Showing posts with label Levi Johnston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Levi Johnston. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Levi Johnston Gets Hot & Heavy in New Brittani Senser Music Video


While ex Bristol Palin is doing plenty of dancing as a contestant on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, Levi Johnston is doing a different sort of dancing – dirty dancing – in singer Brittani Senser's new music video.

The clip for the R&B song "After Love," which features Johnston writhing and cuddling with Senser on a blanket, perhaps escalated problems in the 20-year-old's relationship with Palin over the summer. In an interview with People magazine at the time, Palin said Johnston lied about the purpose of a trip to California during which time he shot the music video.

"He told me [his trip to L.A.] was to see some hunting show," she said at the time, "but come to find out it was that music video mocking my family."

While there don't appear to be any overt references to the Palin family in the steamy (and melodramatic) clip, Johnston's character does, at one point, get pulled over by police officers and receives what appears to be a restraining order from Senser's mother in the video.

As Senser tells Celebuzz, "Whatever the reason Levi and Bristol broke up, it has nothing to do with the video. The video hadn't been shot when [Bristol] thought it already had been. I feel bad if anybody feels like that was the reason."

And though she and Johnston were spotted out together at the Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles last August, he says there's no off-camera romance brewing between the two.

"We're friends," he told People magazine at the time. [She's] just a friend. She's a singer."

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Kathy Griffin's Campaign Strategy for Levi Johnston: Go Shirtless

Move over, Jimmy Kimmel. Kathy Griffin is gunning to be Levi Johnston's campaign manager as he runs for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, and she even has a strategy all dreamed up.

"The campaign would be based on me being the first lady," the comedian, who once feigned a relationship with Johnston for laughs, told People magazine. "But it would also be based on a celebration of Levi trolling the town shirtless – or being photographed in the shower in various stages of undress."

While Kimmel offered his services (in jest) a week ago, Griffin points out that the former Playgirl model's mayoral bid is less about "pomp and circumstance" and more about "pomp and naked stance."

While Franklin Roosevelt had his Fireside Chats, Griffin foresees something less formal – and less-clothed – during Johnston's potential term.

"We would probably do shower chats," she says, while attending the Audi & Chopard Pre-Emmy Party at Cecconi's in Beverly Hills, "semi-nude, or nude, from our place in Wasilla. Frankly, I think that's his ticket."

Monday, August 16, 2010

Jimmy Kimmel Wants to Be Levi Johnston's Campaign Manager



Jimmy Kimmel is not afraid to take a political stance on his late-night talk show.

On Thursday's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the funnyman welcomed Levi Johnston by announcing that "He is to Sarah Palin what voicemail is to Mel Gibson," and proceeded to give the Wasilla, Alaska, mayoral candidate a collection of campaign gear.

"I would love to see you become the mayor," Kimmel insisted as he brought out several items with various campaign slogans. "I really would."

He showcased a blue baseball cap with "The Thrilla from Wasilla" on the front, a red, white and blue pin with "Wassup Wasilla?" written on it, followed by a bumper sticker reading "Elect me Mayor or I'll Date all Your Daughters." The final piece was a lawn sign with the words "Levi for Mayor – I'll Do the Job Naked" emblazoned on it.

But Kimmel admitted the gifts were an attempt to gain favor with Johnston, who, during the show, insisted he is up for the job, saying, "I think I would be the best mayor I can be."

"So whaddya think? Can I be part of the team?" Kimmel pleaded.

"I think I might make you campaign manager," Johnston replied. As for potential votes from the family of his former fiancé, he's not counting on the Palins. After the last breakup with Bristol, he says, "I think they kinda kicked me out now … permanently. "



Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Look Out, Wasilla: Levi Johnston Eyes Run for Mayor

Some people will do anything for attention – including running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.

The latest hopeful to toss his hat into the ring? None other than reality-star wannabe Levi Johnston, who hopes his campaign will attract viewers to his proposed TV reality show.

