Levi, Button Up!

Just when you thought you’d heard the last of him, Levi Johnston is back to set the record straight about the Palin family in a new “tell-all book,” “Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin’s Crosshairs.” Now, if you’ve read any of my earlier posts, then you’ll know why I’m not going to give recognition to the publisher of his new book, but according to Levi’s friend (didn’t say if they were imaginary), Levi is ready to talk about what it was like being thrust into the spotlight at such a young age, along with his contentious relationship with the Palins.

Crickets…

Okay, and then what?

More crickets…

Haven’t we read all there is to read about Levi, not to mention seen enough of him in his Playgirl spread? Or do we have to be reminded that a high school dropout, turned former hockey player, turned philandering deadbeat dad, turned wannabe mayor of Wasilla, Alaska that is all a part of a new TV reality show is given a book deal, when so many of us who ARE writers with a story that HASN’T been told are given squat?

Hello, People! – the magazine, not the populace – Us Weekly, Star Magazine, The Enquirer,
and the nameless publisher who, no doubt, hired a ghostwriter to pen Levi’s book; stop giving attention to those who’ve not only have had it (Lindsay Lohan), but obviously abused it (Charlie Sheen). Okay, so maybe Levi was thrust into the spotlight at a young age, but do we have to glorify it and his ego by slapping his face on the cover of a magazine or book's dust jacket?

Personally, I think it’d make a much better read if Levi went to Iraq or Afghanistan, and then once he comes back, pens a “tell-all book” about how he’s all grown up after being caught in the crossfire, not crosshairs… Just saying.