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Levi Johnston’s Shocking Claims About Palin’s Parenting
I’ll be the first to admit that a fame-seeking teenage boy is not likely to be the most trustworthy informant on the character of his ex-girlfriend’s mom. Still, Levi Johnston has made some claims about Sarah Palin in the current issue of Vanity Fair that are, at the very least, highly intriguing.
In a first-person essay, Johnston claims that Palin made jokes her “retarded baby”; spent the majority of her time holed up in her room in her pajamas, “watching house shows and wedding shows on TV;” does not know how to hunt or even shoot a gun; fights constantly with her husband Todd; and (my personal favorite) almost never went to her son’s hockey games.
Certainly every family has their dysfunctions, and no mother would relish having her personal flaws described by her teenage daughter’s estranged baby daddy, but then, most mothers have not attempted world domination by painting themselves as America’s Favorite Hockey Mom.
Photo: LA Times
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Mistress_Scorpio commented on Sep 03 09 at 10:33 pmOkay, I don’t even *like* Sarah Palin but I can’t even believe that she would refer to her own child as “the retarded baby.” No way. Levi… ye overplayed your hand.
diera commented on Sep 03 09 at 11:36 pmYeah. I wouldn’t vote for Sarah Palin for National Dog Catcher, but Levi Johnston is *so* trying to extend his fifteen minutes of fame by making stuff up at this point. As long as we keep rewarding him with attention, he’s going to keep going. By spring, he’ll be saying that Palin was running a prostitution ring out of the basement and Trig was actually fathered by space aliens, just you wait and see.
PlumbLucky commented on Sep 04 09 at 7:56 amSee, I have no problem with her painting herself as a “hockey mom”; I coach, and the “hockey moms” don’t know squat about the game so they have to tell you that they are!
However, young Mr. Johnston really needs to help his case by zipping his trap, finding work, making himself a small apartment, and taking care of his child. Not making himself out to be a famewhore.
dianna commented on Sep 04 09 at 9:30 amSo exactly what percentage of hockey games would a high-power working mom have to cheer at to satisfy dad-of-the-year Levi Johnston? Does it count if she brought in store-bought brownies for the bakesale fundraiser or will only homemade do? I love the part about how he cooked steak and chicken for dinner at the Palins’ home—does it escape him that in self-supporting families, someone had to go out and earn the money to pay for that food, and it’s not a bit unusual for working parents (who don’t earn their money selling drugs) to expect their teenagers to get dinner for themselves?
In a few years, if this kid has half a brain in his head, he will be horribly ashamed of himself.
bethanysanders commented on Sep 04 09 at 9:53 amSay what you will about Levi, but that picture is pure awesome.
paulster73 commented on Sep 14 09 at 5:29 pmComments Are you kidding GGEEEEE he is not takimg money from anyone for this??? He’s such a stand-up guy and wonderful father YEAH RIGHT!!!This idiot is riding the fame wave that’s all ,If he wasn’t he would have to change diapers and hold and raise his child!!!. Oh yeah and that little fact GET A JOB loser…
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