Priscilla Presley dismisses 'crazy' romance rumor linking her to former 'Dallas' co-star Patrick Duffy

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Priscilla Presley confirmed that she has no romantic connection with her 'Dallas' co-star Patrick Duffy at a Q&A event at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, on Saturday, March 23. 

The speculations started circulating after the cast of the 1978 series gathered for a reunion on March 1, despite the actor's girlfriend, Linda Purl, being present at the event. Duffy and Priscilla were cast as high school sweethearts Bobby Ewing and Jenna Wade in the TV series 'Dallas', which aired between 1983 and 1988.

Priscilla Presley called Patrick Duffy's romance rumor 'unbelievable'

While speaking about her career after her divorce from Elvis Presley, Priscilla remarked, "Now there’s this whole big thing out there that I love Patrick Duffy, and I’m reading this in a magazine that someone showed me yesterday," as per PEOPLE Magzine. 

She asserted, "I’m going, 'This is unbelievable, really, this is so crazy'. I hadn’t seen him in a long time, and it was a great reunion. Patrick told me how happy he was, and we talked to the audience and they had questions for us and that’s it."

Priscilla Presley 'never wanted to marry' after Elvis Presley

In an earlier interview, when asked why she didn't remarry after she and Elvis divorced in 1973, Priscilla admitted, "I just don't think that he could handle that. To be honest with you, I never wanted to marry after him. I never had any desire. No one could ever match him," as per OK Magazine. 

Moreover, in a 2023 TODAY interview, the 'The Naked Gun' star opened up about her relationship with the late "King of Rock and Roll" and said, "It was very difficult for my parents to understand that Elvis would be so interested in me and why."

She shared, "And I really do think because I was more of a listener. Elvis would pour his heart out to me in every way in Germany: his fears, his hopes, the loss of his mother — which he never, ever got over."

"And I was the person who really, really sat there to listen and to comfort him. That was really our connection. Even though I was 14, I was actually a little bit older in life — not in numbers. That was the attraction," noted the 78-year-old actress. 

Priscilla asserted, "People think, 'Oh, it was sex'. No, it wasn’t. I never had sex with him. He was very kind, very soft, very loving, but he also respected the fact I was only 14 years old. We were more in line in thought, and that was our relationship."