Actor Jason Alexander has apologised to Courtney Stodden for his role in a 2012 comedy sketch that mocked her appearance when she was still a minor. The sketch, made for Funny or Die, saw the Seinfeld star hold a mobile phone up to Stodden's chest while making comments about her body, and Stodden has since said it contributed to her being sexualised at a young age. The apology follows renewed scrutiny of how the entertainment industry treated Stodden, who rose to notoriety as a teenager after marrying an older man.

Alexander, 66, said that looking back on the sketch he "completely" agreed it was inappropriate and expressed genuine remorse for his part in it. The article does not detail Stodden's specific recent comments in full, but frames the apology as a direct response to her renewed criticism of the 2012 skit as objectifying her while she was underage.