Posted on 09/11/2009 9:15:22 PM PDT by Roberts
ABC News’ Jacqueline Klingebiel and Lindsey Ellerson report: Levi Johnston discloses exclusive details about life behind the scenes at the Palin household in an upcoming October issue of Vanity Fair, which is set to hit stands today.
In the exclusive interview, Johnston, who fathered Bristol Palin’s baby, revealed that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin asked the young parents to keep their pregnancy a secret during her unsuccessful bid for the 2008 vice presidency.
“She told me that once Bristol had the baby she and Todd would adopt him. That way, she said, Bristol and I didn’t have to worry about anything,” Johnston wrote. “Sarah kept mentioning this plan. She was nagging—she wouldn’t give up. “
Johnston goes into great lengths describing the Palins' parenting style, saying they didn’t cook or clean and often household chores were left up to the children.
“The kids would do it all themselves: cook, clean, do the laundry, and get ready for school. Most of the time Bristol would help her youngest sister with her homework, and I’d barbecue chicken or steak on the grill,” said Johnston. “Even before the campaign, Bristol was already the mom in the house, and she got tired of having to take care of her siblings.”
In a throw to the controversial exchange during the campaign between CBS’s Katie Couric and Palin about what publications the then-governor read habitually, Johnston also remarked that Palin only reads “once in a blue moon.”
[I] “actually never saw Sarah reading much at all—once in a blue moon, I’d see her reading a book, and I’ve never even seen her read a newspaper in my life. The Frontiersman and the Anchorage Daily News were always there in the morning, but the only one who looked through them was Todd.”
During the campaign and shortly after, Johnston told Vanity Fair that there was a lot of tension in the Palin’s relationship, often fighting and sleeping in separate rooms. Johnston disclosed there was also talk of divorce.
“They’re good on television, but once the cameras would leave they didn’t talk to each other,” Johnston said.
But it was after the elections that Johnston characterized life in the Palin household as rather dismal, saying the then-governor would walk “around the house pouting.” When the McCain camp began accusing her of being the reason the Arizona senator lost the election, Palin would defensively remark, “I brought everything to the table” and “the majority of people were out there voting because of me!”
The aftermath of the election hit Palin hard, said Johnston, and “she definitely thought she was running for president.”
Shortly after, Palin decided to step down from her role as governor of Alaska. Johnston told Vanity Fair Palin would blatantly say, “I want to just take this money and quit being governor.”
This illiterate kid isn't smart enough to create a coherent lie.
Isn’t there a leaky crabboat in AK that will hire this clown?
14:59 Mr. Johnston (tick tock).
Trailer trash.
And the twit who wrote about his lies is worse off than he...
I love to read books, but with four kids, a full-time job, and other commitments, I rarely have time. I also don’t ever ever read newspapers, because I hate newsprint. I read on-line.
The liberals look foolish using this Small Johnston as their weapon to trash Sarah Palin.
Hey Levi...what about your dope-dealer mom?
No. He’s an effin redneck, remember?
No offense to you, but I wish we didn’t even post the trash about this, well, trash...especially 9 days later...
Who does this kid think he is? I took him to be an honest young man back during the election cycle. Now I am embarrassed for him.
This ignorant ittle twit is almost done with his 15 minutes of fame. The only thing he has to look forward to is the left trotting him out every so often to bash the Palin family. What a loser.
Never mind the little twit... Check out ABC. They’re STILL trying to trash Sarah Palin!
Man, they are so afraid of her!
This is an old article. His claim has already been debunked.
Lunacy from a little mind, of the son of a meth-mom.
It will be fun to watch him crash and burn..... and he will.
Whatever did Bristol see in this guy?
Anyone who doesn’t think this creep didn’t want the baby aborted is a dreamer.
The Palin Basher is a Ron Paul supporter.
There is nothing to post positive about the anti war
and friend to 9/11 Truthers, Ron Paul so trying to bashing
Sarah Palin who is the major Conservative Republican
is suppose to help this alter cocker, Ron Paul.
Prayers for the Palin family.
