It's not always easy leaving home and starting a new life for yourself, but now that Bristol Palin has traded freezing Alaska for the dry heat of Arizona, friends tell me she has zero intention of ever returning to her mom way, way up north in Wasilla.
"Bristol loves her mom and family, but it was time for her to start her own life with her son," a friend of Bristol's tells me. "'Dancing With the Stars' changed her life. She had never left home before, and it gave her the confidence to know she can survive and finally step out of her mom's shadow."
Being a whopping 3,600 miles away from home has let Bristol make her own decisions, rather than letting her mom influence her every move.
She bought a property in Maricopa, Ariz., last year with the money she earned from 'Dancing,' and she has even met with the management at Mix 96.9 FM in Phoenix to discuss a job in radio.
"Bristol was always a shy girl," her friend tells me. "She thought she would be working in an office for the rest of her life. She thought she would always be the governor's daughter who was never as pretty or as talented as her mom. But now that has all changed."
It may not come as a surprise to hear from insiders that Sarah can be a touch overbearing at times with her kids, and I'm told she didn't exactly encourage Bristol to flee the nest at the ripe age of 20.
"All this was Bristol's doing," her friend tells me. "She wants to make it on her own and hasn't taken a penny from her now-multimillionaire mother."
Bristol has yet to comment on whether she will accept the radio job or not, but even if she doesn't, something tells me everything is going to work out fine for this ambitious young lady.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Levi Johnston Takes The High Road, Won't Bash Bristol Palin
Levi Johnston loves the limelight. Whether he's posing for 'Playgirl,' courting Kathy Griffin or vying for reality television domination, the 20-year-old Alaska native likes keeping his name in the news.
But now, according to Radaronline.com, Bristol Palin's former fiancee is "taking the high road" and keeping his mouth shut.
On Monday, Bristol didn't hold back saying that she was displeased with Levi's role in their 2-year-old son Tripp's life. The 20-year-old daughter of former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin said, "Have I asked (Levi) to change Tripp's last name? Of course. Just sign over your (parental) rights. He just doesn't want to sign them over because it looks bad on paper."
Bristol also claimed Levi has only seen Tripp "at most three times" since her elimination from 'Dancing With the Stars' in November 2010.
But Levi's manager, Tank Johnson, says his client is taking "the high road" and refusing to dignify Bristol's accusations of him being an absentee dad. In addition to his claims that his client has spent as much time as possible with Tripp, Levi's rep offered up some advice for the Palin family.
"The Palins need to take the high road," he said. "There's a child involved in this and Levi is not going to stoop to this level. The Palins like to fight. They can say whatever they want to say. But Levi is not going to dignify their comments with a response."
Levi's rep added that he will not give up his parental rights or agree to changing Tripp's last name from Johnston to Palin. "Levi has his son, and that isn't changing," he said. "It is what it is."
A source claims that despite the rumors and Bristol's radio interview bashing Levi earlier this week, two two young parents "are actually getting along pretty well just now."
But now, according to Radaronline.com, Bristol Palin's former fiancee is "taking the high road" and keeping his mouth shut.
On Monday, Bristol didn't hold back saying that she was displeased with Levi's role in their 2-year-old son Tripp's life. The 20-year-old daughter of former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin said, "Have I asked (Levi) to change Tripp's last name? Of course. Just sign over your (parental) rights. He just doesn't want to sign them over because it looks bad on paper."
Bristol also claimed Levi has only seen Tripp "at most three times" since her elimination from 'Dancing With the Stars' in November 2010.
But Levi's manager, Tank Johnson, says his client is taking "the high road" and refusing to dignify Bristol's accusations of him being an absentee dad. In addition to his claims that his client has spent as much time as possible with Tripp, Levi's rep offered up some advice for the Palin family.
"The Palins need to take the high road," he said. "There's a child involved in this and Levi is not going to stoop to this level. The Palins like to fight. They can say whatever they want to say. But Levi is not going to dignify their comments with a response."
Levi's rep added that he will not give up his parental rights or agree to changing Tripp's last name from Johnston to Palin. "Levi has his son, and that isn't changing," he said. "It is what it is."
A source claims that despite the rumors and Bristol's radio interview bashing Levi earlier this week, two two young parents "are actually getting along pretty well just now."
Monday, January 24, 2011
Bristol Palin Confirms She Has a New Boyfriend
Levi who?
Bristol Palin confirmed during a radio interview Friday she has a new man in her life.
Speaking by phone on the Anchorage-based “Bob & Mark” show, the “Dancing with the Stars” alum was gently goaded into addressing reports she’s dating an Alaska pipeline worker, People mag reported.
"Are you guys getting personal with me, really?" Palin asked.
After Palin, 20, at first pledged to “plead the fifth,” the radio hosts proposed she respond this way: “Yeah, you know what, I'm seeing a guy and he's really great and [son] Tripp loves him and we're having a really good time and we're really good friends."
"Yeah, we can go with that,” Palin replied.
She went on to say that she and toddler Tripp were “happy,” especially about the new Maricopa, Ariz. home she reportedly bought with a $172,000 check.
“It made 'Dancing with the Stars' worth it, for sure," she said.
During the interview, Sarah Palin’s daughter also revealed she was considering an offer to co-host a radio show in Phoenix and denied rumors she'd changed her son's last name to Palin.
Not that she doesn't hope to do so one day. Palin said she's asked her ex, Levi Johnston, many times to “sign over” his parental rights in exchange for not having to pay child-support.
The off-and-on pair last split in August and has an agreement that reportedly gives her primary custody of Tripp, though both parents share joint legal custody.
Palin said the last time she broached the surname switcheroo was two years ago.
"'He's always going to be your son, you can see him whenever you want to,' but he just doesn't want to sign him over because it looks bad on paper," she said of Johnston.
Bristol Palin confirmed during a radio interview Friday she has a new man in her life.
Speaking by phone on the Anchorage-based “Bob & Mark” show, the “Dancing with the Stars” alum was gently goaded into addressing reports she’s dating an Alaska pipeline worker, People mag reported.
"Are you guys getting personal with me, really?" Palin asked.
After Palin, 20, at first pledged to “plead the fifth,” the radio hosts proposed she respond this way: “Yeah, you know what, I'm seeing a guy and he's really great and [son] Tripp loves him and we're having a really good time and we're really good friends."
"Yeah, we can go with that,” Palin replied.
She went on to say that she and toddler Tripp were “happy,” especially about the new Maricopa, Ariz. home she reportedly bought with a $172,000 check.
“It made 'Dancing with the Stars' worth it, for sure," she said.
During the interview, Sarah Palin’s daughter also revealed she was considering an offer to co-host a radio show in Phoenix and denied rumors she'd changed her son's last name to Palin.
Not that she doesn't hope to do so one day. Palin said she's asked her ex, Levi Johnston, many times to “sign over” his parental rights in exchange for not having to pay child-support.
The off-and-on pair last split in August and has an agreement that reportedly gives her primary custody of Tripp, though both parents share joint legal custody.
Palin said the last time she broached the surname switcheroo was two years ago.
"'He's always going to be your son, you can see him whenever you want to,' but he just doesn't want to sign him over because it looks bad on paper," she said of Johnston.
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