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Levi Johnston Is Actually Going To Strip Down For Playgirl

You know how in Vanity Fair’s behind-the-scenes video burgeoning gay icon Levi Johnston jokes with his manager about posing for Playgirl? Well, we’ve learned it’s not a joke. We’ve confirmed it’s actually going to happen. But don’t get too excited.

After reading that Levi was game for posing nude, the guy who puts together Playgirl’s photoshoots, Daniel Nardicio, emailed Johnston’s manager Tank Jones about having his client pose nude for their website. (The print version of the magazine closed earlier this year.) Tank referred the matter to Levi’s lawyer Rex Butler (how many handlers does one Alaskan babydaddy need?) who emailed back: “There are people out there that want to see such a shoot of Levi and we are ready to do it if the proposal is right.” The only hitch, Levi’s not willing to do a nude shoot, only pose in his skivvies.

And since a nearly nude Levi is better than no nude Levi at all, Playgirl’s down and there’s an agreement in place to do the shoot. They’re in final negotiations to get the thing together right now.

Funny thing is that Playgirl’s biggest get in years doesn’t have a clue about who reads the male flesh mag. As he and Tank joke in the Vanity Fair video, Levi says, “I’m assuming it’s where a dude poses for women.”

Oh Levi, don’t be ashamed to go down the gay icon route. Just wait until June, when you’ll be introducing dance diva Amber at Cincinnati Pride!

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  • Nariel

    I want peen. I will probably have to settle for bulge. Oh well.

  • bthny

    @TRexstasy: haven't you ever listened to David Cross? he has a bit about how the redneck accent is the same everywhere.

  • joutfit

    @miss_msry: um, maybe you're just operating on some higher sarcasm-plane than i am that i cannot comprehend, but...you realize that they had a baby together, right? the creation of which involved premarital sex?

    joutfit

  • Fancy Pants

    @CuffLinks: I dont think the online site would have enough money to pull this off. Must be a joke.

    Fancy Pants

  • CuffLinks

    @BlinkyMcChuck: good call!

    CuffLinks

  • CuffLinks

    @AkaSofia: and his lawyer's name is Rex Butler. A career in gay porn is inevitable.

    CuffLinks

  • CuffLinks

    @Big Poppa: The print version of the magazine folded but they are still maintaining an online presence. (It could still be a joke...)

    CuffLinks

  • miss_msry

    Seeing how religious these Republican teens are, this might be Bristol's only chance to see Levi's little johnston.

    miss_msry

  • jorel845

    He should lose some weight if he's dropping trou. Got a bit of a dough boy thing going on.

    jorel845

  • croush1211

    @MyNameIsChris: Hey hey hey... we have a black President now, you can't say that stuff. The Thought Police (entering our children's minds September 8th) will come and get you!

  • Fancy Pants

    Didn't Playgirl fold a few months ago? I seem to remember a lot of press on how Playgirl closed for good. Maybe this is all a joke.

  • LetMeGetThiStraight

    @BlinkyMcChuck: I would agree 'if' this were his idea but it wasn't (Yes I have inside information - the idea and connecting the two parties came far far away - Start in Switzerland.) Contact and we have lift-off. More later.....

  • MyNameIsChris

    @BookishLookish: No... that's what they say about men in blackface.

    MyNameIsChris

  • Hydroceph

    @BookishLookish: She's got you there, Plaudi. Don't try to wriggle out of it.

    Hydroceph

  • SultanaEleusis

    I heard he's just doing this because they're finally repossessing the fancy clothes from the 2008 presidential campaign, leaving him with nothing but skivvies.

    SultanaEleusis

  • Gavagirl

    @TRexstasy: Lots of southern rednecks headed up there looking for oil and gas pipeline jobs starting in the mid-twentieth century. The accent stuck.

    Gavagirl

  • Conchie Birdie

    @BookishLookish: Ahmen!

  • MattGaymon

    @blix: I would like to think she'd be overwhelmed by his credulousness, but she'd probably destroy everything to love about him.

  • TRexstasy

    What I don't understand is how a Wasilla sledneck has the exact same accent as the thousands of braindead frat-rats who go to school here in my home town, Athens, GA.

  • Brian Moylan

    @TroisFilles: I would like both, please.

    Brian Moylan

  • BookishLookish

    @SidAndFinancy: When you kiss them they leave black smears on your face?

    BookishLookish

  • SidAndFinancy

    @kneetoe: You know what they say about men with big carbon footprints.

  • taraniso

    Arch your back a little, CoCo. Now take your thumb and put it in your mouth like a little schoolgirl...

  • Banjo-Sea Kitten

    @BookishLookish: My love for the Innocents and those who look after them (hello, you) is boundless.

    Banjo-Sea Kitten

  • rubyruby

    Perhaps he'll do something relatively responsible with the money he's paid off this gig and, say, put it towards the wellbeing and education of his infant son. One can dream.

    rubyruby

  • TroisFilles

    @GoRo: I don't want to see him naked, per se, I just want him in the spotlight EVERY SINGLE DAY.

