Presley's pals cost him Monroe date

Marilyn Monroe once snubbed a date with Elvis Presley because she didn't like the company he kept.

Marilyn Monroe once snubbed a date with Elvis Presley because she didn't like the company he kept.

Presley's longtime confidante Byron Raphael, who was hired to wrangle beautiful one-night stands for the king of rock 'n' roll, reveals his boss met with Monroe on a film set at 20th Century Fox studios in Hollywood.

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