Levi Johnston | 04/08/2009 9:25 am

Levi Johnston Keeps Up Palin Family Feud (Video)

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

CBS

Levi Johnston isn’t cooling the feud between him and Alaska Senator Sarah Palin’s family. After appearing on Tyra Banks earlier this week, Mr. Johnston, the 19-year-old former fiance of Palin’s daughter Bristol, sat down with CBS’s "The Early Show" to further explain himself.

Johnston said again that the Palins won’t allow him alone time with his son, telling CBS reporter Maggie Rodriguez that he can only visit with Tripp, who was born in December, at the Governor’s home:

I can go over there whenever I want and see my baby, but I’m not allowed to take him, and it’s not as comfortable going over there anymore with that family sitting down on the couch. It’s awkward. I don’t know. They just, like, they don’t think of me the same way anymore."

I don’t wanna go over there every day and sit there when her family’s there and try and play with my baby. I want to be able to take him and do what — our own thing with my family.

When asked whether he would change the past and whether he consider the child a "mistake," Johnston insisted that he would "never" call any child a mistake and that he’s happy he and Bristol have a son. He just wishes the couple, who split earlier this year, could work out their differences. He also said those differences stemmed from last year’s presidential campaign, when Mrs. Palin ran as Republican John McCain’s running mate.

Johnston was also given an opportunity to dispel any misconceptions. The largest, he said, was "probably that my family’s white trash." The Palins, meanwhile, insist Johnston’s simply trying to tarnish their good name.

Watch Levi talking to Tyra here, and his CBS interview down below:

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That is unfair if they won’t allow Levi to see his child whatever has transpired between Bristol and Levi he is still the baby’s Father and does have rights. It only makes them look small seeing as they are so Christian in their believes and here they are refusing this young man access to his child. Why should they want this young man just to go away because it’s inconvenient for them as it keeps them in the spotlight? If they are as righteous as they have liked to portray do the right thing and let this young man see his child, it was fine when she was carrying the baby when they dragged them both all over the place on the campaign trail.

By caj p on 04/08/2009 9:37 am

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caj, it would behoove you to *read* the article before passing judgement. You say "That is unfair if they won’t allow Levi to see his child". He says, "I can go over there whenever I want and see my baby"; if you had read the article before voicing your opinion, you might have caught that. :)

By Rachel F on 04/08/2009 9:48 am

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He can go to court and file for his rights. There is a reason they wont allow him to take that baby, maybe b/c his Mother does drugs??? Would you want him to take the baby around that? Maybe he has not shown that he can care for an infant on his own…I know I wasnt comfortable leaving my hubby at home alone or taking our daughter out by himself b/c he was never around babies until her…

By C Hardy on 04/08/2009 10:50 am

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Why should he go to court he is the baby’s biological father? I would like to know how all of a sudden this young man is so "off the wall" , he was perfectly alright when Bristol was pregnant and Sarah was showing them both off and now because he has gone on TV to tell his side he is being demonized by most. He was good enough to marry Bristol and care of her and the baby and now because they have split up he’s not good enough to take his baby out of their control?? This is a load of hog wash and the Palin’s just want him to go away now and keep them out of the limelight, all this press coverage does Sarah no good.

By caj p on 04/08/2009 12:34 pm

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Caj, I am not sure where you say he was good enough when they were a couple, I never said he was…but to answer your other questions, he can be the baby’s father but he does have rights and if he feels his rights are being violated, then he needs to take it to court and establish custody & visitation. It happens everyday…

What I dont find interesting about this young man is that he went on the Tyra Banks show and told intimate details about their relationship. We already knew they had slept together, at least once, but we didnt know that they were allowed to sleep in the same bed or that they did use protection, no wait, sometimes we used it, sometimes we didnt, get your story straight. We all know at least one time you either didnt wear protection or it broke or Bristol’s birth control failed…

I wouldnt let my hubby stay home alone when our daughter was an infant b/c he had never been around babies before she was born. That is normal Motherly instint, no one can care for your child better then you…I am still reserved when my hubby takes our daughter out to the grocery store just the two of them b/c he can get side tracked easily…One time we were there and he walked off w/ her in the cart and then turned around to get something and I walked up and pushed the cart and walked down 2 isles before he started to scream her name…

Plus if Levi lives at home with his Mother who has been charged with drugs, would you want him to take the baby there? Plus where would he get diapers and formula from if he isnt working, is the Mother to provide him with what he needs b/c he can’t get them himself?

