RISING SON: Single mom Bristol Palin and her son Tripp move to Los Angeles for her reality show on Lifetime, “Bristol Palin: Life’s A Tripp.” (
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There’s clearly a reason that Bio scrapped the original Bristol Palin reality show last year. Bristol is boring.
But why did Lifetime pick up Bio’s leavings? Tonight, “Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp” premieres, featuring Sarah Palin’s fame-chasing daughter, Bristol.
The show begins with Bristol saying that she’s just a simple girl from a small town in Alaska, but one who has written a best seller and came in third on “Dancing With the Stars.”
But before Bristol moves to a giant, tacky mansion in Beverly Hills, she has to tell her family that she’s moving, because she has taken a job at a children’s charity in Los Angeles.
What no one mentions is that it’s not a paying job, she’s just volunteering, in order to have a reason to move to do a reality show.
The charity’s director takes her on a tour of Skid Row, and she says, “I’ve heard of it before,” as they pass homeless people laying on the sidewalk. “I’m staying in Beverly Hills where people drive Bentleys and live in mansions,” she says.
It’s Paris Hilton’s “The Simple Life” but with a real simpleton at the helm.
Bristol has begged her 17-year-old, out-of-school sister, Willow, to move with her to help her out with her son, 2 1/2-year-old Tripp — who is 3 1/2 now. Willow is more like an indentured nanny than a sister, and she hates it there.
When Bristol’s not touring Skid Row, she is having lunch with Mark Ballas of “DWTS,” who turns bigot upon learning that Bristol’s almost-boyfriend is named Gino.
“Is he a guido? Eh, Bristawl — how ya dooin’?”
The moment of reality comes when Bristol is out with friends riding a mechanical bull.
A moron yells out, “Is that how you rode Levi?” And then the pig calls Bristol’s mother a “whore.”
Bristol is composed enough to confront him coolly, and she wins us over. Then she inexplicably says, “Is it because you are a homosexual?” What?
The sisters whine constantly about how tough they have it until Willow moves back to Alaska. She’s bored, and hates being a nanny so her sister can gad about and refuses to change her mind.
“I don’t have anyone here to stick up for me or defend me!” Bristol cries. Then what is she doing there? Oh right, she’s seeking even more reality-show fame.