Chapter 89 - It`s just an article.
The phrase 'two sides to every story' has never been taken seriously. We jump onto every bandwagon, the cancel culture.. James Charles a true example of how toxic media can be but that's a story for another day. We as 'People Magazine' were the first to cover the Levetté scandal nearly eight years ago. It was a time to be alive, in a world where we thrive off gossip and the shaming of others. It was absolutely honor on my part as a journalist to be given the opportunity to cover the full story.. not the bits and gossip but the true story narrated by everyone who played a role in this frantic event. I'm gonna take you on a rollercoaster but first let's start with the boy we grew up adoring... the teenage heartthrob in our day.
Jeanine Levetté and her husband Ben Levetté had always managed to keep their boys away from the media. Jeanine always said when the time was right, we would (fans) all see her kids more often. They loved their privacy even with being a well known power couple. Ben always said he wanted his two boys to have a normal childhood so you can only imagine our surprise when we started seeing more and more of their boys after Andre had reached the age of thirteen.
It wasn't a surprise when her son turned out to be just as good looking as she was or better yet even way greater. No one ever noticed him until he featured on a Disney channel advert. Don't even remember what it was was about but sure you get the point right? He was an absolute epitome of handsome. Every girl had an image of his picture torn off a magazine pasted in their school lockers, bedroom walls. We didn't like him because yes, he was an eye candy with his blonde wavy hair opened in between like Leonardo DiCaprio and those cute braces he had. Maybe it was the way he stuttered or the contagious laugh he had. His strong French accent and his not so good English was funnily attractive. He was absolutely pure, you could see even from the television screen at any event or many award or fashion shows that.. the media loved him but he didn't return the gesture. I'd like to think we were inlove with the mystery of this fourteen year old boy, he was rarely ever known but after Disney featured him.. everyone wanted to know more. It was more of a shocker when people realized he was a Levetté.
Who could forget? His sweet sixteen on MTV. I'm sure, life proved to you that yours was well... pretty pathetic. For goodness sake he got a house practically a mansion in France, he got a Maserati, he got keys to many other properties. He even got a vine yard from his grandfather. The boy was lucky, he was absolutely blessed. We all watched feeling somewhat envious and self conscious.
College came around, even more drama came around. Andre Levetté became what we all feared he would be... a womanizer. Every girl threw themselves at him, sure that's how every heartthrob goes right? It didn't help that he went from a chubby cute boy to a man with well defined cheek bones that resembled young Johnny Depp. It was that thing, where just the mention of his name annoyed majority of the local boys. The girls dreamed of just being merely ten meters away from his presence but I'm sorry guys and girls, unfortunately he didn't entertain people below his class. Like his mother.. who absolutely loathed the mixing of classes like this was the seventeenth century France French Revolution.
How could we forget that horrific scene when Jeanine Levetté proudly used the N-word with no remorse what so ever on national television in context to Barack Obama. A proud Donald Trump supporter, she had always been. Repeatedly invited to dinner parties and opulent gatherings. Her son would obviously not be associated with... the peasants. You could only imagine that we were in a for a surprise when he fell below the boarder line. Andre Levetté as sources had told, was inlove with a girl who had absolutely no idea who he was was. Must have stung when you think the world is at your feet.
Well that's enough time traveling for today. A full blown interview on the next cover of People's magazine. You can get your copy by subscribing to our email list or getting a paperback cover at a very affordable cost. A huge thank you to the Levetté family for allowing me to cover this scrumptious detailed story of the century. We love gossip. Stay tuned.
- Molly Hallman, People's gossip column.
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Della laughed at Andre's reaction after reading that article aloud. He cursed and threw the magazine one the bed.
"You're being dramatic." Della smiled.
"She didn't say she would talk about that.."
Della laughed.
"It's just an article.."
"An article that our children will one day dig up... Cheri.."
"You think too much. Come here.." Della called him. "They're moving.. they like hearing you shout.."
Andre let out a chuckled. There was movement again on the left side of Della's belly bump.
"Girls.. don't find a boyfriend like daddy once upon a time okay? because I won't be very nice."
"As if!" Della laughed.
"I'm serious, they will not date for as long as I walk on this earth."
"Right.."
"I mean it." Andre said laying soft kisses all over Della's face as she giggled. For a moment the article seemed forgotten.