LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Bristol Palin is disputing the Sarah Palin portrayal by Julianne Moore as incorrect and bad. Julianne Moore played Sarah Palin in HBO’s Game Change, a role for which she won the Emmy. But while critics praised Moore, Bristol Palin disagrees.

In an interview with E! News, Palin was asked if her mother has an accent as portrayed by Moore. Palin said “I think she doesn’t have that accent.” Palin tells news that the delivery by Moore was “kind of silly, but mom’s awesome”.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp is heading to Lifetime. The new Bristol Palin reality show follows news that Palin’s previous reality show project was quietly canceled. In 2011, LALATE reported that a Bristol Palin Kyle Massey reality show had been picked up BIO Channel. But that project was ultimately ended, leaving Palin able to move to the latest project with Lifetime.

In 2011, BIO told news that the Bristol Palin Kyle Massey reality show would feature Palin and son Tripp moving from Alaska to Los Angeles. Once in town, the Palins move in with Kyle and brother Chris Massey. “Bristol is the kind of personality BIO is drawn to,” Executive Vice President of Programming at A&E Network and BIO Channel, David McKillop, said at the time.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Was Bristol Palin considered for Wheel of Fortune in spring of this year? Yes, says a new report. While Bristol Palin is not replacing Vanna White, 54, Palin was reportedly used by officials as a bargaining tool during contract negotiations; they considered Palin as a possible replacement for White at the time.

A new report published this month in the National Enquirer further elaborates February 2011 reports about turning troubles on Wheel of Fortune. Last spring, reports claimed that Palin was considered to replace White after negotiations between White’s agent and ABC reacted a stalemate.

ABC at the time hinted that Palin was considered as a replacement. In a news statement at the time, ABC President Ben Sherwood said Plain “knows all 26 letters of the English alphabet. Not just the letters E.P.T.”

Now a new report claims that Palin was definitely up for the job. The National Enquirer claims this month that White was unhappy with February reports of Palin being pursued by executives. “Vanna … [wasn't happy] during prolonged contract negotiations with the show when she thought she was going to be replaced.”

The turning point was when Bristol confirmed she instead had inked another reality show, this one for BIO, making her unavailable for “Wheel”. A Palin source, however, claims that Palin “thinks she’s above turning letters for a living”. White and Pat Sajak have reportedly contracted with producers through 2014.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – While Mercede Johnston Playboy photos are expected to turn heads, Mercede Johnston’s remarks about Sarah Palin and Bristol Palin are already prompting controversy. Mercede Johnston, Levi Johnston’s sister, posed for Playboy pictures that will feature the blond 18 year old for the print and online publication. While Johnston has already said damaging remarks about the Palins before, her interview with Playboy’s George Gurley is reportedly explosive. Mercede Johnston was reportedly paid $25,000 by Playboy for the pictures and news interview. The interview was conducted by George Gurley.

When Mercede Johnston first came into the news in 2009, she had nothing but good remarks about Bristol and Sarah Palin. As Bristol and Levi Johnston split, Mercede Johnston’s remarks changed. In recent weeks, Mercede has been furious about Bristol’s book and her series of public remarks about Levi. While Mercede Johnston has yet to confirm any book deal, this Playboy interview is reportedly directly in response to Bristol’s recent news statements. However, Mercede Johnston also has a few words to say about Sarah Palin.

In March 2009, Mercede Johnston’s name first appeared across news after an exclusive interview with the Star. In the article  “World Exclusive: Bristol Palin’s Bitter Split”, Mercede said Bristol had virtually cut Levi out of Tripp’s life.

She told the paper “Levi tries to visit Tripp every single day, but Bristol makes it nearly impossible. She tells him he can’t take the baby to our house because she doesn’t want him around ‘white tr–sh’”. In that interview, Johnston said that Sarah Palin once had her support, but had lost it. Johnston said she had “lost … respect” for Sarah Palin by that time.

