Levi Johnston's Playgirl Photos Have Arrived

The first set of 20 Levi Johnston Playgirl shots has come out. If you do a little searching around the web you can find them. Of course you can always pay. Here's a little tease (nsfw).

UPDATE: More meat.

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First Look: Levi Johnston in Playgirl

The tease continues. Here's the first glimpse of Levi Johnston's Playgirl shoot. Says the magazine: "Stay tuned in the next few days for the first of several steamy photo sets of Alaska's hottest hunk."

Levi Johnston Won't Be Doing a Full Frontal in Playgirl

Levi Johnston has chosen to leave certain bits to the imagination.

The NY Daily News reports:  "Daniel Nardicio, a spokesman for Playgirl, confirmed Monday that the baby daddy of Sarah Palin's only grandson left something to the imagination in his photo shoot last week.' He did not give 'full frontal' as his manager Tank (Jones) reported he would,' Nardicio told the Daily News. 'We're thrilled with the photos we got, and are confident people will love them, but although there may be glimpses, we did not get full on frontal nudity,' Nardicio said. Earlier this month, Jones told the News he expected Johnston would pose 'totally naked, unless something changes.' He said he didn't expect anything to change. On Wednesday, the day before the photo shoot, Johnston declined to tell the News whether he planned to pose completely nude. He said he hoped the shoot, for which he was getting paid more than $100,000, would be classy."

Booo. Hissssss.

Publication has reportedly been pushed up to this Saturday, November 21.

Sarah Palin on Katie Couric: 'And There's the Perky One...'

Sarah Palin discussed the disastrous Katie Couric interview in which she couldn't name a single news source that shaped her views, and her feelings about Levi Johnston on today's Oprah.

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

In related news, the Wall Street Journal, in its review of Palin's Going Rogue, says that "she writes with sensitivity and affection about her gay college roommate." Back in October, you may remember, HRC's Michael Cole took a trip to Wasilla to find that gay friend Palin mentioned on the campaign trail. He wasn't successful.