Gah! I’ve just spent way too long looking for new photos of Lisa Marie Presley, but we don’t have access to anything from the last few months, and I can’t find a good image of this week’s Enquirer cover! I’m sorry, people, we’ll have to make do with these slightly older images (circa October 2009). Lisa Marie still looks heavy in them, but the whole Enquirer story is really mean. According to them, her weight has “ballooned to 165 pounds”. Um… not to be rude, but she’s a lot heavier than 165 pounds.

Lisa Marie Presley’s weight has recently ballooned to 165 pounds, friends believe, and they fear new binge eating could be endangering her health.

The chunky mother of four needs to lose at least 40 pounds, medical experts say, or put herself at risk of a fatal heart attack.

Lisa Marie’s bloated body is a chilling echo of her father Elvis Presley, who packed on weight near the end of his life – and at 42, she’s the SAME AGE as The King when he died.

Shocking new photos in the print edition clearly show Lisa Marie’s dramatic weight gain, especially her paunchy midsection, and The ENQUIRER can now reveal the secret heartaches behind her potentially deadly health crisis.

Close sources say she may be traumatized by the sudden death of her ex-husband Michael Jackson, frustrated by her stalled music career and battling to shed the baby weight she never lost after giving birth to twins.

For the FULL STORY with all the exclusive details you won’t find anywhere else – pick up the new ENQUIRER — on sale now! PLUS: shocking before and after pix of the once proud beauty who now bears an eerily resemblance to her father, Elvis, at the time of his bloated death!

[From The National Enquirer]

When CB and I were talking about this story, she mentioned that these “she’s gained weight” covers must sell really well, because they keep doing them about Kirstie Alley. Then she theorized that maybe it had something to do with Xenu. Which I thought she meant “Xenu commands you to eat donuts, fried chicken and gravy.” But she meant something else, so nevermind!

Also, the first thing I thought when I saw these photos is that she may be pregnant again? Discuss.

Lisa Marie Presley in London on October 13, 2009. Credit: INFphoto.com