I got death threats for marrying a 51-year-old at 16 – then my MUM fell in love with him, says CBB’s Courtney Stodden

COURTNEY Staddon was conscionable 16 erstwhile she wed 51-year-old Hollywood histrion Doug Hutchinson - and portion it sounds similar the imagination beingness for many, Courtney's was a full nightmare.

Opening up astir the decease threats they received from the nationalist for marrying idiosyncratic 35 years her senior, Courtney revealed each to podcast big Alex Cooper.

Now Courtney, 30, who identifies arsenic non-binary, is divorced from Doug, they had clip to bespeak connected their narration and what it was truly similar increasing up successful the satellite of stardom.

Speaking connected the podcast Call Her Daddy, Courtney said they and Doug, celebrated for his relation arsenic the villainous bull Percy Wetmore successful The Green Mile, met aft a communal person enactment them successful interaction arsenic Doug was offering acting classes, thing Courtney was anxious to try.

But the conversations implicit email allegedly soon developed to much than a teacher and pupil relationship, thing Courtney says their parent was alert of contempt her being underage.

Courtney explained: "She was alert she was similar implicit my enarthrosis the full clip practically oregon having maine people retired the emails and she was speechmaking them.

"And you know, thing was intersexual but it was decidedly not astir what it was expected to beryllium astir which was astir teaching maine acting and you cognize each of that worldly that you cognize professionally you're expected to beryllium doing and past arsenic a child, I didn't truly spot it arsenic thing predatory."

The aspiring histrion had photos sent to Doug, which wasn't uncommon successful the profession, but said helium claimed helium didn't cognize their age, thing Courtney disputes arsenic mum Krista had told him implicit the phone.

The brace spoke connected the telephone and implicit email for six months earlier yet gathering successful person, which Courtney says was his 'loophole' to marrying them.

"I judge it was evidently to spot his kid successful person," they claimed.

"Verify the parents are connected board. 'I'm not gonna spell to jailhouse and I tin get that escaped walk to molest a child. I conscionable request that paperwork signed for maine to get joined due to the fact that it's a loophole right.'

"Then a week aboriginal we got married. So I fundamentally conscionable met him successful idiosyncratic 1 week and past a week aboriginal I'm married."

Going backmost to the time they met, Courtney remembers their parents picking Doug up from the airdrome - earlier they had adjacent sat down for lunch, their dada had fixed his blessing for Doug to wed Courtney.

Courtney adds that their strict Christian upbringing was a thrust for them to get joined rapidly alternatively of conscionable date, and said Krista genuinely believed Doug loved Courtney and would instrumentality attraction of her child.

But that wasn't the case, claims Courtney who claims they suffered years of affectional maltreatment from their husband.

Their dad, Courtney recalls, seems to person had immoderate reservations, and aft Doug and Courtney wed their parents divided up and helium disowned Courtney owed to Krista wanting to travel on with Courtney's caller life.

And it seems her mum wanted much than conscionable to spot her child's marriage play out.

Courtney revealed that they was forced to bash aggregate world TV shows to support the money coming successful specified arsenic Couples Therapy, Celebrity Big Brother and The parent and Daughter Experiment.

"Another misconception is radical thought I was a golden digger. I joined him for money. I'm the 1 who was taking attraction of him," Courtney said.

Despite not talking to their mum for 2 years, the brace went connected the world amusement The parent and Daughter Experiment, wherever Courtney recovered retired Krista and Doug were allegedly having an affectional affair.

It besides was alleged that Doug had intersexual fantasies astir the 3 of them together.

On the show, Doug was aboriginal asked if helium ‘had an affectional affair’ with Krista, helium insisted ‘absolutely not’ and looked astatine her arsenic helium added: ‘I ne'er felt that we were friends, evidently we were not lovers, and I deliberation that that’s your delusion.’

And to hammer the constituent home, helium told her: ‘I person ne'er been attracted to you, I americium not present and I ne'er volition beryllium - sexually, emotionally oregon otherwise. Ever.’

Courtney admitted they had ne'er heard Doug accidental these fantasies to them, but admitted Krista was successful emotion with her husband.

"My mum has had her ain experiences successful life," Courtney explained.

"I really, you know, person seen her autumn successful emotion with my hubby done me. So it was similar this.

"I mean she adjacent told me, you know, we you and I are similar Siamese twins Whatever you consciousness I feel."

Courtney added that they had nary thought if their mum and hubby had a intersexual narration and wasn't acceptable to find retired more.

While the brace did divided up aggregate times until their divorce was yet finalised successful 2020, Courtney says they ever recovered their mode backmost to him owed to their trauma enslaved - a word described arsenic a transportation betwixt an abusive idiosyncratic and the idiosyncratic they abuse.

But maltreatment wasn't conscionable going connected down the scenes, successful public, Courtney was hurled with hateful comments from different celebrities.

Courtney Love branded them a 'wh**e' portion Chrissy Teigen publically said Courtney should beryllium dead.

They admitted the nationalist hatred was a batch to bare, but has since moved connected from the full ordeal and is present happily engaged and looking guardant to starting a caller life.

Doug antecedently said to Fox News helium had nary regrets astir the relationship, which helium described arsenic a 'bittersweet journey'.

"I don’t judge successful surviving a beingness of regret," helium said. "I deliberation that each prime we make, we marque them for a reason… I person perfectly nary regrets successful my life.

"Do I privation I would person handled definite aspects of my beingness otherwise oregon said... immoderate things differently? Yes — similar everybody else. But my matrimony to Courtney is not 1 of them. I regret nary of it. It was a beauteous and almighty journey. A bittersweet travel with Courtney."

The Sun has reached retired to Doug Hutchinson for comment.