Bristol Palin And Levi Johnston Are Getting Married (With Or Without Mom’s Approval?)

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are planning on getting married – or so reports US Weekly. The exclusive report in the celebrity gossip weekly confirms rumors that have been swirling for the past few weeks. The intrigue in this story doesn’t come only from the reuniting of Tripp’s parents, but from Bristol’s following quote regarding her mother’s approval “It is intimidating and scary just to think about what her reaction is going to be. Hopefully she will jump on board.”

According to US Weekly

Bristol and Levi, 20 — who famously called off their previous engagement two weeks after welcoming son Tripp in December 2008 — tell Us Weekly they reconnected three months ago while working out a custody plan for their 18-month-old son.

“I really thought we were over,” Levi tells Us Weekly. “So when I went, I had no hope. I think we both just started talking — and then we took Tripp for a walk.”

Says Bristol, “When he left that night, we didn’t hug or kiss, but I was thinking how different it was. He texted me: ‘I miss you. I love you. I want to be with you again’ … I was in shock.”

Now comes the hard part: Getting the blessing of Sarah Palin, who has made no secret of her feelings for Levi. He provoked her fury last fall when he claimed that she had called her infant son Trig (who has Down syndrome) “retarded.” She fired back, telling reporters that anyone who posed for Playgirl would “say and do anything for even more attention.” Later, during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, she dubbed him “Ricky Hollywood” and called his “aspiring porn” career “heartbreaking.”

As has been reported here, Sarah Palin‘s new SarahPAC ad has revealed what looks to many to be the early stages of a presidential campaign. This new wrinkle of Bristol currying mom’s favor is likely to not only play into a ‘family values’ narrative, but also portray Palin in light that many voters can connect with – that family life can at times be messy and imperfect, but still work out for all involved.