Speaker
Riley Keough
Appearances over time
1 episodes
Episodes
1
Podcasts
Quotes & moments
Riley Keough was arrested as a teenager for breaking and entering after attending what she thought was a friend's party but was actually a house for sale.
After her arrest, Riley was grounded for approximately three months, including on her 15th or 16th birthday.
Riley got married at 25 and felt no nervousness — she simply knew her husband was the person she was meant to have children with.
Riley completed her mother Lisa Marie Presley's memoir in approximately one year, starting just three to four months after Lisa Marie passed away.
After her brother's death left her with nowhere to turn, Riley trained and became a certified death doula to support others going through similar grief.
Lisa Marie Presley firmly believed that tough love does not work for people struggling with addiction, a view Riley says she fully agrees with.
The cast of Daisy Jones and the Six had band practice every day for approximately a year to prepare for the show, as many members had never played instruments before.
After losing her brother, Riley turned to Reddit forums and Instagram DMs with strangers to find people who had experienced similar losses, finding it one of the most comforting resources.
Riley says her mother Lisa Marie Presley fell into opioid addiction during Riley's mid-20s, which fundamentally shifted the mother-daughter dynamic so that Riley became the caretaker.
Riley Keough and Dakota Johnson's informal band, Folkie Porn, lasted only about three days before breaking up.
Riley Keough and Dakota Johnson formed a band called Folkie Porn — sitting around a table with Photo Booth doing covers — and it lasted exactly three days. Neither of them were confident singers, so they all just sang at once as co-lead vocalists.
Lisa Marie Presley came to Riley in December asking for help with her autobiography, then died a month later. Riley, three to four months into grief and deeply resistant, pushed through and finished the book in about a year — driven by her mother's wish to share her story.
Riley went to what she thought was a friend's party — but the house was actually for sale. The police showed up, most people fled, and ten including Riley were arrested. Her mom was in Las Vegas and refused to come, sending Riley's aunt instead.
When Lisa Marie married Michael Jackson, life didn't get crazier for Riley because the paparazzi chaos was already there. But Michael's world showed Lisa Marie what she was missing — a plane, more staff — and the family's lifestyle expanded accordingly.
In her mid-20s, Riley's mother Lisa Marie Presley fell into opioid addiction, and the mother-daughter dynamic quietly but entirely flipped — Riley became the caretaker. The strangest part: Lisa Marie didn't notice it was happening.
Riley spent years trying to drag her mother into rehab and keep all the plates spinning, only to watch addiction ultimately claim two family members. The lesson she was forced to learn: you cannot fix it. Surrender is the only option.
When Riley's parents Danny and Lisa Marie divorced in the '90s, Danny moved into the guest house — even when Lisa Marie had other partners. That modeled a belief Riley carried into all her own relationships: when you break up, you stay friends.
Every dinner Riley Keough grew up with involved 50 people and high-intensity moments. So in her 20s, when life got quieter, she didn't feel peaceful — she felt lonely. It wasn't about wealth; it was about the contrast between a big, constant world and a smaller, simpler one.
On air, Riley calls Zoë Kravitz to ask how she'd describe Riley as a friend. Zoë calls her a ride-or-die, says she's consistent, loyal, great at keeping secrets, funny, honest — and then calls her a bitch at the end just for fun.
Lisa Marie Presley never talked about her grief after Elvis died — only about Elvis himself. Because her grief was so public, she kept her feelings private, and Riley believes she didn't truly begin to process it until her late 40s or 50s.
Riley was never told about the abuse allegations against Michael Jackson as a child, and has never asked about them as an adult either. Her parents' policy was never to fight or discuss difficult things in front of the kids — so she simply didn't know.
After losing her brother, Riley found no resources — just Reddit forums and Instagram DMs with strangers. That led her to the death doula community, and eventually she trained and got certified. A death doula does for dying what a birth doula does for birth.
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- Health & Fitness 46%
- Society & Culture 45%
- Arts 9%
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