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Last month, teen mother Bristol Palin was featured in a PSA advising teens to "pause before you play." "What if I didn't come from a famous family?" she asks in the clip. "What
if I didn't have all their support? What if I couldn't finish my
education? What if I didn't have all these opportunities?"Now, Bristol tells People that the support she receives from mother Sarah Palin and the rest of her family is emotional support, not financial. Bristol's 16-month-old son with Levi Johnston, Tripp, spends his days with a babysitter while Bristol works. "[My parents] are there for support when I need it emotionally, but I'm on my own financially. I work an 8 to 5 job, five days a week," Bristol says.
Sarah Palin has earned at least $12 million since July 2009, People estimates, but Bristol is learning to provide for her son on her own. "My parents help out, but they're not at my disposal. I think that's a huge misconception. Financially, it's very difficult. I'd say the majority of any paycheck I ever receive is going to Tripp. Child care is very expensive, formula is expensive, diapers are expensive -- and you don't think about that as a kid, at all."
Bristol describes her lifestyle as "just repetitive work constantly," and though she says her last semester of college was "nearly impossible," she's not giving up. "I want to beat that statistic of teen moms not graduating from college."
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Right, which is why mommy Scarah is building her a brand new apartment right next door.
Sixteen month olds don't require formula - and why didn't she breastfeed the kid anyway?
What is she doing with all that support from Levi not to mention her own money from the people cover and whatever other perk jobs her parents infamy got her. Cry me a river, Bitchtol.
Another lie, do not believe what Palin's say:
http://palingates.blogspot.com/2010/05/bristol-palins-problem-with-truth.html
What Bristol does with her time and money is none of your business! I'd rather hear more about your lives.
Levi has paid $1750.00 each month since court. Why does Bristol have to lie? Levi would look after the baby whenever he could.
Another thing, you can't tell us that Palins are helping Bristol. We have helped our kids out from time to time when needed. All parents do Boy, Oh boy what lies.
Get Levi to look after the baby instead of the nanny...alot of father do when they aren't working. Come on the baby is his too. Afraid that Tripp might love him more? Do what Tripp will benefit... not for show.
$1750 is a lot of child support. What kind of work is Levi doing? I have to laugh about Bristol's college ambitions. Give up, girl! Your mother barely graduated from college, and she didn't have a baby. Not everyone is college material, and the way you failed to connect the dots between unprotected sex and unwelcome motherhood suggests you may not have the right stuff for anything but constant, repetitive work.
So if mommy & daddy aren't supporting you financially, where'd you get that Cadillac Escalade???
At least Bristol is trying to do something wiht her life.
Levi Johnston is a high school dropout and a deadbeat dad who was forced to pay child support by the courts. Also, his mother is a convicted felon. The Johnstons are trailor park trash.
Bristol Palin is beautiful, decent, intelligent, compassionate, diligent. She is a very desirable woman.
Let's see: Bristol Palin works a routine 8-5 job yet has enough flexibility within that job to gallivant across the country, do The View and Good Day New York AND go to a 21 and Over Club in NYC, 10ak.
Something tells me her job is somehow related to her mother's connections and is similar to a no show or no work job in the mob (think The Sopranos Esplenade project).
She is also a flip flop. Last February, she told her mother's new BFF Greta Van Susteren that abstinence only is not realistic. Now, she is the abstinence queen.
Thanks a lot McCain.
I know he's not perfect but somehow, i find Levi more likeable than Bristol (who just kinda makes me gag)!