Dark Secrets You Never Knew About Elvis

4. The Bizarre White House Meeting With Nixon

In 1970, Elvis wrote a six-page letter to President Richard Nixon and showed up unannounced at the White House. Shockingly, Nixon agreed to meet him that day. Elvis claimed he wanted to help fight drug abuse and requested a badge as a “Federal Agent-at-Large.” The irony? He was already addicted to prescription medications at the time. He even brought Nixon a Colt .45 pistol as a gift, which Secret Service had to confiscate. The meeting was awkward yet iconic, and the photo of them shaking hands became one of the most requested images in U.S. National Archives history. The idea of the King of Rock lobbying to be an undercover anti-drug agent while battling his own dependencies is as tragic as it is surreal.