Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston Have Reached a Custody Agreement

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have been on quite the rocky road through the years. When it was first announced that Bristol was pregnant, the word on the street was that she would be marrying her child’s father, Levi Johnston. That engage was called off, they went their separate ways–Levi vying for fame on his own and Bristol preaching about abstinence–and then they were back together and shopping for a reality show about parenting and then they weren’t together anymore and Levi, still the little famewhore that he is, announced he was going to get to Hollywood by running for Mayor of Wasilla and have a reality television crew follow him on his path.

In most recent news about the parents of Tripp, Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have finally reached a settlement in their custody case. According to the settlement, which was filed in an Alaska Superior Court, Bristol will get primary physical custody of Tripp and Levi will have visitation rights from 9AM to 4PM on Saturdays and 12PM to 6PM on Wednesdays. Levi has also been ordered to pay Bristol child support and although the sum of money was not stated, the agreement says the calculation is based on Levi’s earnings of $72,000 per year.

There is also a clause in the settlement stating that the parties are not to “speak badly about the other parent in front of the child … or allow anyone else to speak badly about the other parent or members of their family in front of the child.”

While the clause is important since I suppose these people are incapable of acting like civilized adults considering they are not yet fully matured as adults should be before having a child. I vote for this clause to be renamed the “Assume responsibility for your actions and act like a human being” clause, but that’s just me.

Now the next portion I have a little bit of a problem with. It goes on to state “The parties agree that they shall not allow the child to visit with, or interact with, any family member who publicly … or in front of the child, criticizes the other parent or the other parent’s family.

I have an inkling this clause was made up by Sarah Palin, since she is almost at the forefront, according to recent political surveys, of the GOP 2010 presidential candidates. She’s undoubtedly going to go for it and there is already quite the feud between the Palin family and the Johnston family; just take a look at Mercede Johnston’s blog that keeps getting more and more heated with rumors about how Bristol is insisting that Levi not speak to his family and never let them see his own son. This is a clause that I believe was written in order to keep a nice thumb over Levi and not allow the other side of Tripp’s family to see him so the Palins can flex their power a little more.

Of course, this is all up to interpretation and it is my sincerest wish that these two people can learn to exist and parent their child in a calm, mature and friendly way. I think Bristol will need to separate herself from the influence of her mother first in order for that to happen, though.

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are Shopping for a Reality Show — Really!

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston not only recently reconciled during custody negotiations for their son Tripp, but also reality television show.

I really wish I were kidding here, but I’m not. It’s been making the rounds in the media throughout the past few days and every time I see it pop up again, I can’t help but laugh. And then I shudder because you know some network out there is going to jump all over that mess.

The leading concept of the show is said to involve Bristol, Levi and their son Tripp and will focus on “parenting issues.” That is the only information available so far as to what we can expect to see if a network does give them the green light, but while an industry source close to the negotiations has revealed that there was interest in testing out a pilot, Bristol and Levi have their hearts set on getting a commitment for an entire series. The industry source also said that, “there aren’t a lot of options for them out there, and this is their best chance at making a decent amount of money.”

One must now ask themselves what a decent amount of money is. Bristol Palin currently receives upwards of $30,000 a speaking engagement where she preaches about abstinence and to me, that’s some pretty serious cash. Of course, I’m not the daughter of a politician-turned-celebrity so I’m not used to having that kind of money to begin with.

Sarah Palin’s own reality television show has already started filming and will be shown on TLC–Maybe she can pull some strings with the network for the couple’s reality show, but since she hasn’t even given Bristol and Levi her blessing on their engagement, I don’t see that happening.

Would you watch a Bristol Palin/Levi Johnston reality show?