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Conan O'Brien Forced To Apologize To Levi Johnston

On Friday, Conan O'Brien was forced to issue an apology to Levi Johnston, the 19year old father of Bristol Palin's baby, for a skit which featured claimed "Twitter" comments supposedly left by Johnston read by actor William Shatner as a comic poetry reading. In reality, the claimed "Twitter" comments were only comedy writing from one of the staff writers that O'Brien dismissed as being "counterfeit" and "written by a clever impostor".

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After the Thursday show aired, an agent of Johnston's contacted the show demanding a retraction or they would sue, even though comedy material is supposed to have a far higher degree of constitutional protection than other types of commercial speech. NBC and the TONIGHT SHOW producers weren't very interested in a lawsuit, so they bent to the demands of Johnston's agents.

This is only the latest attempt by figures connected to former Governor Sarah Palin to pick a fight with late night comics. A few months ago, Sarah Palin herself deliberately picked a fight with David Letterman over a small joke gone wrong, falsely claiming that Letterman deliberately wanted to make sex jokes about their 15 year old daughter. A writer for Letterman had mistaken their 15 year old daughter for the older daughter, Bristol Palin. However, the joke was mostly about New York Yankee player, Alex Rodriques, who had been sexually linked to figures such as Madonna. Palin milked this fight with Letterman out for a few days, and Letterman was forced into several apologies before Palin finally gave up. For Palin, this presented yet another attempt to bleed publicity out of something and keep her name in the news. Yet recent polls prove that even among Republican voters, Palin has lost substantial support because of her antics.

Levi Johnston's family is out for publicity as well. They appeared on LARRY KING to throw up dirt about the breakup of Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin. And Levi is going to appear nude in PLAYGIRL very soon.

None of the Palin clan are camera shy it seems.

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Comments (16)

Please show how Levi is rel... (Below threshold)
Rodney:

Please show how Levi is relevant in anything today. Why would the Tonight show even do a gag about him. Here you have a big corporate entity picking on a private citizen and you defend the corporation. What will your union buddies say.

As far as David Letterman joke, he made a sleazy sexual joke about Palin's 15 year daughter. How is that Palin seeking the limelight?

"This is only the latest at... (Below threshold)
Wordygirl:

"This is only the latest attempt by figures connected to former Governor Sarah Palin to pick a fight with late night comics. A few months ago, Sarah Palin herself deliberately picked a fight with David Letterman over a small joke gone wrong, falsely claiming that Letterman deliberately wanted to make sex jokes about their 15 year old daughter."

Hoosan, you are a blithering idiot. Can you please let the adults handle the postings?

So I'm assuming you'd be ju... (Below threshold)
JJ:

So I'm assuming you'd be just fine and laughing along if, say, Leno made a joke about Letterman getting YOUR 15 year old daughter knocked up, right? After all, it'd be a joke that's mostly about Letterman and his affairs.

Ah, I see Conan's problem. ... (Below threshold)
Rich Fader:

Ah, I see Conan's problem. They used a clever impostor to write the fake tweets. They should have used a really, really stupid impostor so he could actually write like Levi.

And as to the Letterman thing, this is getting tiresome but...it's not picking a fight with Dave
if Dave picks the fight with you.

I for one am never going to... (Below threshold)
G.:

I for one am never going to understand the hatred for this woman. It almost defies explanation.If you ask liberals you get nonsensical explanations for their hatred of her. What did she do to make you dislike her so much? She ran for vice president,is that it? She hunts or fishes? Millions in this country do that. Is that a reason to hate her so vehemently?? She's a Christian?? Millions and millions in this a country are, or say they are. If that's it you've got issues and you're vastly outnumbered. She's one of us, not them??? OK,OK,... one of you liberals out there, try, please try to explain this coherently so I and others can understand this seething hatred of Sarah Palin!

There's no hatred for the P... (Below threshold)
Paul Hooson:

There's no hatred for the Palin clan. If anything, they're far more amusing than even Britney Spears or Jon and Kate by far. Almost every day is yet another wacky funny story. That Palin clan are a wacky bunch. The Kennedy family might have been troubled. But the Palin clan are just plain goofy.