There is only one disgusting person here, and it is Levi. He betrayed the mother of his child. He has no honor. And he seems determined to defame the mother of his child’s family for his own perceived gain. Absolute shame on Levi.
Did you ever think, Levi, that no woman in her right mind would ever trust you enough to even go out to dinner with you? The woman who does is a damn fool.
I don’t trust this punk any further than I could throw him, but what claim has been ‘debunked’? That word is thrown around way too much these days on all sides about all things.
A lot of money must be getting offered to run these stories to Mr. Johnston. This guy was being trashed by those he is now pandering to and he stabs people in the back who came to his aide and defended him. He is estranging himself from half of his child’s family and that is fairly outrageous.
And what he describes sounds like requiring kids to pich in for the household they are a part of and do chores. Nothing out of the ordinary. Teenagers complain about having to look after younger siblings...wow, that’s really unusual there, Levi and ABC News / Vanity Fair.
What the what??? The children had chores? I've never heard of anything so insanely cruel and utterly unreasonable!!!!!!!!!!!
*rolling eyes*
If my grandchild had such a punk father and druggie paternal grandmother, I would consider adopting my grandchild to get this jerk out of the baby’s life. If the punk baby daddy is out of the baby’s life...better ensures stability for the baby.
Apparently he is now close to closing a deal to pose for Playgirl as well.
They’ll spend time on garbage like this, but can’t take a minute or two and mention Van Jones, the ACORN scandal, ect...ect
or to explain how Sarah was supposed to be pregnant with another baby while she was still carrying Trig..... this kid is dumb beyond words — of course, all one has to do is look at the two handlers he has running him and both have ties back to Obamakins.
Maybe someone should ask him when he’s going to provide support for his baby son.
This has been another Bill Kristol Joint....
It must be frustrating supporting that old anti war, 9/11 Truther Ron Paul to the point you have to dig up a bogus article from several days ago
And he’s not even a blond!
Levi who????
Obama’s MSM is going to milk this kid for all he’s worth then throw him under the bus. He’s got nearly 3 years of this to look forward to this, then his minute of fame is gone.
A-mazingly bad move.
Desperation by ABC - Palin is kicking the Kenyan’s ass in the healthcare debate so they need a distraction.
Isn’t this the moron whose mother is a drug addict?
what a scumbag!!!!!!!!!! OH ABC — ALL BARACK CHANNEL—too.
On Larry King it was mentioned he was also going to do gay porn soon.
In his own crappy way, I think that's what he's trying to do here. These kinds of stories generate a lot of money for him, and the more lurid they are, the more questions people will have and he can make money longer.
I'm sure he's making more loot off his storytelling than if he was scrubbing decks on a fishing boat or something. After all, he's not an intelligent person with a lot of options.
You just nailed the BEST question anyone could ask of him.
Welcome to life in a large family. Mom works, older kids raise the younger kids. That's how it works. Levi's family life was probably somewhat different, so he thinks Bristol and her siblings were abused.
what trash.....after the respectful place the Palin's placed him during the campaign....
Levi isn’t giving these cash-for-defamation interviews for the benefit of his child. It’s all for himself. If he cared one solitary iota about his child, he would not be doing what he is doing. Remember, Tripp will grow up one day and read about what a heel his “daddy” is.
So am I, doesn’t mean anything. Johnston’s simply a bum and a dumb punk.
At this point, nothing he says hurts her with the public; it hurts the people who are using him more than it does her.
Most people recognized what a spot Sarah was in when she was asked to run for a very public office in the middle of a family crisis, and they recognize that she confronted the situation as honestly and bravely as she knew how to do. Most people would have struggled with the situation and probably not run at all, or kept the kids well out of view. She didn’t; she put them on full display and embraced them both proudly. Whatever was going on in the background, that he how she dealt with it publicly.
He’s too immature to realize what a spot she was in and how really gracefully she dealt with it in the end. But adults across the country see her in a very differnt light; the more they try to use this against her the more gracefully human she seems in peoples’ eyes.
What’s to be ‘debunked?’ It is this punk kid mouthing off crap that he damned sure can’t prove. Period.
...and you are sure he is generously giving of these monies for the support of his son?
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