Overview

• The account appears in Priscilla Presley’s new book, Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis, which is set to be published on Sept. 23.
• She writes that Elvis "always carried a loaded gun, sometimes more than one," framing why the late-night call felt volatile.
• Presley says she dated Robert Kardashian in 1975 for about a year but did not want to remarry and found his long work hours difficult.
• According to her recollection, Kardashian slept through the 2 a.m. call and Elvis never learned of the relationship.
• Presley says they remained friendly, recounting a final conversation before Kardashian’s 2003 death that his daughter Kim helped arrange.