Of course it's not: it's merely another example of Griffin, I mean Griffin-Johnston, brilliantly manipulating the media and the notion of stardom. She's now not only mocking other celebrities, she is a celebrity, or maybe a meta-celebrity: a star who's a star for being aware that stardom is a crock and yet craving it anyway, and milking every meta-minute of it.
And then there's Levi — a media creation if there ever was one — and he's handling it all with aplomb. Or dumb luck. Maybe not so dumb. In response to Kathy's suggestion that he move in with the Palins: "I'm not really lookin' forward to bein' around that family anymore."
After the break: Video of Kathy "interviewing" Levi on Larry King about their "love igloo," his "big strong man arms" and the still-unanswered question of whether or not Levi can read.
This article appears in Aug 5-11, 2009.