According to the Chicago Tribune, Marco Garibaldi first met Priscilla Presley when they were introduced by mutual friends in 1983. The two began living together in Presley’s Beverley Hills home and by 1987, the pair had a child together, Navarone Garibaldi.
Until quite recently little was known about the producer and his family life. Then, in 2023, Navarone gave a tell-all interview with People magazine, revealing details about the couple. In the interview, Navarone claimed that his mother was warned about Marco’s duplicitous nature by one of his exes. Quite early in their relationship, a mysterious caller phoned to say “he’s not who you think he is.” Navarone recalled, “My mom pretty much said, ‘Don’t call here again,’ because she didn’t know what to do with that information.”
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Arguably whoever sent the warning proved to be right. Although officially he shares a surname with the famous Italian revolutionary, Giuseppe Garibaldi, the producer’s claim to an Italian heritage proved to be false. In 2017, Navarone discovered that his father lied about his origins and changed his name after being told that he would not succeed in show business with a Hispanic name. How secret this secret really was is not really known — Marco was publicly identified as having Brazilian ethnicity by the Chicago Tribune back in 1986. On the other hand, Navarone’s quest to meet his real extended family in Brazil left father and son estranged, with Marco telling Navarone “lose my number.”
