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"Young mothers stick together!\r\nDespite rumors suggesting otherwise, Teen Mom star Maci Bookout and Bristol Palin are gal pals.\r\n&amp;quot;We are good friends,&amp;quot; Bookout, 19, tells UsMagazine.com. Tennessee native Bookout and Alaskan Palin, 20, got acquainted at various events devoted to education about teen motherhood and abstinence.  &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;re friends outside of...TV and the press,&amp;quot; Bookout explains.\r\n\r\nAnd although they both have been the subject of intense media scrutiny, that&amp;apos;s not what they bond over. &amp;quot;We more talk about our kids and our babies&amp;apos; dads and stuff,&amp;quot; Bookout tells Us.\r\nIt helps that their little ones are just a few months apart in age: Bentley, Bookout&amp;apos;s son with ex-fiance Ryan Edwards, recently turned 2; Tripp, Palin&amp;apos;s boy with ex-fiance Levi Johnston, turns 2 in December.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;We&amp;apos;re not BFFs,&amp;quot; Bookout clarifies. &amp;quot;But we definitely keep in touch and make sure everything is going good with each other.&amp;quot;\r\nWhat about rumors that Palin didn&amp;apos;t want Bookout or any other Teen Mom stars in the audience for Dancing with the Stars? &amp;quot;I definitely don&amp;apos;t think it&amp;apos;s true,&amp;quot; says Bookout, who attended a recent taping of the ABC show, where Palin is a semi-finalist. &amp;quot;It was actually a lot of fun -- upbeat and hyper!&amp;quot; Bookout said, adding that she even votes for her buddy.\r\n\r\nAnother report claims the duo will team up for a spin-off reality show together. Also bogus, Bookout insists; Palin even joked about the rumor with a text. &amp;quot;She was like, &amp;apos;So, I was just wondering how our new show is going,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; Bookout says. &amp;quot;We just laugh about it.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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