Star Magazine: Sarah Palin's Shattered Marriage

[RandySF]

I'm just putting this up since it will eventually be reported on. Star is a little further up the food chain from the Enquirer. The Johnston family strikes again.

http://www.starmagazine.com/sarah_palin_todd_shattered_marriage/news/15939

Sarah Palin's husband Todd smiled happily and stood lovingly by his wife's side last year during her vice presidential campaign. But behind the scenes, their marriage was in turmoil — and now they're on the brink of a shocking divorce!
In the Aug. 24 issue of Star, on sale today, we have world exclusive details about Alaska's former first couple and their disintegrating union: They're sleeping apart, arguing non-stop and losing control of their party-loving daughters!

"Sarah and Todd are fighting all the time," Mercede Johnston — sister of Levi Johnston, ex-boyfriend of Sarah's eldest daughter, Bristol — tells Star in an exclusive interview. "When they do, Todd often ends up sleeping on the couch at their home in Wasilla. Bristol used to tell Levi that her parents would argue and bicker over the littlest things, like who was supposed to take out the trash or wash the dishes."

Levi, the father of Bristol's 7-month-old son, Tripp, recently told RadarOnline.com that Sarah and Todd have had marital trouble "from day one," and that he believed their escalating problems were the reason behind her mysterious decision to resign as governor of Alaska last month with more than a year left in her term.

His sister Mercede predicts: "If they ended their marriage within the next year, I wouldn't be surprised at all. It really seems to me their marriage is just a sham for the cameras now!"

[stray cat]

1. maybe thats there way of functioning in a marriage

[Maru Kitteh]

7. Their.

Ex: "Their home is over there."

[xxqqqzme]

2. instead of 'staying together for the sake of the kids'

they're staying together for the sake of her political career. It is their only source of income to support the lifestyle they enjoy.

[peace frog]

4. "Staying together for the sake of the income"

Sheesh, might as well be Jon and Kate Gosselin. Todd 'n' Sarah are the ultimate GOP Reality Starz.

[graywarrior]

3. OMG, the world insists on making that group of ghouls relevant.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

5. So now it isn't just from that one source...a blogger who was threatened

with a lawsuit, which still hasn't happened... :)

:rofl:

[Raschel]

11. She will SO be suing Star magazine any minute now...

:rofl:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

12. lol! And she never sued the Enquirer over the expose of her having an exta-marital

affair. :rofl:

[DainBramaged]

14. SO true, and I got lambasted for bring those 'rumors' here!

[Raschel]

18. Well she's a free bird (or is it fish, or pit bull..) now, so she should be handing out those

lawsuits left and right!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. It gets even juicier... eyewitness account with photo (have to buy the rag)

of 15 year old Willow slamming down Vodka.



Another possibility, an Alaskan insider tells Star, is that with Sarah's multi-million-dollar book deal in place, "she might even come to some financial agreement for him to stay with her and give the impression of a loving husband, at least through her book tour next year. In that respect, they'd be like the Jon and Kate Gosselin of politics!"

And like the TLC reality stars, Todd and Sarah have their brood of children to worry about — and their worries keep growing with a new family scandal. Star has an eyewitness account of their 15-year-old daughter Willow drinking vodka and smoking pot at a wild house party! "Her eyes were getting more and more glazed as the night went on," says a source.

[Maru Kitteh]

8. If I had to live in that freak show I'd employ whatever chemical means of escape available.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. If this is true, doesn't this deserve a visit by child protective services?

[RandySF]

10. Where would that end?

If CPS went to the home of every kid who used booze/pot in their teenage years to cope with their home life, the states would be flooded with kids. However, I wish they would look into Trig's care (or lack thereof).

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

13. Her older son who reportedly had to go into the army due to bus vandalism, her older daughter

gets pregnant at 17, Willow who is 15 is seen boozing it up. There are 2 younger children at home who are at risk. Prop..oops Trig and Piper. I think that there should be some sort of investigation.

[dorkulon]

19. Hmm. Knocked up teen, teen smokin' weed and drinking at a party.

Yeah, call the Feds. :eyes: Why should the Palins be held to a higher standard, or expected to be able to control their kids, more than any other American family? Shit, this sounds like every other family in America. Just because you don't like her (and neither do I) doesn't mean her kids should be taken away. Sheesh.

[dorkulon]

15. You can tell this is serious journalism because of all the exclamation points!

Married couple fighting! This is HUGH!!11

[brooklynite]

16. Marital Troubles from Day One...

...and they thought it made sense to have five kids?

[HughMoran]

17. I am so tired of hearing about this effing moran

I wish there were key words I could block. I'd make it so I never saw the name "Palin" ever again here.

[LiberalAndProud]

21. Me too. I'd love to block 'Palin/divorce'.

I hate that I have to click on a thread to hide it.

[SoCalDem]

20. Sarah & Todd always struck me as two people who

were "hot" for each other as really young people, and somehow, along the way, they ended up with 4 kids, all close in age, and THEN decided what they wanted to be when they "grew up".

meanwhile those kidlets raised themselves, with the help of friends, staffers & grandparents, while Mom & Dad did "their own thing".

I know people like them. their kids are there, but get little in the way of parenting.