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Sep 2022
1h 9m

Priscilla Presley’s Memoir Elvis and Me ...

Chelsea Devantez
About this episode

Chelsea and Alison Rosen (Alison Rosen is Your New Best Friend, Upworthy Weekly) get raw with Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir Elvis and Me. This episode addresses many important questions, like: How much karate is too much karate? Does Elvis go down? Is it weird if your fiancé’s ex throws you a bridal shower? Why did Elvis want Nixon to give him a federal narcotics badge? Elvis… is a chode? 

 

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