's cousin and Marty Lacker Elvis's best man about how Elvis switched places with a man who was dying and took off. Ginger was self centered and Elvis felt guilty about using her so he gave her his show ring diamond and other gifts. Elvis likely went to Hawaii
Linda is lovely i could see Ginger Alden was much younger then Linda and to see her today she is also a serene mature beautiful women and speaks with class and elegance Ginger was Elvis last women and Ginger was from Memphis and was engaged to him so Ginger Alden would of been his wife today if Elvis had lived so to the people that didn't like Ginger at that particular time because mainly they were used to Linda Thompson and we got that Elvis had moved on to another younger women which was Ginger and nothing could change Elvis mind he definitely was in love with Ginger that's why he urgently got his jeweller to make this special diamond ring just for her so my view both ladies Linda Thompson and Ginger Alden are just gorgeous ladies today.
😊
She was! I don't blame her. She was too young and with his lifestyle. They never should have gotten married.
A little bit ???
Because Elvis fell in love with Ginger and wanted Linda gone. He wouldn’t say it but he would have shown it with his behavior. When Elvis died he was in love with Ginger.
@Elizabeth-dw6lc
9 ай бұрын
I agree. A lot of Elvis fans and MM members didn't like Ginger but he loved her. Vernon stated in an interview in 1978 that he really loved Ginger and wanted to have a son. He said Ginger was the one he had been searching for. Something about her reminded him of Gladys. Personally, she didn't like his entourage. She was quiet and serious. I think it's why they immediately criticized her. Linda can try to sell her stories but Elvis never gave her a ring or proposed to her. He did to Ginger though.
@AndreaElizabeth100
9 ай бұрын
@@Elizabeth-dw6lcI think that Ginger looks a bit like Priscilla and Gladys.
I don't think many women could have stayed with Elvis because of his lifestyle. Elvis wanted you to live his life. And that's really not being fair. Elvis wanted to sleep all day be up all night and everything and he didn't want his woman to be out having her own life. His lifestyle got old after a while yes he was the greatest entertainer but his lifestyle pretty much to me kind of sucked. I look at Linda's lifestyle after she left Elvis and she prospered she found a man and they had kids and you can see the big smile on her face. Whereas when you look at Linda's facial expressions the few years after being with Elvis the smiles went away. No disrespect but her life was going nowhere. And like she said she didn't want to live a life like a vampire. Elvis's prescription drug problem alongside sleeping pills and and other things got completely out of control. And before you knew it look how Elvis looked at about May or June 1977. He did himself in and unfortunately died.
Elvis never loved her. He was with all kinds of women from 72 to 76.
@lilyramos6752
11 ай бұрын
I agree. Elvis had relationships with Sheila Ryan, Mindi, etc. during the time he was with Linda. And Linda Thompson doesn't mention how she cheated on Elvis with his keyboard player David Briggs.
@leahartlee29
10 ай бұрын
I believe Elvis did love her. I just think he felt entitled to cheat, because he had the weight of the world on his shoulders with his career, and his career was all that he could be faithful to, and he never had the self discipline NOT to cheat, it was a habit and he cheated on everyone. It didn't mean that he didn't love her. It just meant he couldn't be faithful to one person.
@lilyramos6752
10 ай бұрын
@@leahartlee29 You make a very good point. Elvis loved all the women that he was with. He was a very kind and loving person. But they say he would get bored very fast and felt the need to move on to the next woman even though he was still in a relationship. That Hunk was so gorgeous! 🤩🔥❤️💋
Are those shiny hose?
COULD IT BE BECAUSE OF WHAT BILLY SMITH SAID, ELVIS GOT SICK OF THE WOMAN HE WAS WITH AND MOVED ON WITH ANOTHER ,BILLY SAID, HE GENERALLY ONLY STAYED WITH SOMEONE 5YEARS OR MAYBE CLOSE TO 5 YEARS.LINDA WAS A GOOD WOMAN, THE BEST FOR ELVIS BUT ELVIS WANTED OUT.LINDA WAS STILL DATING ELVIS EVN THOUGH HE WAS DATING OTHER WOMEN.IF LINDA HAD BEEN THERE AUGUST 16,1977, MAYBE ELVIS WOULD HAVE HAD MORE OF A CH ANCE, THE LAST GIRLFRIEND COULD NOT CARE LESS ABOUT ELVIS,LIKE ELVIS SAID, SHE WAS LIKE AN ALBATROSS ON HIS BACK.
@CC-xr4sg
11 ай бұрын
Maybe so! he might have lived if he had choose someone beyound his last very young very money driven girl.
@CC-xr4sg
10 ай бұрын
Elvis was not stupid. He even had Ginger sign his will where she did not inherit anything. If my intended husband took that action. I think I would understand that he was not expecting to be with me any longer than the other girl friends.
They broke up because Elvis wanted to move on. So he gently dumped Linda by telling her to take the plane to see her parents lol. That was his way to break up. Gently but surely. Linda keeps saying she broke up with Elvis because she couldn't take his bad habits and pill popping. In reality it was more like he was bored with her and replaced her with Ginger.
I think Gladys was the big problem . She was too possessive and being her onky only child and wow what a hunk. He always felt quilty because she had been there when times were tough. Often mothers tend too not want to let go of their sons. They want to stay number one. Ask me I was married to a man whose mother always competed with me and I was too young to realise it. I did divorce him after not even 2 years.
I think elvis only loved ginger.
Beim Ehemann ging das auch daneben🤔
She lied.
They broke because of Ginger
Elvis was a terrible liar!...lol
@michillene
11 ай бұрын
GOT NEWS FOR YOU, MANY MEN ARE.
@darlenedeluca7850
11 ай бұрын
@@michillene oh ues i w/ married 2 a dam liar!!! he always lied 2 me!! hmm ugh !!!!!!!!!!
@rocksmith3796
11 ай бұрын
@@michillene got news for you....many PEOPLE are!
@southerngirl9941
11 ай бұрын
@@michillene ... and women, too😊
A little bit???