One of Lisa Marie Presley and Nicolas Cage’s biggest fights as a couple happened before they were married. The couple got into an argument during a boat trip which resulted in Presley losing the $65,000 engagement ring that Cage had given her.
It was reported by tabloids that Presley had hurled the ring into the sea. In an interview with Playboy in 2003, Presley denied that part of the story. “I didn’t throw it. Otherwise, that’s a true story. We were in a fight, and I said it was over. He took the ring and threw it into the water. We hired a diver but it was 150 feet down,” she recalled (via Elvis Fan Club). Luckily, Cage took no time to get a replacement. “It was a six-carat yellow diamond, and Nic replaced it two days later with a 10-carat yellow diamond,” Presley revealed.
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It was those types of fights that made their union incredibly volatile. Presley admitted to ABC (via Fox News) that they pretty much acted like kids the whole time. “The most upsetting thing was when he called to say he was sorry, wish he hadn’t done it, things like that,” she said of their split. “You can’t have a temper tantrum and then call me four days later and expect, you know, everything to be fine again… So, it was like that. We were both like two 12-year-olds in a sandbox, basically.”
