Levi Johnston Gets a Porn Award

Amy Sussman / Getty Images Sarah Palin’s ex-son-in-law stole the show at last night’s Fleshbot awards, given for sexy achievements in pop culture. Jacob Bernstein on how Alaska’s favorite boy took to smut city.

At the first annual Fleshbot Awards Wednesday night, performers included a woman dressed as a giant, open vagina; a dominatrix named Mistress Lee whipping her slave-boy Rudy; and a porn star named Belladonna—who is 28-years-old and has already been nominated for 42 Adult Video News Awards and won ten. Her onstage partner? A dildo.

But none of them could really hold a candle to Levi Johnston, who was there at the Box on the Lower East Side to accept the website's award for “best crossover performer,” despite the fact that his sole foray into porn—a shoot with Playgirl scheduled for today—had not even occurred at the time of the party.

He showed up in a suit and tie, flanked by Playgirl spokesman Daniel Nardicio (a former gay sex-party promoter), his manager Tank Jones, and a massive security guard wearing an ear piece.

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Good thing the boy from Alaska came armed with some muscle, because everyone wanted a piece of him. About an hour into the awards—given out by one of the Gawker empire’s most popular sites in recognition of “sexy achievements in pop culture,” according to its editor—he and his posse stepped outside for some air, only to find themselves in the midst of an impromptu press conference.

First up was a reporter from the New Yorker, who asked Johnston what he’d turned down before accepting the offer to pose for Playgirl. “I’m not sure I’m supposed to say,” he responded.

Jones chimed in: “Movies, a couple magazines, some reality shows. We’re not just jumping at everything.”

• Jacob Bernstein: Inside Playgirl's Levi Johnston StuntNext came a camera crew from TMZ, who wanted to know the current state of Johnston’s custody battle with Bristol Palin, the mother of his child. “We ain’t talking about legal stuff,” Jones said, as his client looked on uncomfortably. “This is a happy occasion.”

Would Johnston be doing “movies” we asked? “Depends,” said the boy wonder. “If you’re asking about porn, then the answer is no. It’s not the image I want. I’d like to do [real] movies, be a fashion model, maybe do underwear modeling. That’s as much as I want to do.”

(This did not seem to bode well for folks who were hoping to see him go full frontal in Playgirl. “We’re still working that out,” Nardicio later admitted.)

Did Johnston think he has more gay fans or straight fans at this point? “I have no idea,” he said. “I’ve got my fair share of both.”

A guy came over from Hollywood Life, the new website from Bonnie Fuller. He wanted to know Johnston’s Thanksgiving plans. Johnston said he wasn't sure, maybe he'd be working, maybe he'd be spending time with his kid.