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Shatner Reads the Real Levi

Conan O'Brien sorry for fake Tweets, but not too sorry

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 6, 2009 7:29 AM CST

(Newser) – The Tonight Show got the last laugh on Levi Johnston. The soon-to-be Playgirl model threatened to sue if Conan O’Brien didn’t retract Wednesday’s poetry session, featuring William Shatner dramatically reading Levi’s supposed Tweets. So O'Brien admitted they were actually written by “a clever impostor posing as the witty Levi Johnston”—then brought Shatner back to read some “real, verified quotes.” Highlights:

“The first thing Sarah said to me at the hotel was, ‘You gotta cut your hair.’ I told her I didn’t want to. I had a mullet at the time.”
“Guess what? I shot a big-ass bear.”
“If Sarah wanted food, we’d get her something to eat. Like a crunch-wrapped supreme from Taco Bell.”
“I just get naked. That’s what I do.”

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William Shatner poses on the set of the History Channel's documentary "How William Shatner Changed the World," in this Feb. 16, 2006, file photo, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

This Nov. 7, 2007 file photo shows Conan O'Brien in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

In this July 9, 2009 file photo, Levi Johnston, 19, is seen during a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, file)

Levi Johnston and William Shatner are shown in this combination photo. (Associated Press)

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