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'I wasn't into the Hollywood thing,' says Sarah Palin's daughter

(NEWSER) - Bristol Palin has finally thrown in the towel on Hollywood fame and is back home in Alaska. “I wasn’t really into the Hollywood thing,” she tells In Touch . After her Dancing With the Stars gig, she lost celebrity traction, and a pending reality show was canceled. The incident that finally convinced her to head north was an ugly confrontation with a Palin hater in an LA bar. Besides, son Tripp will soon be in preschool and "we need to settle into a routine," she says. For now, Bristol is staying in an apartment beneath her mom's TV studio on the family's Wasilla property. Something she hates back home: seeing baby daddy Levi Johnston tooling around town in his truck as carefree as you please. “He’s not using his visitation, and he’s not paying his child support,” Bristol snaps. More»

Johnston skips Wasilla court hearing

(NEWSER) - A judge told Levi Johnston yesterday that he's going to have to share some of his Playgirl earnings with the Palin family. The 19-year-old pop was ordered to pay 14 months of back child support for the baby boy he fathered with Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol, the New York Daily News reports. He now owes up to $19,000 in back support payments. More»

'I'm up to the point where I can't see my kid again,' says Tripp's dad

(NEWSER) - Levi Johnston says he's “definitely” going to court over custody issues concerning Tripp, his son with Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol. "I'm up to the point where I can't see my kid again. I'm done. I'm sure we'll end up in court,” Johnston tells the Guardian , explaining that the Palins have been inconsistent in allowing him access to the 10-month-old. More»

(NEWSER) - Levi Johnston continues his gripping expose of the Palin family in an interview with Vanity Fair. Some choice revelations from Bristol's ex, who lived with the family for two months following the election:

• "There wasn't much parenting in that house": The Palin parents were too busy to care for their children, so "the kids would do it all themselves: cook, clean, do the laundry," Johnston says. He chipped in, too: "I’d barbecue chicken or steak on the grill."

Teenage mom says their families will play nice for Tripp's sake

(NEWSER) - Bristol Palin is no longer at war with her baby daddy’s family. In fact, “I don’t think we were ever at war at all,” the 18-year-old mom tells People, adding that she and former fiancé Levi Johnston are trying to work together for the sake of their 5-month-old son Tripp. More»