Levi's Mom 'Not at War' With Palins

'It tears me up' not to get grandson more, but sees thaw with Bristol

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted May 14, 2009 1:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – Sherry Johnston, Tripp Palin’s less-famous grandma, says her family is not “at war with the Alaska governor’s side, and that baby-mama Bristol has extended an open invitation. “We only see Tripp a few hours a week,” Johnston admits, telling Momlogic that her family, including Bristol’s now-ex Levi, spoke out in the media not to create rifts but to clarify rumors.

“Every time I see him he’s a different child,” Sherry Johnston says of Tripp, born Dec. 28. “Before he wasn’t rolling over, now he is. Now he’s trying to crawl. I am missing him so much that it tears me up. I am begging to see him.” As to the recent media barrage: “Everyone knew who the Palins were, and we wanted people to know who the Johnstons were,” she said. “That way, they can judge for themselves.”

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Johnston says she hopes the two families can raise baby Tripp together. (AP Photo)

Levi Johnston, kisses Trig, brother of his then-girlfriend Bristol Palin, last fall. (AP Photo)

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When Bristol came to pick up Tripp this week, she said if we want him more often, all I have to do is call.
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kokuaguy

May 15, 2009 8:08 AM CDT

There's another story on Newser right now that ties in with this somewhat ... the Grandparents' Wars.

AdaptAndOvercome

May 14, 2009 6:22 AM CDT

OK, we have a grandmother who deals and uses drugs, a father who didn't want a kid, a grandmother who's a right wing ding a ling Governor, a daughter who preaches abstainance but didn't and so we have this delema. Either this makes for a really wacky soap opera or a pathetic existence for that child. I say, both.

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Levi's Mom 'Not at War' With Palins