When you know, you know. Riley Keoughdaughter of the late songwriter Lisa Maria Presley and musician danny keoughShe said she knew her husband Ben Smith-Petersen, was singled out for her on the second date. “When I met my husband, he came out of the gas station on our second date and I was like, ‘I’m going to marry him and have kids with him,'” the 33-year-old actress said. Daisy Jones and the six the star sprouted on March 1, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (see below). “We haven’t said ‘I love you’ yet.”
Riley added that while she felt like she’d found the right person, she couldn’t say anything soon. “I thought, ‘If I tell him now, he’ll leave me here in Australia, at the gas station,’” she smiled. Things have clearly worked out for the sweet couple, who tied the knot in 2015 after getting engaged in 2014.
Riley and her stunt double welcomed their first child together in private last year and only revealed the touching news in the eulogy Riley wrote for her mother’s Graceland memorial in January, which Ben read at his name. “Thank you for showing me that love is the most important thing in this life. I hope I can love my daughter as much as you loved me,” the statement reads. Riley was photographed carrying a baby as she arrived in Los Angeles following her mother’s funeral on Jan. 23. The photo, seen here, is the first known baby picture of Riley and Ben.
Riley’s daughter, whose name has not been released, is Riley’s first great-granddaughter. Elvis Presley AND Priscilla Presley77. The former couple have four grandchildren, three of whom are still alive. benjamin keough he is the second child that Lisa Marie had with Danny and sadly he passed away in 2020 at the age of 27. Lisa had twin daughters, harpist AND finelywith Michael Lockwood. The divorce was finalized in 2021.
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Riley did not comment further on becoming a mother. Instead, she took to Instagram on Jan. 24 to once again remind her mother of her after the funeral services ended. The photo she posted was taken the last time she saw her famous mother alive. “Feeling lucky to have a picture of the last time I saw my beautiful mum,” she wrote alongside the photo, which can be seen above.
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