Politics | 04/03/2009 1:55 pm
Bristol Palin's Ex Levi Johnston Reluctantly Admits Unsafe Sex to Tyra Banks
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Levi Johnston, the erstwhile fiancé of Bristol Palin, can’t pull the wool over Tyra Banks’ eyes.
The 18-year-old recently sat down with the talk-show host to discuss his relationship with Palin, who gave birth to their child last December, and claimed that the duo practiced safe sex while together. Their child, he said, must have come from a "wardrobe malfunction." (Enter collective eye roll.)
No dummy, Banks pressed him further and got Mr. Johnston, who has since broken up with his longtime love, to admit that he and Bristol "sometimes" didn’t practice safe sex. He also admitted that Bristol’s mother, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, probably knew the teens were sexually active, because they slept in the same bed and, besides, "Moms are pretty smart." Indeed.
Johnston also told Tyra that, during the campaign, the McCain camp ordered them to run all public comments through the communications team. Johnston recently told "Good Morning America" that he and Bristol both need to mature and maybe then can get back together.
For more on the episode, which airs Monday, check out People magazine.
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with you on this one, slinky (love your name by the way)……
As my momma says, babies don’t always wait to be invited, but when you leave the door wide open, the horses are probably on their way into the barn to get the oats!
deber B,
I immediately wondered the same thing? Why would he put himself out there for scrutiny on public TV? I can understand why Tyra Banks would ask him on the show… she can’t get anyone famous or with with any credibility.
He is not using good judgement. I can’t imagine why he would go on that show and reveal personal, intimate information that one day his son will read about. What in the world is he thinking? If Bristol decides to "limit" his visits with his son we will all know why.
I agree. What he doesn’t factor in is that Bristol now has every right to not allow him to see his son. You can’t go on national TV and talk about intimate engagements with the mother and expect her to be happy and appreciative. He has burned his bridges, in my opinion.
deber: "Why is he on TV with Tyra Banks in the first place?"
Exactly. Why is an unsophisticated 18-year old kid being grilled by a professional griller? The answer, of course: He’s bound to make mistakes.
I’m surprised there is still such interest in destroying Gov. Palin… The job is done, guys.
Here we go I bet more than Mr. Redoubt is blowing up in Alaska today over this interview.
I do have to say Wardrobe Malfunction is an interesting way to put it. LOL
So Palin, who preaches abstinence for everybody else’s kids, allowed her 16 year old daughter to share a bed with a young man. Oh, the hypocrisy. Makes you wonder how much of the rest of the right-wing dogma she spouts she really believes.
Fortunately for Bristol and her baby, the Palins are millionaires and can afford to take care of them, especially since Levi’s mother has been arrested for selling drug and may not be available to help out.