Sarah Palin: Bristol's Pregnancy "Devastated" Me
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In an upcoming interview with Barbara Walters, former GOP vice-presidential contender Sarah Palin says that she did not know her daughter Bristol was sexually active with Levi Johnston.
So when Bristol, then 17, told her mom she was pregnant, "I was shocked," Palin, 45, tells Walters in the five-part series of interviews to begin airing on ABC's Good Morning America Tuesday.
"Truthfully," Palin adds, "we were devastated."
Bristol, now 18, gave birth to son Tripp in December. She and Johnston, 19, split shortly after.
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Johnston, who posed in Playgirl this past week, said he plans to file for joint custody of Tripp because the Palin family won't let him see the baby.
In her Oprah Winfrey Show interview airing Monday, Palin said Johnston is still "part of the family" and is even welcome over for Thanksgiving.
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But during his Playgirl shoot, "He said ' ... she was full of it,'" Daniel Nardicio, Playgirl's marketing director, tells Usmagazine.com.
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104Palin is an unconventional politician. She is also a wife and mother. Like many mothers, myself included, we often turn a deaf ear to what our kids are really doing. It can lead to devastating results. However, she now has a beautiful grandchild. Unfortunately, no matter how they feel about Levi, he's in their lives for many years to come. He is the father of that child. I don't care for Levi. He's using his infamy to turn a buck and embarrass the Palin's and his child in the future. But they all have to live with the choices that have been made.
Levy needs to stop feeding off the Palin gravy train. He is a nothing and likely wouldn't have ever left Alaska or done anything more that flipping moose burgers. GO AWAY brat.
exactly - who wouldn't be devastated to have their TEENAGE daughter end up pregnant? - isn't that every parents worst nightmare! - no one can ever say a teenage pregnancy is a wonderful thing - I'm sure Bristol Palin would agree.
yah because it's all about sarah. she's so predictable in her narcissism.
Not ALL teenagers are sexually active. Sometimes thats just an excuse to justify one's own behavior. However, I think Palin would agree with me in saying that Bristol made a mistake (hey, she's human), but a good thing came from that mistake.
what a pain Palin is. It's a BABY, not heroin addiction or something....to be "devastated" by a daughter who is 18 having a baby is just ridiculous.
too bad she doesn't support Sex Education in school. clearly her (and other's) Abstinence Only program worked out real well for her.
she didnt know her daughter was sexually active, when she would let levi stay there. did you just think that they were just talking? you should have talk to her about it.
I too am tired of hearing about this...let's move on and let them work through their "mistakes" as a family (Though, I'm not sure how a healthy, happy baby can ever be a mistake). However, Mrs. Palin's standpoints on abstinence only sex education are good in theory but in reality are not relevant to most teenagers in today's society....again, let's just move on.
Well, when you spend too much time looking at Russia through your window, things like your daughter's pregnancy can get by you.
LEAVE PALIN ALONE...............SHE HAS NEVER CLAIM TO BE A TYPICAL POLITICIAN...SHE IS ABOUT FIGHTING FOR WHAT IS RIGHT...
so sick of hearing about this family...Why does it matter. It seems like she just gets publicity because of her teenage daughter getting pregnant. Move on! Let your family get back to a "normal" life, and stop trying to make headlines by airing your dirty laundry, if you have issues with your family, why not take it up with them.
what an awful thing to say "devastated"..sure Bristol feels like her mother has her back now..and what happens some day when Tripp reads this?
Sista, I think people identify but Sarah Palin (like her or not) is a public figure. When you want to make policy for an entire country & you have the answers, then you better have your own business square. If not then, it's called hypocrisy...case in point, Rush Limbaugh, and his stance on drug users when abused drugs. The list both 'conservative' and 'liberal' could go on and on. I just hope Bristol and the baby are well and happy.
That's what happens when you're a crazy right-winger who advocates abstinence-only education and refuses to educate teenagers about birth control! Sorry to break it to you Mrs. Palin, but honey, teenagers have sex! : O
All the Palin haters need to get a grip.
Wait a minute! Am I reading this right? It sounds like some of you actually agree with Smart Lady? Come on, she is a sanctimonious idiot who deserves to be called out for her ridiculous statements! Smart Lady would have us believe that she "knows" what Sara Palin's priorities were or should be! Who the heck is she to judge or make those decisions for someone else anyway? Bad decisions are made by all children sometimes... even those with doting parents and lots of love. No parent can take total responsibility for all the good decisions that their children make... nor can they be held responsible for all the bad decisions.
Wow Obama Mama! Glad you know who all the posters are on this blog! If that's true it probably makes you the biggest "loser" of all. Who watches these posts that closely anyway?
I want someone to publicly ask her "Where do you stand on abstinance-only education now"?
Love it!!! Smarter Lady hit the nail on the head with that comment!