{"id":816982,"date":"2026-07-22T17:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/816982\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:31:12","slug":"seinfeld-alum-jason-alexander-apologizes-for-inappropriate-courtney-stodden-comedy-sketch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/816982\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Seinfeld’ alum Jason Alexander apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ Courtney Stodden comedy sketch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason Alexander is apologizing for his \u201cinappropriate\u201d comedy sketch<\/a> with a then-underage Courtney Stodden.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking back at the comedy sketch in which Ms. Stodden and I participated in 2012, I completely agree that it was inappropriate and I truly regret it,\u201d the \u201cSeinfeld\u201d alum told Page Six in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut more importantly, I am deeply sorry for any harm or distress it has caused Ms. Stodden,\u201d he added. \u201cI offer her my sincerest apologies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jason Alexander has apologized for his \u201cinappropriate\u201d 2012 comedy sketch with an underage Courtney Stodden (seen above). Funny or Die<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking back at the comedy sketch in which Ms. Stodden and I participated in 2012, I completely agree that it was inappropriate and I truly regret it,\u201d he told Page Six. Courtney Stodden\/TikTok<\/p>\n

On Monday, Stodden took to Instagram<\/a> and called out Alexander for the controversial 2012 \u201cFunny or Die\u201d sketch,\u00a0titled \u201cThe Don Clay Show with Courtney Stodden,\u201d in which the actor rubbed a phone against her breasts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was 17 years old in this photo. The older I get, the more impossible this is to understand. During this comedy sketch, Jason Alexander repeatedly rubbed his phone across my breasts while saying there was \u2018no signal\u2019 in my head but \u2018plenty of signal\u2019 in my chest,\u201d she began in the caption of the post.<\/p>\n

\u201cLater in the sketch, he joked that when I turned 18 he\u2019d like to take me behind the couch and \u2018have his way\u2019 with me,\u201d she recalled, noting that Alexander is listed as a writer on the sketch in addition to starring in it alongside Stodden and her then-husband, Doug Hutchison,\u00a0according to IMDb<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an adult, that fact has become harder\u2014not easier\u2014for me to understand. I was a minor. I didn\u2019t have the legal power to decide whether I wanted to participate. The contracts were signed by adults. The paycheck went to Doug.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Monday, Stodden (pictured in July 2025) called out the \u201cSeinfeld\u201d alum on Instagram for the sketch she claimed she could not consent to at the time because of her age. Lisa\/AFF-USA \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n

\u201cI was 17 years old in this photo. The older I get, the more impossible this is to understand,\u201d she penned. Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Stodden, now 31, said she doesn\u2019t see the sketch as comedy looking back on it 14 years later and recalled being the \u201conly child in the room\u201d\u00a0of the production and feeling \u201cso alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI see a 17-year-old girl whose body became part of an adult joke. People still say, \u2018You chose to be there.\u2019 Legally, I couldn\u2019t make those decisions for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t change what happened to me but I can ask myself: How did so many adults look at a minor and decide this was acceptable?\u201d she concluded her post. \u201cThat\u2019s exactly why I speak out today. Children deserve laws that protect them. They shouldn\u2019t have to become adults before realizing the law should have protected them all along.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement to Page Six about the sketch, Stodden said: \u201cAt 17, I was a minor working in an environment where the adults around me were responsible for my safety and well-being. Looking back as an adult, I see those experiences very differently than I did at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stodden claimed her ex-husband, Doug Hutchison (pictured in 2013) \u2014 who also starred in the sketch \u2014 signed all the contracts and took all her paychecks as she was just 16 when they wed and he was 51. FilmMagic<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t change what happened to me but I can ask myself: How did so many adults look at a minor and decide this was acceptable?\u201d Stodden (seen above in 2012) concluded her post. WireImage<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy reason for speaking out now isn\u2019t about revisiting the past for its own sake\u2026 it\u2019s about helping create a future where children are better protected and where adults in positions of power are held to a higher standard,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Stodden and Hutchison infamously wed in 2011 when he was 51 and she was just 16. She has since branded the \u201cGreen Mile\u201d actor as a \u201cpredator\u201d and \u201cpedophile\u201d<\/a>\u00a0for the union.<\/p>\n

Hutchison, now 66, has dismissed his ex-wife\u2019s claim.<\/p>\n

Stodden\u00a0filed for divorce<\/a>\u00a0from Hutchison in 2018 and their\u00a0divorce was finalized<\/a>\u00a0in 2020.<\/p>\n

Stodden (pictured in January) filed for divorce from Hutchison in 2018 and has since branded him a \u201cpredator\u201d and \u201cpedophile\u201d\u00a0for their union. Admedia Photo \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n

Nowadays, Stodden (seen above last summer) uses her platform to advocate against child marriage. @HeadToToeCelebs \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

She is now\u00a0married to film and TV producer Jared Safier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stodden\u2019s mother, notably, gave permission for Hutchison to marry her daughter \u2014 something Stodden has said her mother has repeatedly apologized for allowing to happen.<\/p>\n

The \u201cCelebrity Big Brother\u201d alum\u00a0currently uses her platform to advocate for the passing of\u00a0AB 1267, a bipartisan bill that would set the minimum age for marriage to 18 with no exceptions in California.<\/p>\n

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