Lisa Marie Presley's daughter defends her decision to keep son's body at home for months amid backlash

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Riley Keough defended her late mother, Lisa Marie Presley, over criticisms of the latter's revelation in her posthumously released memoir that she kept her dead son's body on dry ice for months at their home.

Presley disclosed that she preserved her son Benjamin Keough's body, who died by suicide in 2020, for two months in the casita of her Los Angeles home.

Though social media reactions sounded mixed regarding this act of Elvis Presley's only child, some responses criticized her way of grieving, as per Fox News.

Riley Keough says her mother 'wouldn't care' about people's reactions

According to Riley, her mother "wouldn't care what people said" regarding the choice to keep her late son's dead body on dry ice for months after he died by suicide.

"The truth is that it was Covid and the plans to bury him were really unclear," the actress said to People. "We needed to get to Graceland, and it was really hard because it was Covid, and we didn't know who was going to come, so there was a lot of planning that needed to happen."

Riley added that Presley wanted her 27 year son "to be in her control," and did not want to keep Benjamin's body where someone could "mess with it."

"We come from a family that's pretty high profile, so I think she ultimately just felt like she wanted to be in control of the situation," Riley continued. "If my mom were here, she'd be like, 'Yeah, whatever. I don't care. If people think that's crazy, they can go f**k themselves."

Lisa Marie Presley revealed she got 'used to' keeping her dead son's body at home

Presley's memoir 'From Here to the Great Unknown,' released on October 8, over a year after her death in January 2023, was completed by Riley.

In the posthumously published memoir, the singer said her uncertainty in deciding whether to bury her son in Graceland or Hawaii led to keeping his body on dry ice for two months.

Presley noted that California had no state laws mandating an immediate burial of someone. She found a funeral homeowner who agreed to keep Benjamin at the LA home. Her similar experience with keeping her father in the house after his death prompted Presley to choose the same for her dead son.

"But I got so used to him, caring for him and keeping him there," the late singer wrote. "I think it would scare the living f**king piss out of anybody else to have their son there like that. But not me."

The room preserving Benjamin's body was kept at 55 degrees. He was later buried next to his grandfather, Elvis, in Graceland.

Internet criticizes Lisa Marie Presley's decision to keep her dead son's body on dry ice for months

Lisa Marie Presley's revelation sparked criticism on social media as netizens deemed her decision to keep Benjamin's dead body on dry ice at her home for two months "weird."

"That’s not normal sense," a user said.

"Only the rich and famous would get away with this nonsense," another added.

"Its beyond creepy and weird," a third user wrote.

"This is not normal behavior. I get we all grieve differently, but putting your son’s corpse on ice is a bit strange. And if you beg to differ let me know how many people you’ve ever seen do that or know of anyone who has done that. You don’t, because it’s not normal behavior. She was also in an altered state due to addiction. She had a difficult time living in reality," one user commented on Facebook.

"Weird… no parent wants to lose a child. But we all know that, we’re all going to die. On the other hand all celebrities have some weird beliefs," someone else said.

"I think something’s need to be kept to yourself people don’t need to know everything," an individual remarked.

"A sane person cannot defend this," another user wrote.

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