Johnston, 20, has paired with the veteran reality firm Stone and Co., already responsible for TLC's Extreme Food Sculpting, to pitch a Loving Levi: The Road to the Mayor's Office pilot, the production company confirms to The Hollywood Reporter.

Those with memory loss may need to be reminded that Johnston's almost mother-in-law, Sarah Palin, was mayor of the small town (population 10,000) from 1992-2002, before becoming governor of the state.

Not that Levi appears to be seeking higher office. Besides tracking the former Playgirl model on the campaign trail, his show would also offer an inside look at his being a father to his 19-month-old son (with Bristol Palin) Tripp and his quest for a Hollywood career.

Speaking to Variety, Johnston said it was the producers' idea – not his – to add the run for mayor to the show. Already hobnobbing in Hollywood, Johnston attended last Sunday's Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles.

Earlier, there had been talk of Johnston and Bristol Palin's sharing their wedding and early married life with a reality-TV camera crew, but that potential plan went up in smoke when the two young parents went their separate ways last week.

Levi Johnston on Bristol Palin: The Ring's Off, But We're Still Friends

Bristol Palin was in tears last week as she spoke to People Magazine about the humiliation that led her to break up – again – with Levi Johnston. But Johnston appears to be happily playing around Hollywood.

"Oh, we're friends. The ring's off, but we're friends, so everything's good," Johnston said at Sunday's Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles, where he had Brittani Senser on his arm. He said his date was "just a friend. She’s a singer."

It was the second time in as many days the two were spotted together, and Johnston, 20, is actually set to appear opposite Senser in her upcoming music video for her R&B song "After Love." This is the video that Palin, 19, referred to Johnston's lying about in a recent People interview: "He told me [his trip to L.A.] was to see some hunting show, but come to find out it was that music video mocking my family."

While not happy about the breakup with Palin, Johnston, 20, says he is dealing with it in his own way. "You know, it's tough," he says. "It's not something that I wanted, but life goes on, and I'll just take it one step at a time."

He adds that he's still going to spend time with his and Palin's 19-month-old son, Tripp. "Oh yeah, yeah. We're still co-parenting," he says.

Going forward, Palin says she wants to find someone "who's going to be completely honest with me and someone who loves me and Tripp and wants to be with him all the time."

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Bristol Palin to Levi Johnston: 'It's Over'

And just like that, they were off again. "It's over. I broke up with him," Bristol Palin told People Magazine exclusively of her second try at an engagement to Levi Johnston, father of her 19-month-old son Tripp.

Palin, 19, says the relationship soured on July 14, the very same day they announced their marriage intentions to the world. Palin says he told her that evening he might have fathered a baby with another teenage girl. (Palin did not name the young woman, but a pregnant former girlfriend of Johnston's has since publicly denied his paternity.)

In an emotional phone interview with People, Palin spoke through tears about feeling heartbroken, humiliated and trapped – while Johnston acted cool. "There's been no remorse," she says, adding that she's seen him only once in the past three weeks.

"The final straw was him flying to Hollywood for what he told me was to see some hunting show but come to find out it was that music video mocking my family," she says. "He's just obsessed with the limelight and I got played."

Reps for Johnston did not return calls seeking comment.

Palin's mom, Sarah, the former Alaska Governor and prominent Republican with whom Johnston publicly – and bitterly – sparred over the past year and a half, told People: "I wish for Bristol to be able to move forward in life with her same forgiving, gracious, optimistic spirit, but from henceforth she'll know to trust but verify. Bristol is strong, she is independent, and she knows what is right for her son."

Most immediately, Bristol has decided that what's right for her and Tripp is to vacate the Anchorage townhouse she only bought last February, saying too many photographers and gawkers were hanging around her driveway.

"I didn't feel safe," she says, adding that she's already cleaned out the three-story home and put it on the market. A friend told People she is temporarily staying at her parents' more secluded home about 45 minutes away in Wasilla.

Bristol also says she's not giving up hope of a safe and happy two-parent home for Tripp. "I have faith that I'll find it. Through this whole experience I know I need a man who's going to be completely honest with me and someone who loves me and Tripp and wants to be with him all the time. I also want someone who has religious beliefs and a good family."

