This Morning viewers were left mortified after host Alison Hammond repeatedly mispronounced the name of rock and roll legend Elvis Presley during a live interview with his ex-wife, Priscilla Presley.
The 50-year-old presenter, joined by Dermot O’Leary, sat down with Priscilla, 80, to discuss her new memoir Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis. But before the actress could even begin speaking about her book, viewers took to social media in outrage, pointing out that Alison had been calling the singer “Alvis” instead of “Elvis.”
“Who is Alvis, Alison?” one viewer posted on X, while another joked, “Just waiting for Priscilla to ask who the hell this Alvis person is!” A third added, “She fell in love with Alvis. Good job Elvis didn’t find out about that!”
Many fans even hoped Priscilla would “call out” Alison live on air for the embarrassing mistake, with one comment reading: “I’d love to see her correct Alison on that.”
Despite the blunder, the interview turned emotional as Priscilla opened up about her relationship with Elvis — recalling how they met when she was just 14 and he was stationed in Germany. They later married in 1967 and welcomed daughter Lisa Marie in 1968.
In her memoir, Priscilla revisits the highs and lows of their marriage — from Elvis’s infidelities and his obsession with control to the emotional turmoil that led to their split in 1972. She also makes shocking claims that Elvis once wanted to hire a hitman to kill her lover, karate instructor Mike Stone, before being talked out of it by his inner circle.
“Elvis found the thought of me with another man unbearable,” Priscilla writes. “He told the guys that Mike had to die.”
The star further revealed that after discovering her affair, Elvis became “emotionally hurt” and “made love to her forcefully,” leaving her with an unhappy final memory of their intimacy.
The memoir offers a raw and deeply personal look into the private pain behind the King’s public legend — and while Alison’s “Alvis” mishap may have stolen the headlines, Priscilla’s heartbreaking honesty remains the true centrepiece of the conversation.