Why do they have to cater to him when he isnt helping her…he is off doing interviews instead of being there to see his son…

By C Hardy on 04/08/2009 12:57 pm

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The bottom line here is Bristol must have known about this guys background before she got that involved surely wouldn’t you say? So by marrying him she was prepared to go into a family that she probably knew were not exactly the greatest family to get involved with and that is what I find disturbing in all this….now Levi’s not a fit father and his mother is involved as well. The truth is she presumably loved the guy, they had a baby and now they have split up….so why this anger toward this guy for wanting to take his baby out of the Palin home even if only for a visit? He hasn’t been accused of any wrong doing toward Bristol or the baby has he…all this just because he went on TV and told his story?

By caj p on 04/08/2009 1:27 pm

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caj, we could discuss these points all day back and forth but if Levi feels he is being treated unfair then he has rights as Tripp’s father and to inforce those rights he will have to go to court to establish custody & visitation. That is how it works in our Country unless he can work out something with the Mother…

By C Hardy on 04/08/2009 2:23 pm

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On your last point I agree if Bristol and Levi can work it out that would be better for all. I understand that Sarah would want to protect her daughter/grandson that is natural but on the other hand there is another Grandmother and the baby’s father here as well. Levi and Bristol decided to have the baby together and were prepared to get married well that didn’t work out so I think they should decide between them the outcome of their baby’s future, interfering parents can only make a situation worse in many cases. No good coming back with the fact that they are only kids and need their parents help, they were kids when they were having sex and needed their parents guidance then as well.

By caj p on 04/08/2009 3:22 pm

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Safety of the child is 1st priority—and none of this is OUR business. I think the news and the staff here should stay out of this. These kids are young and certainly do not need vicious minded people obstructing their "growing-up" process.

By Mimi Jones on 04/08/2009 11:42 am

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Who said there is a safety issue with his child does anyone know that? It’s not our business personally but if it comes up on here we discuss it as we do many other things that really are not our business but we all have personal opinions on the subjects. These kids are young but they were brought into the public eye by none other than Sarah Palin and of course they are now in the news no matter what…it’s a bit like shutting the door after the horse has bolted in Sarah’s case. She opened up a Pandora’s Box by making those two so public all that time and now she will have to live with the results of that and what the media chooses to report.

By caj p on 04/08/2009 12:46 pm

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I thought posters here would be more mature, concerned adults. The title does say WOMEN. I think it has always been a woman’s job to protect the babies. We can send a message to Levi by ignoring him. Women smearing women and babies disgusts me.

By Mimi Jones on 04/08/2009 2:04 pm

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Why should he be ignored he is the biological father? Not all women are good protectors of children either you know, we have some very nasty women who are Mother’s" but don’t have a clue about raising a child so let’s not assume because this guy is young and now out of favor with the Palin’s that he couldn’t be a good Dad. It’s not a case of women smearing women and babies, we are talking about the rights of both parents here and Levi is one of those parents.

By caj p on 04/08/2009 3:11 pm

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You can always go to Free Republic or the Fox web sites. Criticiizing Palin is strictly forbidden on right wing sites.

By Rudi G. on 04/08/2009 6:16 pm

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Are you saying that because the Palins are Christian that their behavior is supposedly better than it would be if they were something else?

Just maybe they’re angry at this miserable bozo for discussing his sex life with their daughter on several national TV shows. And maybe they didn’t want the baby staying at Levi’s house — or even visiting it — because his mother is a drug dealer.

By Elizabeth Bauersox on 04/08/2009 7:00 pm

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What are you talking about? Where did the Christian and Palins come into my comment?? Just maybe this miserable bozo as you call him is fed up with the Palins trying to control his life and his baby’s life now that his relationship with Bristol is over. He is perfectly free to go where he wants and say what he wants isn’t that called freedom of speech? Just because it doesn’t go down well with the Palin family that is not his fault, they welcomed him with open arms into the family prior to the babys birth and now want to exclude him as much as possible just because he has told his side of the story. You folks keep putting the blame on this young guy, but Bristol was the one who was prepared to marry him and must have known his family background. How quickly the tables have turned on this guy when it was all sweetness and light when they were being paraded around together as a couple by Sarah!! Hypocrisy!!!

By caj p on 04/08/2009 8:35 pm