Who is 'the gnat'? Levi Johnston, according to Bristol Palin's upcoming memoir
The Gnat is not a sidekick of the Green Lantern but rather Bristol Palin's ex, Levi Johnston. He makes an appearance, not surprisingly, in her memoir "Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far." The book won't officially hit shelves until Friday, but it's already making headlines.
That's in part because in the book, Palin refers to Levi Johnston as "the gnat." Our blog Top of the Ticket reports on its bug-zapping contents:
In the autobiography, co-written by Nancy French, Bristol describes losing her virginity to Johnston. According to the anti-teen pregnancy advocate, she and her on-again-off-again boyfriend first made love in a tent after a night of drinking too many wine coolers.
Bristol, a former "Dancing With the Stars" contestant, refers to her son Tripp's father as “the gnat named Levi Johnston [who was] constantly spreading false accusations against our family.” She also calls Johnston, who has a book of his own coming out soon, a bad boyfriend "who cheated on me about as frequently as he sharpened his hockey skates."
If Palin acknowledges that she has bad taste in men, she's done better with her book's subtitle. The author of "Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far" is just 20 years old.
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Photo: Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin hold hands at the 2008 Republican Convention. Credit: Shawn Thew / European Pressphoto Agency
How cute - wine coolers. What do you bet it was a fifth of vodka.
Posted by: brbr2424 | June 20, 2011 at 02:06 PM
Just like mom.
Posted by: JoeAmerica | June 20, 2011 at 03:03 PM
“the gnat named Levi Johnston [who was] constantly spreading false accusations against our family.”
Struggling to understand what young Palin means here. Gnat can be employed to indicate an insignificant person but clearly this Johnston is a very large feature in her life, what with having fathered her child and that every tedious media report in connection with this worthless and comically named Bristol (London slang for breasts) relates to their 'romantic' entanglement. Although i suppose it's no surprise she should struggle to express herself clearly, she's a child. May the general public be sensible enough to ignore her.
Posted by: Bill | June 21, 2011 at 01:31 AM
Why bother. OTher than putting money in her pocket, what life lessons can she have?
Posted by: tami | June 21, 2011 at 07:30 AM
I doubt that young teenagers in Alaska have words like "gnat" in their vocabulary. I doubt that it is a word that Bristol Palin even knows how to spell let alone use. The word sounds like a word Bristol Palin's mother would use.
It is obvious that Sarah Palin has played a giant role in poisoning her daughter's opinion of Bristol's bay's daddy in an effort to artfully manipulate her public persona.
I keep the whole Palin family in my prayers...especially all of the children. It is not their fault they are being exploited by Sarah Palin for her own personal and political gain.
Posted by: Sharon A. Fox | June 21, 2011 at 11:09 PM