In a statement issued to US publications including Variety, Anderson said: “Looking 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.<\/p>\n
“But more importantly, I am deeply sorry for any harm or distress it has caused Ms Stodden. I offer her my sincerest apologies.”<\/p>\n
Stodden, 31, is currently campaigning for California to pass a bill that would ban child marriage by making the legal minimum age 18 years old. <\/p>\n
Stodden married 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison in 2011, when she was 16 years old.<\/p>\n
The marriage was legal because her parents gave permission. Stodden and Hutchison divorced in 2020.<\/p>\n
Marrying aged 16 or 17 remains legal in 33 US states with parental consent or a judicial waiver. It was legal in every state until 2018.<\/p>\n
Stodden told the Hollywood Reporter she “appreciated” Alexander’s apology. <\/p>\n
“People keep asking if he’s apologised privately, and he hasn’t,” she continued. “A private apology would be meaningful, but meaningful action would be even more powerful.<\/p>\n
“If he truly regrets what happened, I’d invite him to support [campaign group] Unchained At Last and the fight to end child marriage through AB 1267. That’s how we turn accountability into lasting change.”<\/p>\n
Alexander played George Costanza in Seinfeld and also appeared in ER, Pretty Woman and Shallow Hal. <\/p>\n
Stodden has appeared on reality shows including Couples Therapy, Celebrity Big Brother, Reality Ex-Wives and Celebs Go Dating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a statement issued to US publications including Variety, Anderson said: “Looking back at the comedy sketch in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-706838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}