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Courtney Stodden is asking out Dr. Drew Pinsky.
And, from the sound of issues, that is lengthy overdue.
Again in 2011, Stodden was solely 16 when the TV physician determined {that a} televised breast examination was completely acceptable.
A decade and a half later, Stodden is not an adolescent, not a baby bride, and not holding quiet.
Dr. Drew aired a breast examination of 16-year-old Courtney Stodden
Was 2011 a distinct time? Sure, technically, completely.
However not so completely different that any a part of this was okay.
At the moment. Dr. Drew Pinsky had Courtney Stodden on his Lifechangers daytime speak present.
Along with discussing 16-year-old baby marriage to Dough Hutcherson, who was in his 50s on the time, Dr. Drew addressed rumors that Stodden had breast implants.
As you may see from this nauseating clip, the stay ultrasound of Stodden’s breasts reveals an unidentified object.
The technician available does decide that it may be one thing like a bone.
Stodden — who was solely 16 on the time — jokes that, whether it is an implant, it occurred with out their information or consent.
We talked about that 2011 was not an period when this form of factor was commonplace.
Notably, even the YouTube feedback on this video (some going again over a dozen years) categorical outrage and disgust on the phase.
Time doesn’t, in actual fact, heal all wounds
On Friday, June 27, Courtney Stodden took to Instagram to name out Dr. Drew Pinsky.
“Preventing for my sanity whereas Dr. Drew has different adults look at my 16-year-old [breasts] on nationwide TV,” she wrote atop the video.
Within the caption, they commented: “@drdrewpinsky been hiding from this for years … makes me very unhappy.”
Commenters have been fast to affirm Stodden’s outrage. Some additionally identified how frequent it’s for individuals to take years to course of how they have been mistreated.
“It may take years earlier than an individual can notice what they have been uncovered to was deeply traumatizing and affecting them so good for you Court docket, hope you’re getting therapeutic that is one thing that doesn’t occur in a single day,” one commenter wrote.
“I’m rebuilding this girl each single day with the help of all my STODDENISTAS,” Stodden replied.
“Thanks for shining mild on how trauma works for individuals who don’t perceive the influence it has on the human improvement.”
Courtney Stodden has come a good distance
In 2018, Courtney Stodden filed to divorce Doug.
Turning into an grownup your self lets you notice simply how younger a 16-year-old is, and what kind of grownup would need to marry one.
In 2021, Stodden got here out as nonbinary. They use she/they pronouns. Late final 12 months, Courtney remarried — this time, as an grownup.
She’s made a lot progress, and we all the time need good issues for her. However that doesn’t imply that they don’t have each proper to handle those that mistaken and failed them alongside the best way.