Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston: Off again
It was only 3 weeks ago I optimistically reported Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston had reemerged as a couple with plans to marry.
Many of you commenters were not so optimistic, and it turns out you were right. What a cad that guy is. And Bristol was (hopefully not still is) too trusting. From People magazine, August 3:
And just like that, they were off again. “It’s over. I broke up with him,” Bristol Palin tells People exclusively of her 2nd try at an engagement to Levi Johnston, father of her 19-month-old son Tripp.
Palin, 19, says the relationship soured on July 14, the very same day they announced their marriage intentions to the world. Palin says he told her that evening he might have fathered a baby with another teenage girl. (Palin did not name the young woman, but a pregnant former girlfriend of Johnston’s has since publicly denied his paternity.)
In an emotional phone interview with People, Palin spoke through tears about feeling heartbroken, humiliated and trapped – while Johnston acted cool. “There’s been no remorse,” she says, adding that she’s seen him only once in the past 3 weeks.
“The final straw was him flying to Hollywood for what he told me was to see some hunting show but come to find out it was that music video mocking my family,” she says. “He’s just obsessed with the limelight and I got played.”
Reps for Johnston did not return calls seeking comment.
Palin’s mom, Sarah, the former AK Governor and prominent Republican with whom Johnston publicly – and bitterly – sparred over the past year and a half, tells People: “I wish for Bristol to be able to move forward in life with her same forgiving, gracious, optimistic spirit, but from henceforth she’ll know to trust but verify. Bristol is strong, she is independent, and she knows what is right for her son.”…
Bristol also says she’s not giving up hope of a safe and happy 2-parent home for Tripp. “I have faith that I’ll find it. Through this whole experience I know I need a man who’s going to be completely honest with me and someone who loves me and Tripp and wants to be with him all the time. I also want someone who has religious beliefs and a good family.”
[HT: Laura Loo; photos via People]
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
I hope Bristol will one day find a GOOD man with solid morals who will love her and her son unconditionally. Levi is just too self-absorbed, lustful, dishonest….maybe one day he will grow up but you can’t have a happy married life while you wait for your husband to mature.
I was one of those who wasn’t so optimistic. It’s not really necessary to get married JUST BECAUSE you have a baby. That’s not always the best solution, especially if the father is a giant bottle of Summer’s Eve like Levi. I do believe two-parent families are the best (though I would argue two-parent families, be it a straight couple or a gay couple). But Bristol still has a lot of growing up to do. I suspect Sarah wasn’t too pleased with Levi, either, and seeing that Sarah has a pretty good marriage, I hope Bristol sticks closer to her mum and heeds her advice. If she continues to act responsibly and in the best interest of her child, Bristol will indeed find a good man who won’t exploit her or her child.
Good for her. She’s made a lot of mistakes, but I think she’s wising up a little. And I’m glad she mentioned wanting a guy with religious beliefs.
I suggested she give it time to see what kind of father he was to Tripp. Just because they haven’t married doesn’t mean they won’t. Who’s to say what the future holds. As long as he’s living he has the capacity to change. She just needs to give him time to make sure the change is real if that’s what the problem is. Maybe there just not compatilble.
Oops. Compatible.
I hate to say “I told you so” but I posted negatively about their “reconcilation” because keeping a secret from her parents was a big red flag to me. If Levi was going to “man up” he would have turned his life over to Christ, went to Sarah and Todd and asked their forgiveness, planned to receive premarital counselling (like “Marriage Savers” which is a great program where you complete a survey to find out the problem areas of your future marriage, are mentored by a verteran married couple), he would have gotten a real job, then proven his committment to Bristol and his son with turning over a new leaf by being honest, patient and truthful, then afterward got engaged and married. One step at a time. “Verify” is what Sarah said, very good advice.
I’m sorry but the guy’s a real creep and he just proves it time and again…
Bristol’s wising up and maturing ever so slowly….
I would advice her to stop going to the press if she ever wants a good, normal life and relationship…and to trust in the values of her folks.
Good. Not that I wish Bristol any unhappiness, but it was clear to me that unhappiness was all she would find in any future relationship with this guy.
My hope for Bristol is that she’ll marry a nice, stable, intelligent guy when Tripp is around four or five, and Levi will relinquish his parental rights so Tripp’s stepfather can adopt him. There are eighth-graders more mature than Levi Johnston.
And, yeah, I’m with RSD. It would be a good idea for Bristol to stop talking to the press.
Holy cow! I had a really busy week and came back to see all the new rules. Very nice. As for Bristol, yeah, I’m glad she found this out before she made a very disastrous (but well intentioned) decision. I think Sarah’s comment is right on target.
Just FYI, guys, I can’t use the navigation at the top to go between articles.
From the very beginning, the Sarah haters have wanted the relationship between Bristol and Levi to fall in the dust. It’s part of their hatefulness towards the Palin family. Every time Bristol and Levi are together, these jokers reach out to Levi, and offer him a good economic deal, if he’ll do something against Sarah and her family. He doesn’t have many other options(thanks to the Sarah haters having a fit about his regular jobs), so he goes for it. They do this to break up Levi and Bristol. They don’t even care that it hurts a baby (but then they think it’s a baby who should have been aborted anyway), ruining the child’s chance for a stable two parent family.
I’m just sorry Levi was dumb enough to fall for it again. Those people offering Levi that video spot, just want to use him.
A “cad.” Great word. And true.
He just wasn’t the right kind of grifter for that family anyway.