Bristol Palin Gives Baby Daddy the Boot

by Michele Cheplic | More from this Blogger

12 Mar 2009 09:14 AM

Some things are better off left unsaid, but in the case of teen parents Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston, so much has already been said it would be pointless to institute a gag order now.

Nice try, Levi.

If you haven't already heard--in what has to be this year's biggest NON-newsworthy event--18-year-old Bristol Palin, daughter of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has decided that she is better off without her baby's daddy in her life.

Translation: Bristol ended her engagement to fiance Levi Johnston.

According to reports, the split took place a few weeks ago. Rumors of a split began circulating shortly after Bristol gave birth to the couple's 2-month-old son, Tripp. However, official word of the separation came just yesterday.

Levi confirmed to reporters that he was no longer engaged to the governor's daughter, but added that the split was mutual, and that the rumors on the Internet of why and how were inaccurate.

Shortly after Levi gave his interview to the press, Bristol issued a statement through her mother's political action committee saying, "Unfortunately, my family has seen many people say and do many things to 'cash in' on the Palin name. Sometimes that greed clouds good judgment and the truth."

Hmmm... obviously there's no love lost between these two teens.

Then again, was there any love there to begin with?

Friends of the couple say the expectation that Bristol and Levi would wed after the baby was born, and after they completed high school was unrealistic.

"I'm not sure what caused [them to break up] - but it's common knowledge that they're done," a family friend told reporters yesterday.

Despite the split, Levi claims that he still sees his son.

Bristol, meanwhile, is completing supplemental course work and preparing to take her GED. The teen mom told FOX News that she is also considering enrolling in college next fall and studying nursing.

They said it wouldn't last... and they were right.

So much for Levi's big plans to live happily ever after with his high school sweetheart... or at least this one.

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Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism.

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Libby Pelham (12871) 13 Mar 2009 08:40 AM

This was exactly what I expected to happen, but it still saddens me. Yeah, she didn't need her baby daddy in her life, but what about the baby? I know, Levi will probably still be in his life, but not to the extent if she was still with him.

Michele Cheplic (37339) 16 Mar 2009 06:59 AM

Levi was on GMA today saying that he and Bristol got into a fight and the split was the end result. He also said that he was too immature to get married... I guess they weren't too immature to have sex????

Libby Pelham (12871) 17 Mar 2009 06:16 AM

That's what kills me - kids that age are usually too immature for serious relationship, but it doesn't seem to stop many of them from having babies. I just can't help but think that a child benefits from a two parent household. I know it cannot always work out that way, but when you start out with two immature teens, that is just not good.