For even more detail on Palin's breakup and how her mother greeted the news, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE on newsstands Friday.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Bristol Palin & Levi Johnston are Getting Married

It's been a tumultuous couple of years for Bristol Palin and her ex-fiancé Levi Johnston – but she says the two are looking to change all that, and possibly in a very big way.

Following Johnston's recent public apology, in which he admits he "said things about the Palins that were not completely true," Bristol, 19, tells People Magazine in its new issue, "I forgive him for what he did. He was young, mad, misguided. We're moving on."

Amid reports that the two are planning to tie the knot – a move they reputedly have yet to run by her parents – Bristol, who did not wear an engagement ring during her conversation with People, replied to the question of if they would marry: "Yeah. I mean, I don't really want to get into detail about what's in store for our future, because who knows? But all I'd like to say about it is, hopefully we will be a family."

As for how they managed to bury the hatchet after their very public falling out, Bristol credits Levi's "just coming around. But, I don't know. It's good. It's good for all three of us [including son] Tripp Easton!"

Looking back, Bristol believes that if fame, money and her mom Sarah Palin's vice presidential campaign had not become part of her and Levi's lives, the ex-couple would already be happy living a simple life.

"I think Levi and I would be married," she says without hesitation. "He would still have his [oil] job on the North Slope, and we'd be in a one-bedroom apartment, scraping by."

Bristol, who says all of her friends have gone out of state, has no plans to follow them. "Levi and I are both Alaska based, and I don't see us moving anywhere else."

For much more on Bristol Palin, pick up this week's issue of People, on newsstands Friday.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Levi Johnston: My Future is Bleak

Levi Johnston has just fired back at his baby mama, Bristol Palin, and unlike grandma Sarah Palin, Levi didn't need to write crib notes on his hand.

Levi is responding to Bristol's demand for $1,750 a month in child support. In his opposing legal papers, Levi's lawyer, Rex Butler, says Levi's income is "erratic." Bristol claims that Levi raked in more than $105,000 in 2009. But attorney Butler says, prior to 2009, Levi never made more than $10,000 a year.

In the legal docs, Johnston agrees to pay 20% of his adjusted 2009 income -- though he doesn't say exactly how much he made. He also agrees to file quarterly income reports. In his declaration, Levi says in 2010, his only contractual guarantee for income is $25,000 plus "some contingencies based on my Playgirl shoot." He says he doesn't see how it's possible to pay $1,750 a month in child support.

And there's this. According to the docs, "Levi Johnston stands before this court as a 19-year-old with good hopeful for an entertainment career but the chances of increased income are as unknowable as it would be for any young person working his way into the entertainment industry is not particularly good."

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Levi Johnston's Playgirl Cover Revealed

Levi Johnston's long-awaited Playgirl cover has finally been released, and the caribou hunter-turned-aspiring model/actor does live up to his promise and appear nude, but with one notable exception: He covers himself below the waist.

Titled "Levi Johnston Goes Rogue," the pictorial also includes an interview with Johnston, 19, who has a 1-year-old son, Tripp, with Bristol Palin, 19, the daughter of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin.

In the interview portion of the spread, Johnston discusses his tumultuous relationship with the Palins, as well as being a new dad. The magazine, Playgirl's debut re-launch issue, hits newsstands February 22nd.

And for those who haven't had their fill of Johnston, a pay-per-view special of Johnston from Playgirl airs on cable February 12th.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Levi Johnston's Gay Porn Offer

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Levi-Bristol Custody Fight Open to the Public

Levi Johnston has won an early battle in the custody war over his 1-year-old son Tripp with Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol Palin.

A judge in the case has sided with Johnston, who had asked that the court proceedings be open to the public, according to the Anchorage Daily News.

After Palin filed for full legal and physical custody of Tripp in November, Johnston made known his intentions to fight in court for the right to raise his son.

Bristol, 19, had requested that the case be kept from public scrutiny, arguing that privacy would be in her son's best interest, the paper reports. She also asked for a gag order so none of the parties involved could talk about the case and for all filings to be under the pseudonyms Jane and John Doe.

