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    Riley Keough gets candid on having the late Michael Jackson as a stepfather on The View

    By Caroline Gaspich,

    6 hours ago

    During a guest appearance on The View, Elvis Presley's granddaughter Riley Keough opened up about what it was like having the late great Michael Jackson as a stepfather.

    On Wednesday morning, as Riley promoted her late mother Lisa Marie Presley's upcoming memoir, 'From Here to the Great Unknown' on the talk show , she got candid about a number of topics, including her unconventional childhood. After joking that she had " a few stepfathers” throughout her life, the Daisy Jones and the Six star shared her experience living alongside the King of Pop.

    After co-host Sunny Hostin asked what her memories of living inside Jackson's home was like, Riley simply replied: “My memories were - it felt very normal. I am aware that my life was not normal to other people but for my existence and my reality it was very normal.”

    Riley's mother Lisa and Michael tied the knot back in May of 1994 when the pop star was 35-years-old and she was 25. The couple married just weeks after her divorce from musician Danny Keough, and they shared a two-year-long marriage before also divorcing in August of 1996.

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    And while Riley kept the details of her relationship with Michael vague during her visit to The View, she has opened up about her experience living with the legendary singer in the past. In an interview with Vanity Fair , Riley said: "I think he really got a kick out of being able to make people happy, in the most epic way possible, which I think he and my grandfather had in common," referring to Elvis.

    When she was asked how Michael’s Neverland Ranch compared to her grandfather’s Graceland estate, Riley explained: "Which one did I like better? I spent more time at Neverland than Graceland, to be honest. That was a real home, whereas Graceland was a museum in my lifetime."

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    Riley described Neverland Ranch as every kid's magical oasis explaining that living at the mansion felt like "Disneyland all day" and that it was filled with toys, animals, and children. Neverland Ranch was a 2,700-acre property in Santa Barbara County, California that featured two amusement park rides, own zoo, a movie theater, and a huge mansion.

    Jackson died in June 2009 at the age of 50 due to cardiac arrest, while Lisa Marie passed away last year.

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