Riley Keough covers the September issue of Vanity Fair.Photo:Mario Sorrenti/Vanity Fair
Mario Sorrenti/Vanity Fair
Riley Keoughis speaking out for the first time about her choice to use a surrogate to welcome her daughter.
“I can carry children, but it felt like the best choice for what I had going on physically with the autoimmune stuff,” Keough, who has Lyme disease, tells the publication.
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Keough confirms the arrival of her daughter via surrogate in the latest issue.Mario Sorrenti/Vanity Fair
“This is Tupelo,” she announces, which is the Mississippi birthplace of her grandfatherElvis Presley.
Keough also reveals her daughter’s name as Tupelo.Mario Sorrenti/Vanity Fair
In the months since becoming a new mom, Keough also lost her motherLisa Marie Presley, who died in January. Lisa-Marie had attended the 2022 Golden Globes with her daughter two days prior to her death, it was reported at the time.
“We had dinner,” Keough recalls of the last time she saw her mom. “That was the last time I saw her. I remember thinking about how beautiful she looked, and that was my strongest memory of the dinner.”
“When I lost my brother, there was no road map whatsoever, and it was a lot ofbig emotions that I didn’t know what to do with,” she tellsVanity Fair. “When I lost my mom, I was familiar with the process a little bit more, and I found working to be really helpful.”
“I find it triggering when people say happiness is a choice, but in that moment, I did feel like there was a choice in front of me to give up and let this event take me out or have the courage to work through it,” Keough adds. “I started trying to move through it and not let it take me out.”
Vanity Fair’s September issue, on newsstands August 15.
source: people.com
