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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.
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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.
I don’t remember Sarah Palin ever responding “furiously” to Levi. In fact, I remember her being a pillar of discretion, and even her comments about being a porn star didn’t seem made in a fit of rage. They were a reasonable description of how he was living his life.