Posted on 07/14/2010 7:56:22 AM PDT by Steelfish
Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston Reveal Secret Engagement
Couple kept on-again relationship secret from Sarah Palin
Bristol Palin was worried about how she was going to tell her mother that she’s engaged to marry Levi Johnston, the father of her 18-month-old son. She solved the problem by telling a tabloid magazine. “We got engaged two weeks ago. It felt right, even though we don’t have the approval of our parents,” Palin told Us Weekly magazine in a bombshell story published Wednesday.
The magazine cover features a photo of a smiling Bristol and Levi with their son, Tripp. Inside, Bristol admits that she and Johnston had not told her parents, Sarah and Todd Palin, about the engagement. “It is intimidating and scary just to think about what her reaction is going to be. Hopefully she will jump on board,” Bristol told the magazine. “I want her to know Levi has grown up and that he is going to be there as a dad.” ‘Redemption and forgiveness’ In a statement to NBC News, the Palins said, “Bristol at 19 is now a young adult. We obviously want what’s best for our children. Bristol believes in redemption and forgiveness to a degree most of us struggle to put in practice in our daily lives.” No wedding date has been set, but Caroline Schaefer, Us Weekly’s executive editor, told TODAY’s Matt Lauer Wednesday morning that the reunited young couple would like to do it quickly — possibly in the next month. Until marriage, Schaefer said, the couple are living separately and practicing abstinence. Bristol Palin, who has moved out of her parents’ house, is a spokeswoman for an abstinence-only program.
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This brings joy to my heart.....because I don’t have kids!! ;p
I fear their relationship is doomed, if they continue to pray into the hands of the media.
Hence his apology to Palin......good frakin grief.
/facepalm
Kidz r dum.
In 6 months, they’ll be separated again and Levi will be back on the airwaves telling new trash about the Palin’s.
Bristol will be the poster child of dumb women that love trashy guys.
I’m all for reconciliation, but this is creepy.
I don’t see a good outcome for Bristol or Sarah in this. This guy is a grotesque man with no manners or civility.
He’s likely only doing this to get more information on Sarah for his liberal press buddies. They are now seeing Sarah as a serious presidential contender.
It may cause Sarah some pause on her aspirations. Bristol is a freaking idiot.
But don’t ever take sides with anyone against the family again, ever.
Both are now confirmed doofi.
I’d keep that guy a secret too.
Hope he’s been tested for STDs.
Bristol, you can do so much better.
‘In 6 months, they’ll be separated again and Levi will be back on the airwaves telling new trash about the Palin’s.
Bristol will be the poster child of dumb women that love trashy guys.’
And Bristol will probably be pregnant again...
Sounds like she's dumb enough to playing in the NBA.
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Johnston cashed in on his newfound celebrity by posing for Playgirl magazine and doing media appearances. When Sarah Palin accused him of being an aspiring porn star and called him “Ricky Hollywood,” he thoroughly disparaged the former Alaska governor on every front, from her parenting skills to her hunting and shooting bona fides. Sarah Palin responded furiously when he alleged that she referred to Trig, her Down syndrome youngest child, as “retarded.”
“About six weeks ago, Sarah asked Levi to come over because Bristol had said, ‘I want to be a family with Levi again’ — hinting that they wanted to get back together,” Schaefer told Lauer. “So Levi went over there, personally apologized for all the things that he had said, and basically said, ‘I want to be with Bristol, I want to be a family, and I’m going to get a job, get my education, really step up to the plate.’ ”
Last week, Johnston made the apology public.
“Even if Bristol’s parents never like me again, that’s fine, I can live with that. But I want them to know how much I love her. After everything we have been through, I couldn’t put into words how much I love her,” Johnston said.
Lingering anger
But Schaefer said that all is not completely forgiven.
More on Levi Johnston Levi Johnston apologizes to Palins for ‘indiscretion’
He admits he said things publicly “that were not completely true.” Full story
Breakup with Bristol was mutual, Levi says Levi Johnston poses shirtless with baby in GQ Levi Johnston’s Playgirl cover to hit stands “Bristol feels very angry, still, about some of the things,” she told Lauer. “They are ready to get married, but she does say, ‘We’ll probably see a marriage counselor.’ Clearly, it was a very messy breakup, the feud was very deep-seated, and I think Bristol made it clear that Levi’s going to have a lot of work to do.”
Schaefer said that the couple were paid to pose for pictures in Us Weekly, as is common in the industry, but declined to discuss whether they were paid for their interview. She said Bristol Palin came to the magazine with the story.
Like endorsing McCain? /s
This makes them look like trailer park trash(for those of you who dwell in trailer parks, I apologize. But you know what I mean).
If Governor Palin had any ambition for higher office, this announcement should soften her chances nicely.
It creeps me out.
‘Fraid Sarah is cursed with a loopy daughter.
At least her progeny have not driven off bridges with women, become world class drunkards, and have accomplished nothing without their father’s ill earned dollars.
“Bristol will be the poster child of dumb women that love trashy guys.”
I see tabloid fodder for years to come!
Alternative headline: Levi Finds a Way to Extend His 15 Minutes
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