But Johnston, also 19, saw things differently and said in an affidavit, "I know that public scrutiny will simplify this matter and act as a check against anyone's need to be overly vindictive, aggressive or malicious, not that Bristol would ever be that way, nor that I would. But her mother is powerful, politically ambitious and has a reputation for being extremely vindictive . . . So, I think a public case might go a long way in reducing Sarah Palin's instinct to attack."

"None of this is true," Bristol said in a response. "My mother is not involved in this case." She also claimed that Johnston wanted the proceedings open to the public "for his own self-promotion."

But in a decision that came down December 23rd, Alaska Superior Court Judge Kari Kristiansen of Palmer ruled that Palin didn't provide evidence that her son would be harmed by the anticipated publicity, the paper reports, and ordered all the sealed records opened. In addition, Sharon Gleason, presiding judge for the judicial district, ruled against her request to use pseudonyms.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Playgirl Releases Levi Johnston Photos

Photos from Levi Johnston's much-anticipated Playgirl pictorial made their debut early Saturday morning, with the father of Sarah Palin's grandson losing his shirt but keeping the poses decidedly PG-13.

According to Daniel Nardicio, a spokesperson for Playgirl, additional photos of Johnston will be released on a weekly basis. Johnston, 19, said earlier this month, "People won't be disappointed. It will be tasteful."

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Paparazzi!: Undercover Poser

Levi Johnston, whose highly buzzed-about Playgirl publication has been pushed up to November 21st, covers up his, ahem, eyes with a dark pair of shades Tuesday while arriving at Los Angeles International Airport.

Levi Johnston Says No to Palin Thanksgiving

There'll be an extra drumstick at the Palin house next week: Sarah's could-have-been-son-in-law Levi Johnston likely won't be sitting down with the family for the Thanksgiving feast.

The former VP candidate and Alaska governor, 45, had extended Johnston, 19, the holiday invite to the family compound on Lake Lucille in Wasilla when she appeared on TV with Oprah Winfrey to promote her new memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life. Palin told the talk-show queen, "It's lovely to think that he would ever even consider such a thing.”

The teen reportedly told Playgirl, for whom he has posed, that this was "a nice gesture, but she didn't mean it." The nude model also said having dinner with the Palins would be "awkward."

Furthermore, when Johnston was asked about the former governor's disappointment that he recently shed his clothes for Playgirl, which she termed "porn," Johnston told E! Online, "You know what, I don't care if she sees them … Who cares about what she says or does? I don't care."

Johnston also recently announced plans to file for joint custody of her 10-month old grandson Tripp, whom he had with Palin daughter Bristol, 19.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

No Full Monty from Levi Johnston

While his almost-mother-in-law Sarah Palin hits the publicity trail this week for her autobiography Going Rogue, Levi Johnston will not be getting the exposure that originally had been promised.

Contrary to earlier teases that the 19-year would leave nothing to the imagination in his Playgirl photo shoot, "He did not give 'full frontal' as his manager Tank [Jones] reported he would," Daniel Nardicio, a spokesman for Playgirl, tells New York's Daily News. The pictorial spread was shot last week. NBC News reports that publication, originally set for December, has been pushed up to this coming Saturday, November 21st.

Still, said Nardicio, "We're thrilled with the photos we got, and are confident people will love them, but although there may be glimpses, we did not get full on frontal nudity."

For the record, Palin told Oprah Winfrey Monday that she considers Playgirl to be "porn." She added, "It's kind of heartbreaking to see the road he is on right now."

As for the former Alaska's governor reach-out to Johnston with an invitation to Thanksgiving dinner at her house, the teen reportedly told Playgirl that this was "a nice gesture, but she didn't mean it." The nude model also said having dinner with the Palins would be "awkward."

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Sarah Palin Slams Levi Johnston as 'Ricky Hollywood' on 'Oprah'

Sarah Palin may have half-heartedly invited Levi Johnston to join her family for Thanksgiving, but that hasn't stopped her from trash-talking him in her highly-publicized interview with Oprah Winfrey. Predictably, the subject of Levi's upcoming Playgirl spread was raised, and Palin didn't hold back her comments.