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Johnston is now opening up about Sarah Palin for Playboy’s Gurley. She said Sarah Palin would have a “mental breakdown” if she was President. She says that Sarah Palin is a quitter. And she claims that her hometown hates Sarah Palin.

Mercede Johnston tells Playboy “I think she’d have had a mental breakdown . . . As governor she quit on us. What does that say about her?” When asked how much of Wasilla likes Sarah, Mercede Johnston said “[they] can’t stand Palin” as much as “70 percent.”

Johnston says Bristol Palin hated Levi far before her pregnancy. She claims that Bristol sent a text to Levi after she learned she was pregnant that read “Ever since the moment I found out I was pregnant, I prayed to God you weren’t the father.” But Palin now says she was blessed with her pregnancy. She tells Dr Drew “Yes. And I`m very blessed. I can take care of trip financially. .. And I`ve gotten a platform to talk about things that are so important to me and so near and dear to my heart. And, so that side of it, I feel blessed.”

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The allegations don’t stop there. Bristol Palin claims her pregnancy was an accident. Not so, says Mercede Johnston. She tells Playboy it was a planned pregnancy. “Bristol’s pregnancy wasn’t . . . an accident. She and Levi planned it. They were trying to conceive for months.”

Palin writes in her book that her virginity was stolen. “Suddenly I`d wondered why it was called losing your virginity because it felt more like stolen and Levi wasn`t there to process or even confirm my greatly fear suspicions. Instead of waking up in his arms, I awakened in a tent alone as he talked to this friend on the other side of the canvass. I didn`t realize this is the sign of many things to come.”

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And Johnston even has a few remarks about Track Palin, Palin’s 22 year old son. She says he has used illegal substances, included OxyContin. “He did OxyContin.” Her mother, Sherry Johnston, was convicted in 2009 of dealing OxyContin. The Palins have yet to comment about the Playboy issue.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Mercede Johnston Playboy photos are confirmed today; Levi Johnston’s sister Mercede Johnston posed for Playboy pics for a price tag of $25,000. Before these pictures, Mercede Johnston first made news when she posted a series of Facebook pics and harsh comments about Bristol Palin after the birth of her child. Mercede has since changed her appearance. But it’s her comments about the Palins, as much as her spread for Playboy, that is turning heads.

Mercede Johnston was paid no more than $25,000 for her spread for Playboy magazine pictures, news reports claim this weekend. Johnston, the sister of Levi Johnston, recently slammed his baby momma. After Palin promoted her book ‘Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far’, Johnston said the book should have been entitled ‘Not Afraid of Lies.’

Johnston said of Palin “sadly it is now very obvious that his [Levi's] love was never truly reciprocated. Now I don’t usually feel comfortable talking about another person’s … [love] life.”

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But, she added “I never even liked talking about Bristol trying to get pregnant because I feel that’s a very personal topic. Trust me, he would never do to her what she [Bristol] has so casually done to him. Never.”

In 2009, LALATE first reported about Mercede after her comments about Sarah Palin and Bristol. Mercede was one of the first to report a Palin and Johnston split after the two welcomed a new child, got engaged, and Johnston’s mother (Sherry Johnston) got arrested. “Levi tries to visit Tripp every single day, but Bristol makes it nearly impossible. She tells him he can’t take the baby to our house because she doesn’t want him around ‘white trash’!”

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Of Sarah Palin, she said at the time “I used to love Sarah. But I’ve lost lots of respect for her.“ She had once wrote on MySpace “My Sister in Law — Ooh how I love her”. Such is no longer the case.

In July this year, she was back swinging against the Palins. “Does anybody really believe a good Christian girl, such as Bristol claims to be, would really lose her virginity in a tent?” She added “I don’t think so. Usually girls want their first time to be meaningful and special.”

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As to Bristol’s book, she remarked “After she made those hurtful and indefensible statements in her book about my brother, I decided no matter how uncomfortable I feel talking about this, it is something which I must do,” Mercede fumed.

“No one deserves to be accused of such a disgusting and horrendous thing. Especially not my brother who, believe it or not, truly loved Bristol with all of his heart.”

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