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Courtney Stodden Still Texts Her Ex Doug Hutchison — ‘I Love Him So Much’
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Apr. 3 2019, Published 6:00 p.m. ET
Courtney Stodden still keeps tabs on her soon-to-be ex-husband Doug Hutchison! The former couple is in the midst of a divorce after they got married in 2011, when Courtney was 16 and Doug was 51.
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Courtney, 24, revealed to Buzzfeed News on April 2 that although she’s in a relationship with her manager Chris Sheng, she still texts Doug, 58. She admitted, “I know that I love him so much, and I think he’s also ingrained in me because I was 16.”
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She continued, “He has his thumbprint all over my spirit, and that part is hard for me to grow out of. He’s in my identity.”
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The singer expressed no hard feelings towards her ex as she remarked, “If he wasn’t the person he is, I would say absolutely he took advantage of me. But the situation was so unique, right or wrong.” Courtney’s mom signed a marriage certificate allowing her to get married and her father walked her down the aisle.
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The couple separated numerous times before she officially divorced Doug in 2018. Despite their turmoil, Courtney received a text from her ex in the middle of the interview.
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Courtney admitted “I knew it was controversial. I knew it would be hard to get people to accept it. But I had no reason to be prepared for what happened.”
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