Is Bristol Palin a Bigger Star Than Her Mom Now?

By Rob Shuter Posted Dec 9th 2010 07:49AM

Bristol Palin dominated the news this week, with her military-precision responses to slights by Margaret Cho (Sarah made her do 'Dancing With the Stars'), Kathy Griffin (Bristol's chubby) and Keith Olberman (she's a "Worst Person"). All this attention has many wondering, is the daughter a bigger celebrity than her famous mom?

"Without any doubt Bristol is now the biggest star in the Palin household," an A-list Hollywood publicist tells me. "At the moment I would argue she's one of the biggest stars out there."

Easy, now. It's true that Bristol is finally finding her voice (with the help of a speechwriter, as Billy Bush opined this week on 'Access Hollywood') and this added attention along with her success on 'Dancing' has led to a whole host of offers and opportunities for the young mom. Books, reality shows, product endorsements ... you name it, she's been offered it.

One weekly celeb magazine editor tells me Bristol is "the new Kim Kardashian" on the scene.

"She's beautiful and real and not another one of those skinny Hollywood types. Add that she was a teen mom, which is very in right now with the MTV show and all, and you couldn't have written a better or more dramatic personal story. Sarah is yesterday's news. Bristol is today."

Get your Bristol/Kim K 2012 yard signs ready.

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Sunday 12 December

By JERRY6

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BRISTOL NEEDS TO LEARN HOW TO KEEP HER LEGS CLOSED.

Friday 17 December

By vic

I can't understand how she made it to DWTS in the first place. She is not a star, or a famous singer, or even a good dancer. She and her mom set up phony e-mails and had half the repubs call in. She was THE worst dancer on the show! So many that were way better then her were told to leave. She is a cheater and her mom helped her. Why can't people just see the truth as it is? Ohh! I forgot, Sarah can see Russia from her back porch! That makes it ok to cheat. Maybe if I close my eyes they will go away. To think of the dancers that were so much better and told to leave just bothers me very much. But I am only one, wish there were more that can see the truth in this family.

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