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Sarah Palin Reacts To Levi Johnston And Bristol Palin’s Engagement

Former Alaska governor’s statement emphasizes daughter’s belief in ‘redemption and forgiveness.’ By Gil Kaufman Sarah Palin (file) Photo: Chip Somodevilla/ Getty Images You can bet things are going to be a bit tense at the reception. Just hours after the cover of this week’s Us Weekly was revealed — depicting a once-again engaged Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston — Bristol’s mother, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin weighed in on the surprise news. “Bristol at 19 is now a young adult. We obviously want what’s best for our children,” Palin and snowmobiling husband Todd said in a statement that was read on the “Today” show on Wednesday morning (July 14). “Bristol believes in redemption and forgiveness to a degree most of us struggle to put in practice in our daily lives.” The not-so-subtle message of the statement appeared to diss to high school dropout Johnston, 20, the one-time Playgirl model and aspiring actor who went on a tear criticizing the Palin household after he and Bristol broke up in December 2008, two weeks after their son, Tripp, was born. Bristol told Us that the couple got engaged again two weeks ago, that she had forgiven Levi for his unkind words and that they had not alerted her mom to the news, a decision she said made her a little afraid. “We got engaged two weeks ago,” she admitted. “It felt right, even though we don’t have the approval of our parents. … It is intimidating and scary just to think about what her reaction is going to be. Hopefully she’ll jump onboard.” Abstinence advocate Bristol is pictured wearing all white on the cover and standing alongside Johnston, also dressed in white and holding Tripp. “Today” reported that no wedding date has been set yet, but that the young couple would like to tie the knot quickly, perhaps as soon as next month. Until then, they are reportedly living separately. What do you think of Sarah Palin’s statement? Tell us in comments below.

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Where Do You Go to Get Angry? [Pain]

After reading the news that Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are getting back together to live in wedded conservative bliss, I immediately went to FoxNews.com to read the joyful comments and get angry. Why do I do this to myself? More

Bristol Palin And Levi Johnston Get Engaged Again

Young couple said they hadn’t yet told Sarah Palin about engagement. By Gil Kaufman Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston Photo: New York Daily News More than a year and a half after calling off their first engagement, Playgirl model Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin are ready to give marriage another try. The couple first got engaged after Bristol became pregnant with their now 18-month-old son, Tripp, and took the stage together with Palin’s mother, former vice presidential candidate and half-term Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, at the 2008 Republican National Convention . They broke up just weeks after Tripp’s birth in December 2008, but the couple told Us Weekly in this week’s cover story that they are ready to get hitched. “We got engaged two weeks ago,” abstinence advocate Bristol, 19, told the magazine. “It felt right, even though we don’t have the approval of our parents.” That might be the sticky part. Johnston, 20, recently offered a public apology to the Palins, especially to Sarah, for the harsh comments he made about the family in the fallout from his breakup with Bristol. Despite agreeing to pose with Tripp on the cover of the magazine and announcing their second engagement on the cover, they admitted that they hadn’t yet told Sarah Palin about their plans. The couple said they reconnected three months ago while working on a custody plan for Tripp and unexpectedly rekindled their romance. “I really thought we were over,” Johnston said. “So when I went, I had no hope. I think we both just started talking — and then we took Tripp for a walk.” Bristol added, “When he left that night, we didn’t hug or kiss, but I was thinking how different it was. He texted me: ‘I miss you. I love you. I want to be with you again.’ … I was in shock.” Sarah Palin has been very outspoken about her feelings about Johnston in the past, lashing out at him when he claimed last fall that she referred to her infant song Trig — who has Down Syndrome — as “retarded,” slamming the aspiring model/actor and high school dropout by referring to him as “Ricky Hollywood” during an Oprah Winfrey interview and mocking his “aspiring porn” career. That contentious relationship has Bristol a bit worried about how her mother will react to their engagement. “It is intimidating and scary just to think about what her reaction is going to be,” she said of the outspoken Fox News contributor, who had not yet weighed in on the news at press time. “Hopefully, she will jump onboard.”

