Who Did Priscilla Presley Date After Elvis? All About Her Famous Relationships — and Why She’ll Never Marry Again

Mar. 15, 2025

Priscilla Presley and Robert Kardashian Sr. in 1976; Priscilla Presley and Marco Garibaldi.Photo:Ron Galella via Getty and SGranitz/WireImage

Ron Galella via Getty and SGranitz/WireImage

Priscilla Presleynever married after her1972 divorcefromElvis Presley, but she has had a few long-term relationships since.

Despite her relationships over the years, she told a crowd at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas in 2023 that she never had a desire to walk down the aisle a second time — especially while Elvis was still alive.

“I just don’t think that he could handle that,” she said of the “Blue Suede Shoes" singer, adding, “To be honest with you,I never wanted to marry after him. I never had any desire. No one could ever match him."

Keep reading to find out more about Priscilla Presley’s relationships after Elvis.

Mike Stone

Priscilla Presley sits with her boyfriend, karate instructor Mike Stone, at a kung fu tournament in April 1975.Frank Edwards/Fotos International/Getty

Frank Edwards/Fotos International/Getty

Priscilla began a relationship with karate instructor Mike Stoneprior to the end of her marriageto Elvis.

According to Stone, who opened up about their relationship in a2021 interview, he and Priscilla got to know each other through Chuck Norris’ karate school in Sherman Oaks, Calif, where Priscilla was taking classes.

Stone said that they went out for a drink following a class in early 1972, at which point Priscilla, who was interested in taking karate lessons with him, asked for his phone number. “She did call maybe a couple weeks later,” he said, adding thatThe Naked Gunstar began attending his classes four or five times a week.

Priscilla and Elvis ultimately parted ways later that year. “My life was his life,” she told PEOPLE of their marriage in 1978. “He had to be happy. My problems were secondary. I want to grow. I want to do things.”

According to Stone, he and Priscilla were together for a few years before splitting.

Robert Kardashian Sr.

Priscilla Presley and Robert Kardashian Sr. in 1976.Ron Galella via Getty

Ron Galella via Getty

Also in the ’70s, Priscilla dated the Kardashian patriarch, Robert Kardashian Sr. “My grandma dated [the Kardashian’s] dad,” Riley Keogh toldVanity Fairin August 2023.

According toKris Jenner, who was married to Robert from 1978 to 1991, Priscilla and the late attorney met through his brother, Tom Kardashian, and Tom’s girlfriend at the time, Joan Esposito, the ex-wife of Elvis’ road manager.

“Joan decided that it would be a great idea to set Robert up with Priscilla, and she was apparently smitten with him,” Jenner wrote in her 2011 memoirKris Jenner … and All Things Kardashian. “They quickly moved in together.”

According toVanity Fair, the twosome decided to end their relationship because Priscilla allegedly refused to marry the attorney while Elvis was alive.

Michael Edwards

Priscilla Presley and Mike Edwards in 1983.Ron Galella Collection via Getty

Ron Galella Collection via Getty

Around 1977, Priscilla began dating model Michael Edwards. The two were together at the time of Elvis' sudden death, and Edwards joined Priscilla at the musician’s funeral.

“It meant so much to me that a man in my life was sharing the moments of another man in my life,” Priscilla told PEOPLE the following year.

Marco Garibaldi

Priscilla Presley and Marco Garibaldi in 2000.David McNew

David McNew

On March 1, 1987, Priscilla and Garibaldi welcomed their first and only child together, son Navarone Garcia. The couple, who largely kept their relationship out of the public eye, remained together for another 19 years before going their separate ways in 2006.

They never married.

Nigel Lythgoe

Nigel Lythgoe and Priscilla Presley in 2011.David Becker/WireImage

David Becker/WireImage

In the mid-aughts, Priscilla was linked to producer and reality star Nigel Lythgoe, whom she met while he was filmingAmerican Idolat Graceland. According to Lythgoe, she had recently broken things off with Garibaldi and he had recently separated from his ex-wife Bonnie Lythgoe when they crossed paths.

“She was just finishing a relationship,” theSo You Think You Can Dancehost told theDaily Mailin 2011. “She got me through a lot. The divorce devastated me.”

He added: ‘I tried a therapist but it didn’t work for me. It was easier to go out to dinners with Priscilla. We had many nights of talking.”

Jon Kopaloff/Getty and Karwai Tang/WireImage

Per Anstis, he and Priscilla went on a few dates during her time in London.

“Priscilla looks exquisite, speaks with such poise and has so much charisma. She really is quite someone to be with," he toldThe Mirrorin June 2013. “She’s absolutely fascinating to chat with and someone like that you just sit back and listen to.”

source: people.com