Trigger warning: This article contains references to child marriage.Jason Alexander, best known for portraying George Costanza in ‘Seinfeld’, has apologized deliberately to the media. Courtney Stodden for his comments on an old skit show. Alexander became known as one of the skit writers of the time and performed with Stodden. He shared a statement, looking back on the foul play and comments he made about him, who was still a child at the time, and expressed how he regretted his actions in the past. The apology comes after Courtney shared a photo from the show and called out her and her producers for allowing this to happen to her as a child.
‘Seinfeld’ star Jason Alexander has apologized to Courtney Stodden for past comments
In 2012, while filming for ‘Funny or Die’, Alexander spoke clearly and inspiringly about Stodden at a young age. Reflecting on what happened on Monday, Stodden shared a post on his Instagram account about the incident, sharing a photo of the skit. He had written, “Looking back now, I don’t see the humor. People still say, ‘You chose to live there.’ Legally, I couldn’t make those decisions on my own. That’s the point. I can’t change what happened to me, but I can ask myself: How did so many adults look at a young child and see that this was acceptable?”He also wrote that he was young at the time and did not have the power to make his own decisions. Not only that, but she also wrote that all the contracts were signed by the authorities, and any money they earned went to her husband of 51 years, Doug Hutchison, at the time. He added: “That’s why I’m speaking today. Children deserve to have laws that protect them. They don’t have to be adults before they realize that those laws are supposed to protect them all the time.”“Following the online backlash, the ‘Seinfeld’ actor released an official statement to share his concerns about the matter. He told Fox News Digital, “When I look back on the comedy that Ms Stodden and I did in 2012, I agree that it was inappropriate and I regret it, but most importantly, I’m very sorry for any trouble or trouble it caused Ms Stodden. I’m very sorry.”“
About ‘Seinfeld’ star Jason Alexander’s 2012 skit show about Courtney Stodden
Back in 2012, Alexander was part of the show ‘Funny or Die’, called ‘The Donny Clay Show with Courtney Stodden’, when Stodden was only 17 years old. A year ago, she made headlines for the first time when she married “The Green Mile” actor Doug Hutchison, who was 51 at the time. In the skit, Stodden wore a double red as the ‘Seinfeld’ actress played a daytime TV doctor interviewing her and her husband.Alexander, in one part of the skit, put his phone on his chest and said he was getting “a lot of signals” from it. Later, he did the same thing on his forehead and said that he “can’t find anything.” He made another sarcastic and curt comment about wanting to “be with them”. [her] in several ways” behind the show’s sofa.Stodden and Hutchison filed for divorce in 2020, after which Stodden became a vocal advocate for children’s rights and opposed child marriage.