Revealing Video of the Day | 04/07/2009 9:25 am

Levi Johnston to Tyra Banks: Sarah Palin Knew We Were Sexually Active (Video)

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Yes, it’s a minor pop-culture moment with major political overtones … but the blogosphere is on overdrive over this segment from yesterday’s "Tyra Banks Show" where she finally — hello — gets Levi Johnston to admit, yes, perhaps he and Bristol Palin, the daughter of former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin only practiced safe sex "most of the time." He also reveals that, in his opinion, abstinence-pushing Sarah Palin was aware that the two of them were sexually active.

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how about this is old news and why is it still here on WOW?

By f p on 04/07/2009 9:53 am

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Yawn….how many times can this story be hashed out??? What more can be said for or against the Palins?

By Libra Lady on 04/07/2009 9:58 am

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What do you mean how old is this news…the program JUST AIRED! Palin JUST issued a statement , in the statement she pretty much calls Levi on being JUST LIKE HER………an opportunis, but in his defense he took NO MONEY for his appearance and just wanted to set a record straight.

PALLIN WITH THE PALINS is the bestest show EVER…more episodes PLEASE!

Sarah Palin-Tonya Harding 2012!

OH THE SECRETS, THE LIES, THE SWEATERVESTS!!!

By Deo Deo on 04/07/2009 10:45 am

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Is this a new thread? I thought this interview happened days ago and Palin already ‘made a statement’ about it. Actually, with all the personal family problems she has to deal with, like Levi here, I am surprised Palin has the time to make foreign policy statements that are not in her capacity as governor of Alaska to make, and could be seen as a threat to national security. She should stick to Alaskan business and family turmoil.

By DeBúrca obj on 04/07/2009 11:19 am

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The Palins get more press than Nobama………..love it!!!!

By Diamond In The Rough on 04/07/2009 11:21 am

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Only in here.

By DeBúrca obj on 04/07/2009 11:43 am

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Very sad for Levi, Bristol and their son. They should never have been in the spotlight. Unfortunately we will be given updates for years to come.

By J Holmes on 04/07/2009 11:39 am

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SO SO SAD. BUT WHY DID TYRA FEELTHE NEED TO INTERVIEW LEVI? OH OF COURSE ANOTHER LIBERAL TO TRY TO PUT AND AGAIN I SAY TRY TO PUT ANOTHER NAIL IN THE CONSERATIVE ANGENDA.

By CINDY GRINSTEAD GLICK on 04/07/2009 12:34 pm

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Not everyone can live up to these ‘high moral’ ideals that are pushed on the public by religious fanatics and conservatives. Even in a family that seems to be quite proud of its conservatism and religious convictions - proud and self-righteous enough to try and legislate their arbitrary morals on the rest of America like we’re too stupid make our own decisions- can’t keep up the image. It looks like Sarah Palin doesn’t really believe in what she preaches. If she did, why would she let Levi and her daughter sleep together before they were thrown down the aisle? Why would she herself sleep with her husband before they were married? How can she be pro-life, but slash funding for a state program benefiting teen mothers in need of a place to live? That last one is especially vomit-inducing, since her own kid is a teen mother, and was simply born with the luck of having rich parents to support her. Or, to give one political example, how can she criticize the federal government spending money when earmarks requested by Gov. Sarah Palin are totalling $143.9 million, and will make Alaskans the biggest pork beneficiaries in the much-criticized Obama omnibus spending bill? I wonder why republican’s don’t see that in the spending bill and make a ruckus about it. Alaska held the per-capita record for sucking on the federal teat in 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, and 2000. But we don’t hear about that… we only hear about lazy welfare mothers who need to get off their asses and get a job. I’ve come to a conclusion that for most of America, what *actually* happens in reality doesn’t matter. Buzzwords, headlines, talking heads, sound bytes, double-speak, misinformation, denial,… this is what catches our attention. This is what we pay attention to. The country is descending into a pit of despair. Ignorant teen mothers have 2 children and 2 STI’s before they are 18 and nowhere to live, but are surrounded by empty foreclosed homes and empty office buildings where jobs used to be (they’re overseas now.). She wonders, how do people get a job when there aren’t any, and I wasn’t able to stay in school because I was forced to give birth?People go to bed hungry and can’t afford to keep the electric on even when working 2 jobs, while the richest kids on the block constantly complain about welfare, from the warm safety of their tax shelters. Another comment: I don’t see why it’s such a big deal for Levi to admit he didn’t practice safe sex with Bristol “all the time”. Where would they have learned it? Certainly not from school - the Palin’s don’t believe health safety education should be taught in public schools.

By Amanda C on 04/07/2009 2:45 pm

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Tyra really needs to stick to the Nobrain-er Modeling spiffs as her forte is certainly not intellectual, thought producing quality journalism.

By HA BIBI on 04/07/2009 6:02 pm

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I think everyone had already gotten the idea that Gov. Palin’s daughter had pretty clearly demonstrated to her mother that the "abstinence only" approach to birth control doesn’t work. But it’s really wild to hear from the daddy that she allowed it to go on right in her own home! Well, this really gives her some chops as a Republican, she has proven she can practice one thing while preaching another right along with the best of them!

By Gramma J on 04/07/2009 6:50 pm

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I thought it was a given that Bristol and Levi didn’t always practice ‘safe sex’ since they are now PARENTS!

By Melanie Waldrop on 04/07/2009 11:01 pm

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Actually, you can practice safer sex every time & have something happen - the protection can fail, either because of user error or malfunction. Abstinence is 100% - but only if used 100%. The problem is absence has a higher failure rate than condoms or any birth control method.

I am teaching my teenage son to use absence, but to be prepared with a back up plan. Luckily, he is still young enough that it isn’t an active issue yet. Which is part of the reason I think we should be talking about it NOW. I believe that you can’t have "the talk" with your kids. My son & I are having an ongoing conversation about growing up, sex, boys vs girls bodies, and responsibility. The really cool thing is since it is a conversation, I often learn as much as he does.

By Midwest Mom on 04/08/2009 7:35 am

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I completely agree with you on talking to verses on going conversation! I have had conversations with both my boys and my girls about life, love, sex, and responsibility since they were babies. My kids even tease me about it. When those commercials come on that ask "have you talked to your children about…" or "Tell you kids how you fell about…" I will turn to my kids and say "Well?" They will start to laugh and beg me to please stop talking about it. "We know Mom! We know! Please no more conversations about sex!" It is all in fun, but they know the facts. They know how I feel, and they have the tools they need to make choices in their lives, even when I am not in the room. That is what I call being a parent and not a friend to my kids.

By Samantha Hale on 04/09/2009 4:25 pm