Levi and Bristol — Engaged, Not Having Sex

America’s favorite unwed, single teenage mother — Bristol Palin — is engaged to be get married …. and the man she’s trying the knot with is the most unlikely candidate ever … her baby daddy Levi Johnston . Levi and Bristol’s story is a tale of… Read more

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CBS Ignores Levi Johnston Admitting False Statements; Promoted Him in ’09

In an interview with People Magazine on Tuesday, Levi Johnston admitted: “I publicly said things about the Palins that were not completely true.” On Wednesday, the CBS Early Show failed to make any mention of the admission, despite having provided a media platform for Johnston last year by conducting exclusive interviews with him. On the April 8, 2009 broadcast , co-host Maggie Rodriguez conducted her first interview with Johnston, and introduced the segment by proclaiming: “He [Johnston], along with his mother and sister, sat down with me last night for an interview to clear up the ‘lies’ they say the Palins have been telling about them.” Rodriguez sympathized with the former boyfriend of Bristol Palin by wondering: “Did you get your heart broken?” During a September 3 segment on Johnston’s latest attack against the Palins, Rodriguez declared: “And shocking allegations that could shatter former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s conservative family image. If she chooses to believe what Levi Johnston is saying.” Rodriguez’s second interview with Johnston came weeks later on October 29 : “He is back on the offensive in this he-said-she-said battle that began shortly after the presidential election….he says he’s trying to show the world the real Levi.” In reaction to that interview, Sarah Palin called out the network for promoting Johnston: “CBS should be ashamed for continually providing a forum to propagate lies.” On the November 17 Early Show , Rodriguez touted an exclusive interview with Johnston on the CBS entertainment show, ‘The Insider’: “Levi Johnston says he is winning the war of words between Sarah Palin and him. We’ll hear from him.” Later, correspondent for The Insider, Chris Jacobs, declared: “Sarah Palin lashing out at Levi and now Levi fires back.”     In the Tuesday interview with People, after Johnston confessed to making false statements about the Palins, he added: “I owe it to the Palins to publicly apologize.” One wonders when CBS will offer a similar apology for so aggressively promoting Johnston, despite his lack of credibility. At the very least, the network should acknowledge the fact that he now recants past statements he made on their air.

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Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Reality Check: ‘Freezing My A-List Off’

Kathy Griffin’s D-List adventures took her “North to the Future” last night to Wasilla, Alaska, the quaint town that still gives Air Force Two pilots night terrors. In addition to signing a few books and helping pick a date for her assistant Tiffany, Kathy tracked down her former “lover” Levi Johnston and joined him on a recreational tour of his homeland. The whole trek was an exercise in meta-reality, but that doesn’t mean we can’t suss out its most “real” and “fake” moments. Bullsh*t bifocals ready, Griffindorks.

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Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Reality Check: ‘Freezing My A-List Off’

Bristol Palin on The Secret Life of the American Teenager: First Photo

The Secret Life of the American Teenager is set to welcome an American teenager whose personal life has been anything but secret for the past two years. Bristol Palin, 19, will appear as herself in the July 5 episode. The series, now in its third season, focuses on families, friends and how they deal with the unexpected pregnancy, and subsequent motherhood, of a teen. Main character Amy Juergens, played by Shailene Woodley, will befriend Bristol Palin at a program for teenage mothers, and says about their scene: “We’re all teen moms and musicians. The program – it’s for teen moms.” Deep. Here’s a photo of The Secret Life of the American Teenager moms … Bristol Palin and Shailene Woodley on set . Having just gotten back together with baby daddy Levi Johnston, according to reports, things are going well for Bristol, mother of 18-month-old Tripp. As well as they can be expected to, at least. The daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin takes care of herself and Tripp by working multiple jobs. Aside from the controversy of Mercede Johnston’s blog , life is really on the upswing these days, and we look forward to seeing Bristol’s TV debut.

