Nicolas Cage threw Lisa Marie Presley\u2019s $65,000 engagement ring into the ocean during one of the former couple\u2019s massive blowouts on his yacht.<\/p>\n
Priscilla Presley detailed the incident \u2014 and the tumultuous relationship \u2014 between her daughter and the actor in her explosive new memoir, \u201cSoftly, As I Leave You: Live After Elvis.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n The 80-year-old gushed over the \u201cstunning \u2026 six-carat, $65,000 diamond ring\u201d Cage, 61, proposed with<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nicolas Cage threw Lisa Marie Presley\u2019s first engagement ring off of a boat, according to Priscilla Presley. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n The 80-year-old wrote in her memoir that the former couple were on a yacht at the time. GC Images<\/p>\n \u201cOne afternoon, they went sailing off the coast of Catalina Island on Nick\u2019s yacht, the Weston,\u201d Priscilla alleged in the book, which came out Tuesday. \u201cSomething set off another of their epic fights, and Lisa pulled off her engagement ring and threw it at Nick.<\/p>\n \u201cFurious, Nick threw the ring overboard,\u201d the actress claimed, noting that Cage had divers search the area \u2014 to no avail.<\/p>\n \u201cAs far as I know, the ring is still there,\u201d Priscilla wrote.<\/p>\n During an \u201cepic\u201d fight, Lisa Marie threw the sparkler at her then-fianc\u00e9. GC Images<\/p>\n The actor subsequently tossed it into the water. WireImage<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n She went on to write that the Oscar winner presented Lisa Marie with \u201can even bigger diamond (ten carats), and they got engaged all over again.\u201d<\/p>\n Cage\u2019s rep has yet to respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n The \u201cNational Treasure\u201d star and Lisa Marie\u2019s on-again, off-again romance began in 2000, and they got married two years later.<\/p>\n The jewelry was six-carat and cost $65,000. WireImage<\/p>\n While the Oscar winner attempted to find it via divers, it remains in the water. Getty Images<\/p>\n The duo called it quits within the year, finalizing their divorce in 2004.<\/p>\n The union was Lisa Marie\u2019s third, as she had previously wed Danny Keough, with whom she welcomed late son Benjamin<\/a> and daughter Riley, and Michael Jackson.<\/p>\n Priscilla also divulged details about her daughter\u2019s marriage to Jackson<\/a> in her memoir, writing that she was \u201cappalled\u201d by the \u201cbizarre\u201d relationship.<\/p>\n She referred to the \u201cThriller\u201d hitmaker as a \u201cmanipulative man\u201d and claimed, \u201cI think he had his sights set on her long before she realized it. \u2026 I knew in my bones that Michael wasn\u2019t marrying Lisa Marie; he was marrying the Presley dynasty.\u201d<\/p>\n He bought a bigger ring, and the duo got engaged again. WireImage<\/p>\n The pair wed in 2002 and split later that same year. WireImage<\/p>\n After their divorce, Lisa Marie moved on with musician Michael Lockwood.<\/p>\n The pair welcomed twin daughters<\/a> Harper and Finley, now 16, before divorcing in 2021.<\/p>\n Lockwood was granted full custody of the girls<\/a> after Lisa Marie died in January 2023<\/a> after suffering a cardiac arrest<\/a>. She was 54.<\/p>\n As for Cage\u2019s love life<\/a>, the Golden Globe winner\u2019s first wife was Patricia Arquette, followed by Lisa Marie, Alice Kim and Erika Koike.<\/p>\n Lisa Marie died in 2023 at age 54. Getty Images<\/p>\n The \u201cWicker Man\u201d star wrote in a statement that he was \u201cheartbroken.\u201d WireImage<\/p>\n He has been married to Riko Shibata<\/a>, with whom he shares a 3-year-old daughter named August<\/a>, since February 2021.<\/p>\n