    TroisFilles

  • TroisFilles

    Aw shit, I'm growing claws and brown spots! Rrrrrrrowr!

    TroisFilles

  • BookishLookish

    @Bjork for President!: That is exactly how they should tart Levi up for the photo shoot, thank you.

    BookishLookish

  • GoRo

    "There are people out there that want to see such a shoot of Levi and we are ready to do it if the proposal is right." Really? Someone outside of the high school he did not graduate from wants to see him naked?

    GoRo

  • BookishLookish

    @kneetoe: Knee, you're local now. If we wanted to go to Brooklyn to molest boys, we would not need a car!

    And why are you still in the cheap seats?

    (clears throat, puts lips together, blows) Gabriel, will you approve kneetoe, please! Pink is not his color.

    BookishLookish

  • BookishLookish

    @Banjo-Sea Kitten: I thought your pretty little animal-loving head might pop up in this thread! Hello, Kitten!

    BookishLookish

  • Banjo-Sea Kitten

    @BookishLookish:

    Yes, Mama.

    P.S. My crush on Leev is historically well-documented on Gawker, so this yes right here is huge. (hee hee)

    Banjo-Sea Kitten

  • Tattertotter

    @BookishLookish: Maybe it's the LACK of available wood that's making ol' Levi backtrack on the nudity. Could the lovely boy be PTM*?

    *Princess Tiny Meat

    Tattertotter

  • Thomas Lord

    @mslewis: I like this line of reasoning. Levi as the new Andy.

    It's not so far fetched. He's got that small-town, sardonic guy thing goin' on. If you just saw this quote (paraphrasing Levi) and I told you it was from Andy, wouldn't you believe it? "Would you pose for Playgirl?" Answer: (in calm, almost board tones) "Oh. Well. I haven't given it much thought. I suppose it would depend on how much it paid."

    -t

    Thomas Lord

  • eve804

    @RonMwangaguhunga: Man, that right there made my fucking day.

    eve804

  • mslewis

    I don't like or dislike Levi but I do think it's awesome that he is getting as much money as possible while he can!! What's wrong with trading on your 15 minutes? What does it matter if he poses for Playgirl and then goes on a reality show? What's wrong with selling your story to whomever wants to pay you for it? I say, nothing, because he can make as much as a million and that ain't bad!! Make it while you can boy!! I ain't mad at you!!

    mslewis

  • AndPreciousLittleofThat

    I really love that a government dropout is being taken to task by a high school dropout.

    AndPreciousLittleofThat

  • RonMwangaguhunga

    Levi has a very Jason Stackhouse vibe about him. The Palin household being, of course, the Fellowship of the Sun Church.

  • AkaSofia

    His manager's name is Tank Jones?!

    Why do the names in Palin's circle keep getting more ridiculous?

  • malo-ji

    To rephrase Brooke Shields, "Nothing comes between me and my Levi!"

    He's just a six-pack away from a good snogging:

    "OMG, I was S-O-O-O drunk last night ..."

    malo-ji

  • Conchie Birdie

    @olivia2.0: I love me some sass.

  • BlinkyMcChuck

    I'm waiting for his David LaChapelle shoot with Sophia LaMar as Sarah Palin.

  • BlinkyMcChuck

    Nardicio is a genius.

  • blix

    @MattGaymon: If Paris met the Anti-Paris it could cause a rip in the space-celebrity continuum. Think of the pageviews.

  • BookishLookish

    @Rumpelstilskin: Woot, your lips to God's ears, baby!

    BookishLookish

  • BookishLookish

    @olivia2.0: Do you mean "Mame"? Like Van Doren?

    What can I say, the kid does it for me. I like 'em big and stupid.

    BookishLookish

  • BookishLookish

    @City_Dater: Deal. Want to head south this time? I've got a hankering for some barbecue, hat tipping and door holding.

    BookishLookish

  • misslinda

    @BookishLookish: Don't you want the wood AND the dice?

  • RonMwangaguhunga

    Boytoys are the new black. This, of course, raises the bar for K-Fed and Madonna's hunk of carmelized beef, Jesus Luz.

  • City_Dater

    @BookishLookish:

    OMG -- why are we even sitting here right now?

    I'll pick up the car if you'll fill the cooler.

    City_Dater

  • FrozenHaddock

    @City_Dater: Paris already defiled them all on The Simple Life.

  • olivia2.0

    @BookishLookish: I love that talk of Levi Johnson has apparently turned you into a sassy Mammy type today!

  • Rumpelstilskin

    @iplaudius: And I want to see his point from my backyard!

    Rumpelstilskin

  • olivia2.0

    @BookishLookish: AMEN!

  • FrozenHaddock

    @wundersmack: Are you calling 'sex workers' pathetic? I say use your assets, baby!

  • katydidit

    Tank and Rex sound like they already have some experience with nude male photo shoots.

    katydidit

  • Beau Nerd

    @Brian Moylan: I'll pass on the "Gay Icon Kool-Aid" as well, but I will happily accept "Levi-Curious Crystal Light."