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Kathy Griffin: Puts Levi Johnston on TV as ‘Middle Finger’ to Palin, ‘Strong Conservative’ Means ‘Idiot’

As left-wing comedian Kathy Griffin appeared on Friday’s Larry King Live on CNN, after the conversation turned to her “My Life on the D List” show’s trip to Wasilla, Alaska, featuring Levi Johnston, host King asked her about her “attraction” to Johnston, referring to talk of a relationship between the two which is rumored to just be a publicity stunt. The left-wing comedian asserted that “every time that I’m with Levi and put him in the public eye, I feel that it’s my very subtle middle finger to Sarah Palin.” Griffin then added, “Yeah, go ahead, Tweet me, Palin freaks, I don’t care anymore.” A few minutes later, as the subject turned to her taking her show to a Senate hearing about the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy on gays in the military, Griffin recounted her meeting with Republican Representative Michele Bachmann, whom she referred to as a “moron,” and, after she seemed to perceive that King was uncomfortable with the insult as he noted that Bachmann has been on the show before and is a “strong, conservative person,” Griffin shot back: “Oh, boy, I didn’t know it was “Be Kind to Bachmann Day” because my word for that is ‘idiot.’” Below is a transcript of relevant portions of the Friday, June 11, Larry King Live on CNN: 9:28 p.m. KATHY GRIFFIN: Have you been to Wasilla? LARRY KING: No. GRIFFIN: It blows. I’m not gonna lie. KING: Yeah? GRIFFIN: It blows chunks, yeah. It’s not what we want the country to be like, when Sarah Palin said, you know, I would run the country, you know, you betcha, the way I run Wasilla, that’s not what we want. It’s a lot of boredom and then some crystal meth. Hey, go ahead, write your letters, I don’t care anymore. Go ahead, Tweet me about it. KING: What’s your attraction to Levi? GRIFFIN: I get him in a way that Bristol never did. And also, every time that I’m with Levi and put him in the public eye, I feel that it’s my very subtle middle finger to Sarah Palin. Yeah, go ahead, Tweet me, Palin freaks, I don’t care anymore. KING: Have you been intimate with Levi? GRIFFIN: Yes, I have. I’ve seen his Johnston. Have you? KING: No. GRIFFIN: It goes on and on- KING: Yeah? GRIFFIN: -for days. KING: Do you love him? GRIFFIN: Yeah. KING: He’s younger than you. GRIFFIN: Like a, like 30 years, not even that much. KING: Would you be serious with him? GRIFFIN: Yeah, that’s right, I would be very serious, in a committed, monogamous relationship. KING: Well, how’s it going, then? GRIFFIN: It’s, well, you know, now that I got a painting from Erik Menendez, I feel that I’m seeing other people. I mean, I’m torn. It’s like the Thornbirds, you know what I mean? It’s like a forbidden love. … 9:32 p.m. KING: You took the show to Washington for an episode. What was that like for you? GRIFFIN: It was fantastic because I learned a lot about how things work on the Hill, and I’m, you know, doing whatever I can to help repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. I have many, many friends in the military after having been to Iraq and Afghanistan and Kuwait and all those places.

Happy Birthday, Christina Hendricks!

Two of America’s most famous breasts turn 35 today. So does Mad Men star Christina Hendricks. The actress was named The Hottest Woman in America by Esquire in April and has begun production on season four of the AMC drama. In related news Levi Johnston turns 20 today, meaning there’s actually a bigger boob out there celebrating a birthday. In honor of Hendricks, we’ve posted a photo montage below. You’re welcome, fellas…

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Move Over, Palins and Kardashians—Here Comes Levi Johnston’s Reality Show

Sarah Palin may not be the only member of everybody’s favorite dysfunctional Alaskan family coming to your living room. Levi Johnston is in Los Angeles this week shopping…

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