Marilyn MonroeFormer Hollywood agent Byron Raphael has revealed that he delivered Marilyn Monroe to Elvis Presley’s hotel in 1956 so the two could have a secret affair.

Byron told the New York Post’s Page Six that Elvis was urged to ask out Marilyn as a publicity stunt “but I think she turned him down because she felt it was too public. But Presley didn’t give up and secretly set up a meeting.”

“Two weeks later, Elvis called me and said, ‘I want you to pick up Marilyn.’”

“It was a rainy night and I brought her to the Beverly Wilshire [hotel] and we went upstairs to his room. When he saw her, they came together and, without saying a word, started kissing. I was in shock and I didn’t know what to do. Then Marilyn, who was 10 years older, said, ‘You’re pretty good for a guitar player.’”

“After two minutes, they went into the bedroom and I didn’t know if I was supposed to leave, or stay and wait for them, so I sort of just dozed off. The next thing I knew I was startled awake by the door opening and I dove behind the bar. And they both walked out stark naked. I didn’t say a word. I just stayed quietly.”

But when they went back into the bedroom, Byron took it as an opportunity to leave: “He either put her in a cab or she stayed the night, I don’t know.”

“A few days later, when I mentioned Marilyn to Elvis, he said, ‘She’s a nice gal, but a little tall for me.’”

“I knew that this was the sort of thing that could ruin their careers. They were two of the most famous people in the world and Marilyn was still married to Arthur Miller at the time - so I never said a word.”

“There were a lot of other young girls I would bring up to see Elvis - but he would never mention Marilyn again.”