These days, Levi Johnston isnt exactly sure what hes going to do next. He could stay inHollywood (to do what, its not clear). Or he might decide to leave Tinseltown and return to his hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, if he ends up getting elected mayor.
Oh, yeah, and then theres the high school diploma he still needs to get.
But if you listen to Levi, its obvious that the diploma is running a distant third on his list of goals. And really, who can blame him? He just turned 20, and pretty much everyone on earth is a jerk when theyre 20.
And since 2008, hes been a part of the media circus/reality show/soap opera that began operating out of Wasilla, Alaska, once Sarah Palin, governor of the Last Frontier state, got the Republican vice presidential nomination and told the world that her teenage daughter, Bristol, was pregnant with a child fathered by Levi.
Since then, whats gone on with Levi, Bristol and Sarah is enough to make Jerry Springer salivate. Bristol hates Levi. Levi hates Bristol. Sarah hates Levi--and maybe Bristol, at least temporarily. They hate her. Yes, you did. No, I didnt. Were together. Weve broken up.
No wonder Todd Palin--Sarahs husband, Bristols dad and Alaskas former First Dudeisnt anywhere to be seen these days. Hes probably gone to the Arctic to do something relaxing, like wrestle polar bears.
Levi staged his latest spectacle last week in an exclusive interview on CBS-TV program The Early Show. Asked what his qualifications are to be mayor, Levi said that its not about qualificationsits about people liking you. This is truly what he said. We have seen the video. And he told another interviewer. Whether I win or not win, I want Tripp to look up to me and to be proud of his dad. (We thought Levi had already done more than enough to make Tripp proud, what with posing nude for Playgirl and agreeing to do a reality show.)In any case, Wasillas mayor, Verne E. Rupright, doesnt seem too worried about the political contest, saying, I think it would be wise for him to get his high school diploma and keep his clothes on. And Bristol took time out from her mothering duties to say that she never knew Levi had political aspirations and was glad that he was looking for steady employment. Takedown!In the cheap-publicity department, Bristol hasnt done so badly for herself, either, winning a spot on Dancing with the Stars, a show that has featured models of taste and restraint like Kate Gosselin and a member of the Pussycat Dolls singing group.But the sweethearts wont be sharing stories of their individual projects with each, because theyre not together anymoreagain. Heres how it went: After breaking up in early 2009, Bristol and Levi reunited this summer and announced (via Us magazine and without telling Sarah Palin) they were getting married. As part of the reconciliation effort, Levi apologized to Sarah and Todd for all the nasty things hed said about them : that Sarah resigned earlier from the governors job because she wanted to make money, that Sarah wanted them to keep Bristols pregnancy a secret and offered to adopt the baby.
But a week after the happy magazine-cover announcement, Bristol found out that Levis ex-girlfriend said something mean about her in an interview. And the walls came tumbling down. The engagement was over, the couple went their separate ways on their projectsand Levi said he didnt mean it when he apologized to Sarah. So there.What about Sarah herself? She spoke out against Levi after his 2009 interviews, saying, "Levi and his family... for fame, attention, and fortune, are engaging in flat-out lies [and] gross exaggeration Otherwise, shes been busy selling millions of books and making speeches at conservative gatherings like the one Glenn Beck organized in Washington, D.C. Will she run for national office in 2012? No one really knows, and Sarahs not saying. As for Levis and Bristols future, no one can even begin to guess what the unpredictable two will do next after the end of the reality show, the Dancing with the Stars season, and the ludicrously comic mayoral election.World Wrestling Entertainment might be a good next step for them. Think about it: You go from city to city, people are wild about you, you get to wear cool costumes. And you can make a lot of money from T-shirt sales.
