Teen parents Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston set the watercooler ablaze last week after revealing that they had rekindled their failed romance and were making another bid for the altar — unbeknownest to Bristol’s mom, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin — on the pages of Us Weekly.

Now we hear that the young lovers — who share a 19-month-old son, Tripp — pocketed six-figures from Us editors for exclusive rights to the headline-grabbing expose.