Bristol Palin Acting Debut

Bristol Palin, daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is set to be joining the cast of ABC's 'The Secret Life of the American Teenager'. Bristol will make her debut on an upcoming episode when the show returns for its third season this summer. She will be playing herself on the show and befriend new teen mom Amy.

Executive producer Brenda Hampton thinks that casting "the most famous teenage mom in America" will draw special attention to the show's topics. “I think she will bring additional attention to the issues facing teen parents that we’ve been exploring for a couple of seasons now.”

The young mom is excited to be part of the show, too. “I am thrilled to be on this show and to be a part of a program that educates teens and young adults about he consequences of teen pregnancy,” Palin said in a statement.

Levi Johnston Opens Up To Tyra

Well, well, well. Don't tell him too many secrets, Bristol. He'll run to Tyra Banks and tell the world his sob story faster than you can say, "Caribou Barbie."

Who is the bad guy now? I was feeling sorry for poor Bristol. Levi Johnston says ex-fiancee Bristol Palin - the mother of his 4-month-old son Tripp and the daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin - is not a very happy camper.

Most times, she's usually in a pretty bad mood. She's short. She doesn't want me around, I don't think," Levi told Banks. "She says that I can come see the baby, and that kind of thing, but won't let me take him anywhere."

Ouch! We don't think that makes the Palin family too happy. Check out what they released in a retaliation statement:

"We're disappointed that Levi and his family, in a quest for fame, attention and fortune, are engaging in flat-out lies, gross exaggeration, and even distortion of their relationship. It is unfortunate that Levi finds it more appealing to exploit his previous relationship with Bristol than to contribute to the well being of the child."



We bet Tyra is loving all the attention. Our only question (and don't get us wrong, Tyra is cool and all) is why didn't he go on Oprah?!

Raise Your Hand If You're Surprised

Just you two? Really?

It seems like Star Magazine actually had a good scoop yesterday. They reported that Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston had officially broken up, and that Bristol wouldn’t allow Levi to spend any time with their baby Tripp.

Wednesday evening, Levi confirmed the break-up news himself, as he stood outside of his family’s home. Levi claimed that the decision to split was “mutual” and that they decided it “a while ago”. Uh, the baby was just born at the end of December. How long “a while” ago did they decide to split? Like two seconds after giving birth?

People has more:
"Levi Johnston doesn’t want you to believe everything you read.

Standing outside his family home in Wasilla, Alaska, Wednesday, the 19-year-old confirmed that the end of his engagement to Bristol Palin was mutual and decided “a while ago.” But, he also told the Associated Press that the rumors on the Internet of why and how were inaccurate.

Meanwhile, Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin, 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.”

The teenagers’ infant son, Tripp, was born Dec. 27.

Representatives for Gov. Palin have not returned calls for comment."