Levi Johnston Tears Down Sarah Palin On “Today”
Posted by: Catherine Strawn
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10:10AM, Monday July 13th 2009
Ann Curry interviewed Levi Johnston on “The Today Show” this morning, giving his take on the current Sarah Palin situation. Why? Because he’s an expert, of course!
Among the questions Ann asked Levi were why he thinks Palin resigned as Alaska’s governor and whether he would vote for his baby mama’s mama if she ran for president. Levi mumbled responses like this:
Ann Curry: Do you believe she’s equipped to be president?
Levi Johnston: Um, yes and no. She’s very smart, but I just don’t think, if she can’t handle the stress level as governor, I don’t think she can handle it as president or vice president.
Apparently Levi isn’t afraid to burn bridges with the family of his child, which makes for controversial interviews and good TV. But why is “Today” even doing exclusive interviews with Levi? The kid hasn’t seen Sarah Palin for months, and he only knows things he overheard during the time he spent at the family’s home.
Just how we OD’ed on Jon and Kate Gosselin coverage in the tabloids, we’re getting a little sick of all the “news” about Levi, Sarah, and the rest of the Palin bunch. But we have to give it to Levi and his publicist for doing such an effective job of getting in the public eye and staying there, even after he and Bristol broke up. Last week, after Palin’s resignation, he called a news conference that legit news outlets like AP covered. He posed in GQ with son Tripp and is reportedly shopping a book about the Palin family.
Sure, he’s sort of like an employee who got fired from a job and then reveals all the company secrets, but why are “Today” and other big time outlets still listening to what he has to say? He’s not adding anything new to the dialogue (though we might take back that statement if and when his Palin tell-all gets published), and while he’s nice to look at, the kid mumbles! Let’s stop with all this silly he-said-she-said between him and Sarah Palin. We’ve lost interest in the Brady Bunch of the north.
Sidenote: How do we feel about Levi’s new goatee?
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stephoney22
wrote on July 13 2009 @ 12:15 pm: [report]
Look, of course he’s a selfish dumb prick - he’s still a kid! Of course he’s trying to steal the spotlight for attention so hopefully he’ll be offered many lucrative deals - his baby mama’s family is super in debt so he can’t go to them for money. And while I do think he has a lot to learn about what’s right and real in life, I think he’s mostly right. I said since she quit that she’s trying to focus on ways to make money off of her fame before people (hopefully) forget about her. Were she to run in 2012, she’ll definitely be wasting her time. Who wants to elect someone who just randomly ran out on her state? And then invited the press to go fishing so she could talk about it. The Best Part? She’s no longer on the Runner’s World cover so I bought it! And it’s the half-marathon special issue, the one I needed - hooray!
stephoney22
wrote on July 13 2009 @ 12:17 pm: [report]
*Correction, I think Levi is mostly right about these allegations. Not about other things he has said or will say.
_jsw_
wrote on July 13 2009 @ 12:29 pm: [report]
I’m waiting for a buddy movie starring Jon Gosselin and Levi.
And I agree, the allegations regarding the Palins are probably spot on, but they are so expected that none of it is surprising.