Levi Johnston is outraged over Wednesday's Tonight Show skit with William Shatner allegedly reading his tweets.
Turns out they weren't Johnston's tweets.
TMZ has the exclusive.
Levi Johnston is furious over a William Shatner skit on Wednesday's "Tonight Show"-- in which Levi was made to look like a racially insensitive pothead -- claiming the outrageous Twitter posts Conan attributed to Levi were fake.
Rex Butler -- Levi's lawyer -- tells TMZ the Alaskan is demanding a retraction from NBC. What really pisses Butler off ... before Shatner's dramatic reading of Levi's putative Twitter page, Conan said: "All real ... we did not make these up."
Johnston was so ticked off that his lawyer is demanding that O'Brien issue a retraction or they'll sue.
Levi Johnston's manager has launched an ultimatum to Conan O'Brien's show over last night's William Shatner sketch: "If they don't retract, we'll sue."
NBC had no official comment, but an insider at "The Tonight Show" tells us they'll be addressing the issue on the air tonight -- and Shatner twittered he will be back for another appearance. Coincidence? We think not.
Good grief. Johnston and Butler should take it down notch.
Now that the matter has been brought to the attention of The Tonight Show, O'Brien should be given the opportunity to clear things up before Johnston's lawyer goes ballistic.
There was no need to threaten O'Brien and The Tonight Show. Of course, it does generate publicity, something Johnston seems to crave.
Johnston won't be able to milk this one anymore. He got his retraction on Thursday's show. Shatner was back to make amends.
CONAN O'BRIEN: I want to talk about something very important. Last night on our program, we paid tribute to one of Alaska's great young poets, OK? Of course I'm speaking of the father of Sarah Palin's grandchild, and future Playgirl magazine centerfold, Levi Johnston....
Now we'd been following Levi on Twitter and felt his gift for the written word needed to be shared with the world, OK? So we read some of Levi's tweets on the show last night. People really seemed to enjoy them, OK?
Well, today I wake up -- very late, I sleep in -- and I got some shocking news. Apparently, the tweets that we read were counterfeit. They were written by a clever impostor, posing as the witty Levi Johnston. All right? And the real Levi is very angry with us now, so angry, in fact, he's taken his case to some of this country's most respected authorities for truth, including TMZ.com.
...Obviously this is very serious stuff we're talking about here so I'd like to personally apologize to Levi Johnston, and his lawyer and publicist, for misrepresenting him in any way. Levi's clearly a great American. We wish him the best of luck as he trains for his upcoming naked photo shoot.
And to show you how truly sorry we are, tonight we want to read some real, verified quotes from Levi Johnston....
So here to present the words of Levi Johnston is Emmy Award-winning actor and master thespian, Mr. William Shatner.
WILLIAM SHATNER: "The first thing Sarah said to me at the hotel was 'you gotta cut your hair.'
"I told her I didn't want to. I had a mullet at the time."
"Guess what? I shot a big ass bear."
"If Sarah wanted food, we'd get her something to eat, like a Crunchwrap Supreme from Taco Bell."
"You can't just do a movie. I'm sure it's harder than it looks."
"I just get naked. That's what I do."
I hope that calms Johnston, his lawyer and publicist.
Johnston should be thrilled that he's been highlighted on O'Brien's show for two nights in a row.
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