Lucas Bachmann, the aesthetically pleasing son of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, was recently invited to pose for Playgirl magazine.

The Early Show‘s Erica Hill warned viewers that they were all “about to see a whole lot more of Levi Johnston.” Considering the guy posed for Playgirl, that’s saying a lot. Still, it’s definitely true as he’s got both a reality show and a mayoral campaign coming up. Now that he’s finally separated from the Palin clan for good (except for, y’know, that whole child thing), he can speak freely about the big Mama Grizzly. He began his new-found freedom by completely retracting his apology to the family.

Oh, that irascible Steven Slater! Not only is he working on his big reality show, he’s also living it up! Page Six reported that Slater had a wild night this weekend, partying on a cruise for a big birthday bash for the VP of marketing for Playgirl. The only problem is, the eagle-eyed folks over at Gawker realized that the guy in the picture kind of doesn’t look that much like Slater. Damn! Will these Slater news stories stop ruining all of our dreams?

Joy Behar continued her string of news-making guests since her HLN show’s launch (Bill Maher, Ann Coulter, Joe the Plumber, Orly Taitz to name a few), adding Levi Johnston to the list last night.

While he stayed fairly quiet on new Sarah Palin info, he did talk about being a “gay icon” – and revealed more upcoming Playgirl pics.

Sarah Palin can rest assured that somebody is willing to defend her from to the embarrassing comments that are fueling Levi Johnston’s stay in the spotlight. “She moved her daughter to another school to keep her away from this white trash idiot,” said Ann Coulter on Fox’s Geraldo at Large last night before calling for more fact-checking from the media.

Levi Johnston says he’s keeping some “huge” things about Sarah Palin from the public. And no, he does not appear to be discussing his rumored upcoming photo shoot for Playgirl.

During an exclusive interview with CBS “Early Show” co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez, broadcast earlier today, the father of Palin’s grandson said, “There are some things that I have that are huge. And I haven’t said them because I’m not gonna hurt her that way.” See the video after the jump.

In light of the news that Sarah Palin‘s almost-son-in-law Levi Johnston will make an appearance in Playgirl, we went on a little trip back through the archives. “Research,” you could call it, of the illustrious company Johnston will join when he stars in an issue of the now-online magazine. We found John Travolta, Sly Stallone, and some, um, less notable stars. See them in all of their glory inside.

Former future Sarah Palin son-in-law Levi Johnston floated the idea of posing for Playgirl in a pricelessly awkward video for Vanity Fair last month, but now, the plan is taking shape. I got the big news via Jake Tapper‘s Twitter feed, where he correctly observed, “I think I speak for America when i say ‘Playgirl still exists?’”