She said: "I call that porn, yes. So it’s a bit heartbreaking to see the road that he's on right now. By the way, I don't know if we call him Levi -- I hear he goes by the name ‘Ricky Hollywood’ now -- so, if that’s the case, we don’t want to mess up this gig he's got going. Kind of this aspiring, aspiring porn -- the things that he's doing. It's kind of heartbreaking."

Palin may call it porn, but not everyone would agree: As it turns out, the shoot won't be full-frontal, as previously reported. Palin's "Ricky Hollywood" reference comes from a recent interview Levi gave to the Daily Beast, in which he and his manager Tank Jones came up with the alter ego. You see, Levi isn't really the guy you see going on talk shows and wearing flashy clothing -- that's just his entertainment persona.

In the article, Tank said, "What we did was, we came up with an alter ego, Ricky Hollywood. Ricky Hollywood would iron his shirt.”

Levi replied, "Yeah, right! OK, well, I’d iron it. He doesn’t know how to iron." Huh?

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Levi Johnston to Sue for Joint Custody of Son Tripp

The man who was almost Sarah Palin's son-in-law will pursue legal action to gain joint custody of his son with Bristol Palin, according to reports.

Levi Johnston, 19, is the father of 10-month-old Tripp with his ex-girlfriend Bristol, the daughter of the former Alaska governor. The two were engaged to be married, but broke off their relationship in March.

Johnston is seeking joint custody at the end of the month because the Palin family is allegedly making it difficult for him to see his son, he told The Insider.

"It's not working. I'm done," he said. "It's going to have to go to court. They just finally pushed me over the edge."

The relationship between Johnston and the Palins has taken a particularly nasty turn in the last few weeks, with Johnston calling Sarah Palin a hypocrite, and Palin lambasting him for his upcoming nude pictorial in Playgirl.

The Palin camp did not respond to requests for comment. Sarah Palin's lawyer, Thomas Van Flein, told Britain's The Guardian newspaper on October 30th, "Other than noting that Tripp's father is always welcome to visit his son, we are unable to respond to these allegations as it is inappropriate to discuss child custody matters publicly."

Friday, October 30, 2009

Would U Show Your Wang for $35,000?

That's the question Levi Johnston asks on his Twitter.

Levi: We've all (pretty much) got the same stuff It's just a celebration of the male body. So yes, take the money and run!

Levi's gearing up for his Playgirl pictorial - in the meantime, he talks up how Sarah Palin called her baby Trig 'retarded' and more on the CBS Early Show:




Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Levi Johnston's Playgirl Shoot Will Show All

The countdown has begun for Levi Johnston to bare all for Playgirl.

The 19-year-old, former fiancé of Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol is set to show it all to the camera come the middle of next month "in order to get the pictures out for the holidays," a Playgirl spokesperson tells the New York Post.

"We're working out the actual details day-by-day, and have come to a very happy conclusion, which we feel readers will be enthralled by," the rep reveals.

The budding media star's manager, Tank Jones, is quoted by the paper as saying he's "90 percent sure" the photo session, for which Johnston is reportedly receiving a six-figure monetary endowment, will feature full-frontal nudity.

In terms of looking buff in the buff, Johnston hired a trainer, Marvin Jones, who also advised the teen on his diet. "Moose meat is very good for you, high in protein and very lean," Jones said in a recent interview. "He's an avid hunter, so he has his own."

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Chances are Levi Johnston Will Show His Johnson

The contract with Playgirl is signed — and will earn the father of Sarah Palin's grandson more than the reported $25,000. And also? There's a very good chance there will be wang.

Levi's manager-bodyguard-publicist Tank Jones says he's "90% sure" Levi (who Tank describes as "fearless") will show full frontal.

But because Playgirl is a (online-only) family magazine, that just means penis, and not necessarily whether it'll be hard or soft. There will almost certainly, however, be no money shot.