Levi Johnston, who has been doing every single thing possible to capitalize on his relationship with the former First Family of Alaska from changing his name to giving scathing interviews to posing semi-nude in the pages of Playgirl magazine, is now going on the public record to apologize to the Palin family for mistruths he spoke about them in the past. Considering how his desperate attempts at finding fame and fortune at their expense have failed to yield any results (and even put him in a position where he would very likely lose parental custody of his son Tripp), Levi is now issuing an apology to try and make up for his “youthful indiscretions”:

“Last year, after Bristol and I broke up, I was unhappy and a little angry. Unfortunately, against my better judgment, I publicly said things about the Palins that were not completely true,” he tells PEOPLE exclusively. “I have already privately apologized to Todd and Sarah. Since my statements were public, I owe it to the Palins to publicly apologize.” Bristol added her own statement Tuesday saying, “Part of co-parenting is creating healthy and honest relationships between the parents. Tripp one day needs to know the truth and needs to know that even if a mistake is made the honorable thing to do is to own up to it.” Johnston and the former vice presidential candidate had been engaged in a war of words, with the 20-year-old accusing Palin of complaining about her job as governor of Alaska and claiming “there was a lot of talk of divorce” in the Palin household. Palin spoke out against the “malicious” remarks and also ripped Johnston for posing for Playgirl and talking about sex on The Tyra Banks Show. Though they had been in a bitter custody battle, Bristol, who recently made her acting debut on ABC Family’s The Secret Life of the American Teenager, has said she and Johnston want to turn “a new page here as co-parents … and [put] aside the past because doing so is in [our son] Tripp’s best interest.” “So to the Palin family in general and to Sarah Palin in particular, please accept my regrets and forgive my youthful indiscretion,” Johnston says in the statement. “I hope one day to restore your trust.”

I really want to believe that Levi is sorry for acting like a fame-whoring moron but the skeptic in me isn’t totally buying the I’m Sorrys. It’s plainly obvious that he tried to make a career out of doing everything he could to counter the Palin family and when that didn’t work, when he had no other options left to exploit (mainly because no one cares about what he says or does) he returned home to Alaska with his tail tucked between his legs, his hat in hand, ready to eat crow and try to get back in the good graces of the Palin family. I do think that this mending of fences with the Palins will be good in the long run for baby Tripp. Now that he’s sorry and the Palin family appears to have taken him back, let’s hope we never have to hear from him again … tho, I gotta say, I’m still waiting for his apology to the public for his dreadful Playgirl magazine spread. In the end, I’d rather hear no more apologies if it meant we didn’t have to ever hear from him again.

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