Priscilla Presley’s son wants to get into the pizza business. But why did he launch a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for it?
Navarone Garcia, the son of Priscilla Presley and TV producer Marco Garibaldi, started a campaign that has thus far raised $4,620, toward a goal of $5,500. But Garcia’s plea for financial assistance has the internet all shook up. Many online commenters wonder why he would need to raise money through crowd-funding, a path ordinarily meant for people with limited resources.
Garcia says he will use the money to buy a pizza oven. A common response from his detractors seems to be: “Get a job.”
“I have always wanted to start my own business,” Garcia wrote in his GoFundMe post, “but marketing and advertising always get in my way. As well as having the whole brick and mortar shop to add another expense.”
Instead of going the standard pop-up route, Garcia plans to “make and serve affordable organic pizza for my community and sell it from my driveway to the large foot traffic in my neighborhood.”
He said he has found a “large industrial pizza oven and negotiated it from $14,000 to $8,500.” He added that he has saved up $3,000 of his own money for the purchase. “The pizza dough and sauces [are] already sourced. It’s just buying the oven that I need to get me started. I would truly appreciate any help.”
Garcia told TMZ that he has bills to pay like everyone else. And asking his wealthy mom for a loan seems to be out of the question. “She loves the idea, but I can’t ask for money for every whimsical idea I have or we both would be broke,” he told TMZ.
The GoFundMe campaign has sparked the usual internet outrage, especially on Instagram, where Garcia has posted several video updates about the fundraiser. He has also been quick to reply to his critics, sometimes quite bluntly. For example, one commenter on Instagram wrote, “Why not get a job! You’re young and capable. You will feel better about yourself.” In response, Garcia told her to “mind your own f—in’ business” and called that a “dumb idea.”
Another wrote, “I know there’s some Elvis money still laying around. Come on, bruh, we all out here strugglin’!!!”
To that comment, Garcia replied, “Yeah bro. We all struggling. And I need to make money too. I got bills and gotta budget and be responsible too bud. I’m putting what I can afford into it as well.” He added that he is only seeking money from donors who are willing and financially able to support him.
Garcia has also said he will give free pizza to his GoFundMe supporters, suggesting that he views them as investors in his future business.
In one Instagram post, Garcia refers to paying $3,000 a month for fentanyl and paying two home mortgages. As for his employment status, his Instagram bio lists him as an “American singer/songwriter.” A separate Instagram page, called @navaronebylorand, appears to promote a line of clothing, including hoodies (pictured above), tank tops and T-shirts that “blend street art, luxury attitude and rockstar energy.”
A Wikipedia article identifies Garcia as the lead singer of Them Guns, a Los Angeles-based rock band, and a resident of Santa Monica, California. An article in People states that his mother’s 2025 memoir, Softly As I Leave You: Life After Elvis, describes Presley “helping Garcia through drug addiction and his near-death experience mere days before the death of his sister, Lisa Marie Presley.”
Outrage and backlash notwithstanding, Garcia certainly wouldn’t be the first aspiring pizza professional to start a business with a GoFundMe campaign. And he has many online defenders who are outraged by, well, the outrage.
For example, one person opined, “Yes we get it. We know who his mom is. But maybe he’s trying to live his own life without asking mommy.” Another wrote, “Keep carving your own path, you are doing the right thing. Keep it your own. Good luck you will succeed.”
