Levi Johnston, Palin Family Go at It Again

Us Magazine - July 10, 2009 5:25 AM PDT
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Levi Johnston and the Palin family are at it again.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Johnson, the 19-year-old father of ex Bristol Palin's baby, said he believes Sarah Palin resigned as Alaska governor for financial reasons.

Johnston - who lived with the Palin family from early December to the second week in January - said he heard the governor several times say how nice it would be to take advantage of the lucrative deals that were being offered, including a reality show and a book.

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"I think the big deal was the book. That was millions of dollars," he told the AP. (Palin does have a book coming out, but financial details behind the deal haven't been released.)

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In a fiery statement, Palin family spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton shot back: "It is interesting to learn Levi is working on a piece of fiction while honing his acting skills."

Johnston, it should be noted, also is pursuing his own book deal, as well as a movie deal.

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He clashed with the Palin family earlier this year by going on a media tour, saying that he believed Sarah Palin knew he was sleeping with their daughter when he lived under their roof. He also said that they wouldn't allow him to be alone with his son Tripp. A few months ago, he said they were on better terms.

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  • truthful
    thank goodness they lost. I had to leave because all the allegations were costing alaskans so much money. really..so as vice president things get tough u resign. what a joke palin is-and will always be. couldn't put a coherent sentence together if her life depended on it. levi was cool when she was running for office but now he's a problem. he lived with them and knocked bristol up
    report abuseposted July 14, 2009 8:48 PM PDT
  • katie
    Hopefully she'll leave politics. Women like her set Equal Rights back a 100 years! It's okay for her teenager to have sex and give birth to another unwanted baby, with no father in its life- BUT, THEN SHE THINKS SHE CAN TELL THE WORLD HOW TO LIVE?! Some man MUST have a hand up her dress, because she is only a puppet for misogynistic perspectives. Women keeping women down- that
    report abuseposted July 13, 2009 6:34 AM PDT
  • Pam
    He was a sperm donor and now wants 10 min of fame in return--of course mom knew they were shacking up --we all know that.They all act like a bunch of trailer trash.MOVE ON PEOPLE.
    report abuseposted July 13, 2009 6:32 AM PDT
  • WTF
    And why is anything this 19 year old loser says important?
    report abuseposted July 13, 2009 6:20 AM PDT
  • linda 427
    I am glad she quit she is so dumb and makes everyone who liked dumb to.
    report abuseposted July 13, 2009 5:38 AM PDT
  • linda 427
    I am glad she quit she is so dumb and makes everyone who liked dumb to.
    report abuseposted July 13, 2009 5:38 AM PDT
  • Pamela G
    philip a, w/the exception of the part about her resignation, i thought 4 sure u were speaking of obama! at least she ran something other than her mouth, as obaba has done, 4 the past 2 yrs.
    report abuseposted July 11, 2009 8:35 AM PDT
  • Keep stirring the pot, Levi. The more dirt on this opportunistic quitter, the better. She sh*t on Alaska and now she wants to play her faded beauty queen stick into national news again. The Republican party is so dysfunctional to have even an interest in this clueless hate monger b*tch.
    report abuseposted July 10, 2009 12:55 PM PDT
  • truthful
    palin is weak..court cases and i guess running the government would have given her a stroke. she should be reading up on world geography and how to form a coherent sentence. Just like she is writing a book -he can write a book. He should include how todd knocked her up and the eloped. moral majority my ass.
    report abuseposted July 10, 2009 12:28 PM PDT
  • Phillip A
    Sarah Palin was always 95% CELEBRITY and 5% POLITICIAN!!!!! She was CLEARLY not a good politician, so her resignation is undoubtedly a blessing in disguise!! The downside is that she will probably continue to annoy the HELL out of us through television or radio for YEARS to come.
    report abuseposted July 10, 2009 9:08 AM PDT
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