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Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston made a splash on the cover of Us Weekly when they announced they were getting married last month.
updated 8/3/2010 5:05:51 PM ET 2010-08-03T21:05:51

Teen mom Bristol Palin has broken off her engagement to Levi Johnston for a second time — less than a month after telling the world she planned to marry the father of her young son.

The 19-year-old daughter of politician Sarah Palin was quoted on Tuesday as telling People magazine "It's over. I broke up with him."

She said her on-again, off-again relationship with Johnston, 20, soured on July 14 — the day the couple announced in rival celebrity magazine Us Weekly that they had secretly become engaged again and planned to marry soon.

In an interview with People, Palin said Johnston told her that same evening he might have fathered a baby with another teenage girl. The girl has since denied Johnston is the father.

Bristol Palin's pregnancy and first engagement to Johnston were revealed during her mother's Republican vice-presidential campaign in 2008, providing some awkward moments for the staunch conservative who supports the teaching of abstinence in schools as a form of sex education.

The young couple broke up later in 2008, and Johnston went on to pose nude for Playgirl magazine and publicly criticized the Palin family. He later apologized for his comments and admitted some of what he said was untrue.

Bristol Palin said last month that her family was not supportive of their re-engagement. On Tuesday, Palin said she and Johnston had seen each other only once in three weeks.

"The final straw was him flying to Hollywood for what he told me was to see some hunting show but (I) come to find out it was that music video mocking my family," she says. "He's just obsessed with the limelight and I got played."

Sarah Palin, who is widely thought to be planning a presidential run in 2012, said in a statement to People on Tuesday that she hoped Bristol would move forward in her life "with her same forgiving, gracious, optimistic spirit, but from henceforth she'll know to trust but verify.

"Bristol is strong, she is independent, and she knows what is right for her son," Sarah Palin said.

People magazine's issue with the Palin interview hits newsstands on Friday.

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    >>> now says it's over with levi johnston. maybe she means it this time. let's get the scoop from courtney hazelet. hi, courtney .

    >> i know this is near and dear to your heart. this is something a little brett favre about all this engagement business. apparently there's talk that levi johnston may have fathered a baby with another girl. you can head to your newsstands in the next week or so and figure out hwho she is.

    >> he told bristol about it.

    >> or she found out about it. i think we should all just be stunned that 19 year olds can't get their act together.

    >> did she dump him, is that what happened?

    >> she had enough. she had enough.

    >> for now.

    >> i joke about it, but the sad thing is they have a child together and you would like them to have a solid, stable place for this child to grow up. maybe they can get past this and just be really good friends. there's nothing wrong with that at this point. the old friends line.

    >> the next topic.

    >> gisele speaking of pregnancy people were outraged when she looked so good after having her baby. she posed in a bathing suit and also gave an interview and talked about the importance of breastfeeding and widely agreed upon, but what she did was cross the line slightly when she said there should be a law that forces moms to breast feed their newborns for six months. she's taking a moment to clarify that now, "my intention in making comment about the importance of breastfeeding has nothing to do with the law. it comes from my passion and beliefs about children becoming a new mother has brought a lot of questions. i feel like i'm in constant search for answers on what might be best for my child." people want to know what it's like to be a mom, this beautiful mom, and the mom that lost all the weight. what are the tricks and what did she learn? when you're under that pressure you end up saying things that could be looked at too literally or under too much of a microscope.

    >> you're a gisele sympathizer.

    >>> finally talking about betty white , america's grandmother. cloris leachman is 84 and while promoting chloroloris leachman's, of course, this is a joke, but it would be funny if they had a real-life feud. that got me to thinking, just how much television has betty white done in the last year. since january 1 , 2010 , this is it by the numbers. she has appeared in 13 episodes of television shows . she's hosted one show, that's "snl." made six different late night appearances on various late-night shows and three award shows. that doesn't count any of her other work in promoting her causes. she was on msnbc promoting a literacy program.

    >> you look at those numbers and it's almost like she's doing more television now than when golden girls was on.

    >> it does seem that way.

    >> for the latest entertainment news logon to see what courtney has to say at scoop.todayshow.com.

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