In a recent interview, acclaimed actress Cybill Shepherd opened up about her short-lived but passionate romance with the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley.
The 73-year-old star, who rose to fame in the early 1970s with her roles in “The Last Picture Show” and “The Heartbreak Kid,” shared some juicy details about their time together.
Shepherd recalled how Elvis had reached out to her through a mutual acquaintance when she was just 22 years old.
“He asked me out through a mutual guy we knew, and I said, ‘No, he said he’d call me himself!’” she recounted.
“So then my best friend Jane picked up the phone and said, ‘Oh my God, it’s Elvis!’”
The two arranged to meet at a theater that Elvis would rent out until midnight.
Despite the age difference – Shepherd was a fan of The Beatles at the time and thought Elvis was too old for her – there was an undeniable chemistry between them.
“He smelled soapy, and sweet, like sugar and sweat. I felt a lot for him,” she admitted.
In her autobiography, “Cybill Disobedience,” Shepherd dedicated a chapter to her time with Elvis, cheekily titled “White boys don’t eat…” In it, she revealed that the legendary singer was initially reluctant to perform oral sex on her.
“I had to teach him how to do it,” she said. “There are worse things to teach a man to do!”
Despite Elvis’ impressive skills in the bedroom, Shepherd noted that their relationship was short-lived due to his prescription drug habit.
“I really liked him. I thought he was very warm. And one of the most beautiful men I’d ever seen,” she said.
“As I spent more time with him, I realized he did have a drug dependency – and I’ve never been interested in drugs at all.”
Shepherd described instances where Elvis would come into the bedroom and pass out immediately or leave drugs and expensive jewelry on the bedside table for her.
“He said, ‘Here’s your drugs.’ I said, ‘Where are yours?’ He said, ‘I already took them.’
“So I flushed them down the toilet and left the jewelry there. I kind of wish I’d taken it now,” she joked.
The actress also shared a valuable lesson she learned early on: “Don’t let men give you something to drink or any pills of any kind.”
Despite the brevity of their affair, Shepherd has fond memories of her time with Elvis.
In a 2000 interview with Larry King, she described him as “brilliant, funny, and warm-hearted.”
She also admitted to being haunted by the thought that she could have potentially helped him with his drug issues.
