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Levi's Mom Wants Invite To Palin-Johnston Wedding
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Jen Chung
Published Jul 15, 2010
Modified Jul 15, 2010
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While Sarah and Todd Palin gave a measured statement about daughter Bristol's engagement to Levi "Yeah, I Made Up Stories About You AND Posed For Playgirl" Johnston, Johnston's mother and sister were definitely not restrained when chatting with Inside Edition. His sister Mercede said, "I never thought this would happen. I don't think it's sincere. I think that there's something going on. Since he and Bristol got together, I haven't heard a word from him. When he told me that they were thinking about getting back together, I just started crying."
Levi is also being really mean: "Levi said I either take down my blog by Wednesday or him and [his son with Bristol] Tripp will never be in my life, they want no part of me, and they won't talk to me, and I will never see them again." News flash: Her blog is still up, and her latest post is how she and her mom found out about the engagement (hello, Internet; Gawker also points out how she's also pretty honest on Facebook). Mercede Johnston told IE, "I think there's something more to it than just love. Whether it's shutting Levi up because he has information on the Palins." Anyway, apparently Levi has been sneaking over to see Bristol and Tripp, unbeknownst to Sarah and Todd.
Sherry Johnston doesn't even know the date of the supposed wedding and worries she won't see Levi tie the knot with Bristol, “I would be absolutely devastated if I wasn’t invited to the wedding - it would be the last straw. They should elope if they can’t have the Johnstons and the Palins together. But don’t leave us out of it. That would kill me.”
Something else to kill all of us: The couple telling US Weekly, in a video, how Levi proposed.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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