Posted on Fri, Jul. 10, 2009
Levi Johnston told reporters Thursday night that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin decided to resign from office for the money.
Johnston claimed that in December he heard Palin talking about "how nice it would be to take some of this money people have been offering us and just run with it, and saying forget everything else."
Johnston, the former fiancé of the governor's daughter, said the offers Palin was referring to came from "books, talk shows, whatever, things like that."
The 19-year-old father of the governor's grandchild said he believed the reasons Palin listed for her resignation made up part of the reason, but were not the deciding factors.
"I've seen how stressful this job was for her and she came home late at night and things like that," he said. But Johnston added, "I think the big deal was the book. That was millions of dollars."
"It is interesting to learn Levi is working on a piece of fiction while honing his acting skills," Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton responded.
Since splitting with the governor's daughter, Johnston has appeared on numerous talk shows and is seeking a modeling or acting contract. Johnston is also shopping a tell-all book on his relationship with the family and said he may be "getting into some movies or something."
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