British tourist slammed as ‘disrespectful’ after jumping in Elvis Presley’s pool at Graceland before being kicked out
THIS is the shocking moment a Brit tourist jumped into Elvis Presley’s swimming pool at Graceland.
Video shows Tommy Purcell taking a quick dip at the Rock ‘n’ Roll King’s estate in Memphis, Tennessee, before being nabbed by shocked security staff.
The clip, posted by his wife Nanny Murphy on TikTok, shows the cheeky tourist stepping over a gate with a sign reading ‘RESTRICTED AREA: Do Not Enter’.
Already stripped down to his shorts, Tommy is seen confidently walking over the pool before leaping in off the diving board.
But as he takes the plunge with his shoes still on a female security working realises what is happening and sprinted over.
The video, which has been liked over 650,000 times, was posted with the caption: “My husband jumped into Elvis pool.”
In a second clip a woman is heard shouting at Tommy saying: “You’re not allowed in there! You’re not allowed to do that!’
As he strolls away Tommy replied: “You serious?”
He is then seen being escorted off the estate by a male security guard.
Viewers rushed to the comments to slam the pair.
One person wrote: “How is this funny? People are so disrespectful and I hope he got arrested.”
Another said: “Bro, watching this made my blood boil. It makes me so mad how people think it’s ok!”
In a later video, Nanny defended her husband’s actions.
She bit back: “No it’s not being disrespectful because its just jumping into a pool.
“Elvis caught someone jumping in his pool once and he didn’t stop them or get them arrested, he let them stay in the pool.
“We did get escorted because they don’t want anyone else to get the idea to jump into it. And we weren’t banned, so, yeah. How is that disrespectful?’
“By the way, we love Elvis.”
Graceland is the second most visited private house in America, behind the White House, with more than 650,000 people passing through its doors a year.
Elvis lived at the property until his death on August 16, 1977, when he was found unconscious after suffering a heart attack.
He was only 42 years old.
All in all, the property is worth anywhere between $400 to $500 million (£335 million to £418 million) as of 2020, according to a report by Rolling Stone.
In 1982, the estate was opened up to the public for tours.
It comes after another Brit tourist was slammed for defacing Rome’s historic Colosseum.
Ivan Dimitrov, also known as Ivan Hawkins, was filmed scrawling his name into the 2,000-year-old monument – along with that of his girlfriend Hayley Bracey.
The incident is being investigated by Italian police.