  • BookishLookish

    @iplaudius: I want to see the *point* and I know you do too. We are the demographic!

    BookishLookish

  • FrozenHaddock

    If Daniel Nardicio is arranging this, you can expect great things-- he's a Michelangelo of the flesh.

  • glitteratigroovejet

    Tank and Rex? Sounds less like dance diva amber and more like he'd introduce the new line of harnesses at Woof on 8th avenue

    glitteratigroovejet

  • BookishLookish

    @Conchie Birdie: Hate the game, babycakes, not the playa!

    BookishLookish

  • orisci

    aww.. Levi is becoming so worldly. Good for him.

    orisci

  • BookishLookish

    @City_Dater: Jesus, CD, I told you not to tell them all about our summer vacation together, didn't I? By the way, is that soybean farmer from Nebraska, the one with the triceps and the other, still bugging you to come to New York?

    BookishLookish

  • MissPeacock

    @BookishLookish: Hallelujah, sista!!!

    MissPeacock

  • blix

    @MattGaymon: I salute your awesome Anti-Paris.

  • FaceMelter

    I'm actually starting to like this kid. The fact that he is so self-aware of his crazy makes him lovable. Get paid Levi.

    FaceMelter

  • MattGaymon

    @Brian Moylan: I don't drink Kool-Aid.

  • BookishLookish

    This might be nice, a mild diversion. But:

    I want wood or no fucking dice.

    Ladies, can I get an amen?

    BookishLookish

  • City_Dater

    There are Levi Johnstons all over semi-rural America. Just go on a road trip with a cash fan and a back seat beer cooler and you'll probably even get to touch a few hot high school dropouts.

    City_Dater

  • Conchie Birdie

    That's it. I am so sick of this kid I might hate him more than Sarah Palin.

    Isn't he a high school dropout-bad dad?

    Hate is a strong word, but in this case I'll use it.

  • iplaudius

    Unless he’s packin’ some major heat, I don’t see the point.

  • Brian Moylan

    @MattGaymon: See, you're already in love with him. The Gay Icon Kool-Aid is working!

    Brian Moylan

  • LatestBy

    @HowDareThey: As is Levi, friend.

  • MattGaymon

    @wundersmack: Oh please, this kid is the best. He's the anti-Paris.

  • son of spam

    So we'll be able to see Kathy Griffin's bite marks?

  • TruthBeTold

    Honestly,, what is the point? He already did his bare chested diaper changing. Is it really that interesting to see him in underwear? I can see the novelty factor of a nude Palins Bane,, but in his roo's? Guess you could say he's goin full Montag

    TruthBeTold

  • Ken Green

    Next stop: a "Gossip Girl" cameo and then straight to "Celebrity Big Brother".

    Ken Green

  • Claire Buoyant

    So based on the conversation between Levi and Tank in the car, can we assume that Levi doesn't want to show his johnson because it's somehow lacking?

  • HowDareThey

    tank and rex are dog names.

    HowDareThey

  • Cynner

    Palin's already on the phone to her lawyer telling him to make sure he gets Levi's fee for child support. After all, it's her and Todd who are staying on the homefront, hunting and cooking moose to keep their family afloat. Oh wait. I think they just ordered some fried rice.

    Cynner

  • wundersmack

    I'm hoping he does Playgirl, just so he'll be relegated that much faster to the "pathetic" pile.

    Really, VF, get ahold of yourself!

    wundersmack

  • RheaPollstry

    I'll wait for "Tank and Levi: Together At Last" on video.

    RheaPollstry

  • Iconoclastodon

    @joutfit: In the dark, where that sort of evil belongs.

    Iconoclastodon

  • Brian Moylan

    @Fancy Pants: Actually Playgirl is owned by Blue Horizon Media, which owns a number of straight skin rags (like High Society). It also has a Playgirl TV arm that brings in some coins. So, yeah, they have the money.

    Brian Moylan

  • Fancy Pants

    WTF!?!? Did anyone else notice they had Levi leaning off the edge of a tall building in that video? He had a rope around his waist but it didn't look very secure.

    FYI he's kind of fat. Unless you're a chubby chaser I dont think its worth seeing.

    Fancy Pants

  • LetMeGetThiStraight

    @CuffLinks: It's real the deal was coordinated in SWITZERLAND. (reliable sources confirmed.)

  • LetMeGetThiStraight

    @CuffLinks: It's no joke and I ought to know...

  • LetMeGetThiStraight

    I am all for seeing what's in Levi's Levis.

  • LetMeGetThiStraight

    @BlinkyMcChuck: Not really.

  • ottothecat2008

    I'd love to know what's in his Levis, if you know what I mean.

    ottothecat2008

  • The Walking Eye

    @Fancy Pants: You're an asshole if that's considered fat.

  • Dürer's Rhino

    @Iconoclastodon: In the dark, through a hole in a sheet.

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