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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Seinfeld star Jason Alexander has apologised to model and media personality Courtney Stodden for a lewd comedy sketch the pair performed in 2012, when Stodden was just 17.<\/p>\n The apology comes after Stodden publicly called out the sketch, which was performed for the US comedy website Funny Or Die, in a long Instagram post<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n \u201c 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 Stodden, now 31, alleged in the post, which included a photograph from the sketch in which Stodden is dressed in a red bikini top and Alexander appears to be touching her chest with a mobile phone.<\/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 alleged.<\/p>\n \u201cI was a minor. I didn\u2019t have the legal power to decide whether I wanted to participate. The contracts were signed by adults.<\/p>\n \u201cLooking back now, I don\u2019t see comedy. I see a 17-year-old girl whose body became part of an adult joke,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n She alleged that Alexander had written the sketch, which was titled The Donny Clay Show with Courtney Stodden and Alexander\u2019s IMDB page does include a credit for it.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n On Thursday morning (AEST) Alexander \u2013 who came to fame as George Costanza, the best friend of Jerry Seinfeld\u2019s titular character in the 1990s sitcom Seinfeld \u2013 gave a statement to Hollywood gossip site TMZ <\/a>apologising for the incident.<\/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 the outlet<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cBut more importantly, I am deeply sorry for any harm or distress it has caused Ms Stodden. I offer her my sincerest apologies.\u201d<\/p>\n Following media coverage of the apology, Stodden told The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> she had not heard from the 66-year-old star personally.<\/p>\n \u201cI appreciate Jason Alexander\u2019s public apology. People keep asking if he\u2019s apologised privately, and he hasn\u2019t. A private apology would be meaningful, but meaningful action would be even more powerful,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cIf he truly regrets what happened, I\u2019d invite him to support Unchained At Last and the fight to end child marriage through AB 1267,\u201d she continued. \u201cThat\u2019s how we turn accountability into lasting change.\u201d<\/p>\n Stodden is involved with the charity Unchained At Last<\/a>, which seeks to end forced marriage and child marriage; AB 1267 is a proposed law in California<\/a> that would set a strict minimum age of 18 for marriage or entry into a domestic partnership.<\/p>\n Stodden was a child model who first came to widespread fame when she married The Green Mile actor Doug Hutchison when she was 16 and he was 51.<\/p>\n In an Instagram post<\/a> on Tuesday (US time) Stodden made reference to the proposed law and her own experience.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to spend the rest of my life proving why what happened to me was wrong. I want to spend it making sure the next child never has to explain why they deserved protection in the first place,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Be the first to know when major news happens. Sign up for breaking news alerts<\/a> on email or turn on notifications in the app.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n![\"Jason](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2b7c23827d2a8fe9f8c7499cdf38e69781794cc5ab77b04e1772d2c5bff75f59.jpeg\")
Jason Alexander has apologised to Courtney Stodden over a 2012 sketch.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1803ee0f9a8bfd6b6e93f118efcfdf5dbbe5aa4c.jpeg\")
The cast of Seinfeld: Michael Richards as Kramer, Jerry Seinfeld as Jerry, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine and Jason Alexander as George.AFP<\/p>\n![\"Courtney](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d8c5055341240dd42c60406023c0b105c6dd3e65.jpeg\")
Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchison in 2013.WireImage<\/p>\n
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