Former bodyguard says Elvis Presley was ‘very heavy’, ‘sour’ towards women before his death

Legendary music creator Elvis Presley has served consumers his best-selling original hits, including the country-infused “Hound Dog” and “Jailhouse Rock.” rhythm and blues and rock and roll And both his singing voice and charisma won him awards, leaving fans in hysterics.

Presley was a pioneer of youth music at the same time as Patsy. Cline produced crossovers between country and pop, and Ray Charles bridged the gap on unconventional soul. The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll was a cultural icon in the 1950s in both the music and television industries.

Several months before his sudden death on August 8, on September 16, 1977, Presley was reported to be in excruciating pain.

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Elvis Presley died on August 8, September 16, 1977, at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

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“He was very heavy,” Ted Pryor, author and Presley’s former bodyguard, told Fox News Digital.

“Elvis was at the point where he was so heavy that he didn’t like being touched. Because he sweats a lot and is always hot,” he said.

Pryor, super middleweight kickboxing champion Hired to join Presley’s team due to his world champion status.

“Elvis when he was a soldier. He learned a bit of martial arts. And he was very passionate about it,” Pryor said. “Being a bodyguard for ‘the King’ is quite exciting for me.”

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Ted Pryor recently published a book, “Three-Time World Champ: The Death-Defying True Story of a Kickboxer Turned Drug Smuggler . . . Turned Business Icon,” in which he goes into more detail about the period. His time working for Elvis Presley (Jack Randall; Getty Images)

Pryor and his friend Joe are training Florida law enforcement, FBI and DEA officers in self-defense techniques to use in the field. That’s when they received a call from Presley’s team offering him a job as a bodyguard while he toured the United States.

“Unfortunately, no one knew at the time, but he was broke,” Pryor told Fox News Digital.

“He has to start touring. Because his manager was risking his money,” he added of Colonel Tom Parker, Presley’s manager at the time.

The kickboxing duo travels across the country from Tennessee and Florida. New York to California with “The King” but never abroad.

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Elvis battled prescription drug addiction and experienced weight gain in the years before his death in 1977. (Getty Images)

“Elvis never traveled outside of the United States,” Pryor said. “Elvis’ manager There’s a reason why they kept him in America. Because he has a gambling problem.”

Even though Presley gained weight which has been extensively analyzed in the decades following his death. But women flocked to the “It’s Now or Never” singer and moved aggressively through the crowd to take the stage.

“Women used to rush up to the stage,” Pryor told Fox News Digital. “It was interesting because you had the collar around their waist. We will slowly bring them down to the ground. And our junior bodyguards will take them out.”

Pryor said men would fend off three to four women at a time using the technique of taking off their clothes. and a woman to whom Presley herself gave a scarf. also used the jewelry to strangle Pryor

Elvis moved Priscilla Presley to his Graceland home in 1963, and later in 1967 the couple married before divorcing in 1973. (Getty Images)

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“She tried to get to Elvis,” he said. “She put it around my neck and started choking me.”

Pryor and Joe were still by his side on the final tour of his life, unknowingly. Until they receive sudden news that shocks and destroys the world. Presley’s death was so shocking that former President Jimmy Carter issued a public statement regarding his death in Memphis.

“It was not a good call,” Pryor said. “I think the whole world is shocked when this happens.”

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Elvis and Priscilla had one child together, Lisa Marie Presley, who was born to them in February 1968. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Looking back fondly on his time with Presley Pryor said the singer treated his bodyguards “very well” and that although he was generally “sour” he was “nice” to them.

“He lost his mother, he lost his wife, and he resented women,” Pryor said.