Yeah, that wacky Palin clan... (Below threshold)
Rich Fader:

Yeah, that wacky Palin clan, dealin' meth and dealin' for reality shows and makin' up stuff for the tabloids and showin' their goods off for adult magazines and...oh, wait a minute, that's actually all just the Johnstons. The Palins on the other hand seem to be behaving themselves. But why let the facts get in the way of a good rant?

Levi Johnston is so vain, he probably thinks "Everywhere I Go" by Hollywood Undead is about him.

What pap. Kevin gives Hoos... (Below threshold)
Oyster:

What pap. Kevin gives Hooson a gig at Wizbang Pop and he STILL can't refrain from ruminating about his least favorite political figures.

Whats "whacky" about them..... (Below threshold)
G.:

Whats "whacky" about them.. specifically... Paul?? I have to differ with you on the hatred thing it's been said by many at the Kos and did you not ever see the those whack jobs with the"Sarah Palin is a C*nt" t-shirts?? I suppose that was because they like her? The "whacky" stories only come mostly from the left. Google her name to get a line of the ridicule and vitriol.

This is only the latest ... (Below threshold)
J.R.:

This is only the latest attempt by figures connected to former Governor Sarah Palin to pick a fight with late night comics.

What a completely misleading statement. It's sole purpose to denigrate Sarah Palin when it has been plainly obvious that the Palin family has nothing to do with the Johnston's and more importantly, Levi's recent antics. A silly ploy to tie Levi to Sarah Palin, ridiculous.

The Kennedy family might have been troubled. But the Palin clan are just plain goofy.

Paul, you know nothing about the Palin clan. It's this sort of uninformed, obsessive rants about Sarah Palin that closed down wizblue.

The Palin clan are a legiti... (Below threshold)
Paul Hooson:

The Palin clan are a legitimate tabloid story, as evidenced by numerous tabloid stories thus far. Ever visit a newsstand?

The Palin clan are a leg... (Below threshold)
JJ:

The Palin clan are a legitimate tabloid story, as evidenced by numerous tabloid stories thus far. Ever visit a newsstand?

11. Posted by Paul Hooson | November 10, 2009 4:26 PM

So are legions of alien abductions, Bat Boy, and the Hollow Earth Theory. What's your point?

Damn JJ THAT was good!!!!!!... (Below threshold)
G.:

Damn JJ THAT was good!!!!!!!

I thought Tabloid sensation... (Below threshold)
Rodney:

I thought Tabloid sensationalism wasn't news?

Sorry, I get it now. That is why you post in Wizbangpop. You don't do real news. Just the fake stuff.

This guy Levi is what most ... (Below threshold)
G.:

This guy Levi is what most people think he is. Every parent with a teenage daughters worst nightmare. Some punk who sh*t talked his way into their daughters pants. Presumably with the old "I love you baby" line. I'm not absolving her daughter of her share of the blame of being an unwed mother with a bastard child. But what has all this to do with Sarah Palin's character? She is not responsible for her daughters sin or choices in life. You do your best as a parent and hope and pray for the best. But, ultimately everyone has to live with the choices they make and the consequences of those choices.
Levi Johnston is just a sad crap weasel who weaseled his way into their lives. I mean look at him, he's still using this poor families good name to weasel more "infamy"( shouldn't call this "fame") for himself. What does this say about what kind of father to his child he would be? So, what this has to do with Sarah Palin the politician/public figure anymore is beyond me. The less time this jerk gets the better.He seems destined to destroy his life with the beginning of "Looser" being written across his forehead. He and others are just to stupid to see it.

You guys have it all wrong.... (Below threshold)
Madalyn:

You guys have it all wrong. People like you are the ones trying to milk it for all it is worth. How would you like it if someone said your daughter got knocked up at a ball game? Start reporting responsibly, or get out of the business.
Your irresponsibility is getting tiresome. Milk some other "celeb", but leave decent people alone. You give Letterman credit, but did you stop to think that he did the same thing to Regina he is accusing Bristol of doing? He "knocked up" his girlfriend out of wedlock, but criticizes others for doing the same thing, and you idiots go along with him. Where's the justice. Get a life.
Madalyn


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