Asweet tribute. Riley Keough got a tattoo for her late sibling Benjamin Keough fourteen days after his demise. The Girlfriend Experience alum took to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, July 28, to share a photograph of the new tat she inked out of appreciation for her more youthful sibling, who died by self destruction toward the beginning of July.
In the image, Riley gave her shoulder as she stripped the plastic wrap off her tattoo, which read her sibling’s name, Benjamin Storm, in cursive over her collarbone. She went with the photograph with a red heart emoticon. (See a photograph of the tattoo here.) The Golden Globe candidate paid tribute to her sibling in an Instagram post on July 18, four days after news broke that Benjamin had passed on. In her post, which incorporated a few photographs of Riley and Benjamin throughout the years, the model expounded on the amount she misses her more youthful sibling.
“Mornings are the hardest. I overlook you’re no more. I can’t cry in light of the dread that I will never stop,” the Girlfriend Experience alum composed. “A torment that is unfamiliar to me. You. There are no words for you. Holy messenger is the nearest I could consider. Unadulterated light. Child sibling. Closest companion. Wild man. Scholarly. Observer to my life. Twin soul. Defender. Excessively touchy for this cruel world.”
She proceeded, “I trust you invigorate me to persevere through the mammoth opening you’ve left in my heart. I trust you invigorate me the to eat. I trust you’re supported in affection. I trust you feel my affection. I trust you feel god. You are god. I can’t accept you’ve left me. Not you sweet Ben. Anybody yet you. I surmise this is genuine awfulness. I trust we meet once more.”
Riley Keough and Benjamin Keough are the grandkids of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. Their folks are Elvis’ little girl and performer Lisa Marie Presley and vocalist musician Danny Keough. Alongside Benjamin, Riley additionally has stepsisters Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood and Finley Aaron Love Lockwood from Lisa Marie’s relationship with guitarist Michael Lockwood.
A rep for Lisa Marie told People at the hour of Benjamin’s demise that the vocalist is “totally shattered, melancholy and past crushed” over the loss of her child. “She revered that kid. He was the adoration for her life,” the rep said.
The rep additionally said that the mother of four is “attempting to remain solid for her 11-year-old twins and her most seasoned little girl Riley.”
In a 2014 meeting with Healthy Living, Lisa Marie opened up about how close her family is. “We as a whole remain together. We are generally extremely close. Any place I am, they have their rooms and live with me,” she said at that point. “We as a whole attempt to remain nearby however much as could reasonably be expected. Like, in a similar room, ideally for me. I don’t care for it when they are far away in any capacity.”
She proceeded, “I am defensive. I simply cover them in adoration and I am likewise savagely defensive. They are my need. That is my main thing. That is the thing that I care generally about. I keep them near me and ensure they are glad and solid.”