Seinfeld star Jason Alexander extends olive branch to Courtney Stodden

Jason Alexander has donated $15,000 to the nonprofit organization Unchained At Last after Courtney Stodden was critical of the Seinfeld star over a Sєxualized sketch they appeared in together in 2012 when she was 17 and he was 52.

Insiders told TMZ on Thursday that Alexander, 66, made the donation after issuing a public apology over his participation in the sketch.

Earlier this week, Alexander, 66, expressed his regret over the Funny Or Die segment which saw him rubbing his phone against the then underage teen’s bust while making quips about ‘signal in her chest.’

At the time, Stodden was the target of tabloid scrutiny and public shaming due to her age-gap marriage to The Green Mile actor Doug Hutchison. The two wed when she was 16 and he was 50. They divorced in 2020.

Following Alexander’s apology, Stodden on Wednesday had suggested to Variety that the Seinfeld alum further ‘put that into action’ and ‘support AB 1267 and support what’s happening in California or even donate to Unchained at Last.’

Unchained At Last on its website describes itself as ‘the only nonprofit dedicated to ending forced and child marriage in the United States through direct services and systems change.’ 

The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Stodden, Alexander and Unchained At Last for further comment on the story but has yet to hear back. 

Jason Alexander has donated $15,000 to the nonprofit organization Unchained At Last after Courtney Stodden was critical of the Seinfeld star over a Sєxualized sketch they appeared in together in 2012 when she was 17 and he was 52. Pictured 2023 

On Monday, Stodden posted a screensH๏τ from the sketch with Alexander that showed him holding a cellphone next to her breast as she posed in a ʙικιɴι

Stodden told Variety that she was ‘taken aback’ by Alexander taking ‘accountability’ and revealed watching him in one of his hit films triggered her to call him out.

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‘When I first got word that he publicly apologized I was grateful because I think that’s the first step in change,’ she said.

Stodden said she only realized how inappropriate the sketch was when she watched Pretty Woman for the first time, and saw a scene with Alexander’s villainous on-screen character Philip Stuckey – which left her ‘in shock.’

She said of the sketch: ‘I was very manipulated. Even if I didn’t look like a child, or what a victim should look like, there was a child buried under there. I really just trusted the adults around me, and this is the effect of that. 

‘Looking back on it, it’s really damaging. This isn’t about revisiting my past but changing the experiences for minors going forward so they don’t have to experience what I had to experience.’

In an Instagram post on Monday, Stodden shared a screensH๏τ from the sketch with Alexander that showed him holding a cellphone next to the ʙικιɴι-clad teen’s breast.

‘I was 17 years old in this pH๏τo. The older I get, the more impossible this is to understand,’ wrote Stodden. 

In her post, Stodden stressed that she was ‘a minor’ at the time of filming and that she felt ‘so alone’ in a room full of adults. 

Stodden said she only realized how inappropriate the sketch was when she watched Pretty Woman for the first time, and saw Alexander’s villainous on-screen character Philip Stuckey, pictured in the 1990 film with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere

Stodden was the target of tabloid scrutiny and public shaming due to her marriage to The Green Mile actor Doug Hutchison when she was 16 and he was 50. Pictured in 2012

‘How did so many adults look at a minor and decide this was acceptable?’ she asked.

After Stodden’s post went viral, Alexander, who not only starred in but also co-wrote the controversial Funny Or Die sketch, expressed his ‘regret’ over the ‘inappropriate’ segment.

‘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,’ the Seinfeld alum said in a statement to The Daily Mail on Tuesday.

‘But more importantly, I am deeply sorry for any harm or distress it has caused Ms. Stodden. I offer her my sincerest apologies.’

Stodden began Monday’s Instagram post by describing the Sєxual circumstances in the ‘comedy sketch,’ as she was clad in a red ʙικιɴι while Alexander acted alongside her in a coat and shirt.

‘Jason Alexander repeatedly rubbed his phone across my breasts while saying there was “no signal” in my head but “plenty of signal” in my chest. Later in the sketch, he joked that when I turned 18 he’d like to take me behind the couch and “have his way” with me,’ she wrote.

Stodden then pointed out that Alexander received an IMDb credit as one of the writers of the sketch, which she says has become ‘harder’ over time ‘to understand’ as she is now an adult.

‘I was a minor. I didn’t have the legal power to decide whether I wanted to participate. The contracts were signed by adults,’ she said.

She claimed that the payment for her work on the project went to then-husband Hutchison.

Stodden said that in hindsight, she doesn’t find any comedic value in the sketch she did with Alexander. 

‘Children deserve laws that protect them,’ Stodden said. ‘They shouldn’t have to become adults before realizing the law should have protected them all along.’

When contacted by the Daily Mail on Tuesday, Stodden’s representative declared that the star ‘has pretty much said all she can about this situation already.

‘She did want to mention that she wasn’t made aware of what the scene included before arriving. She was informed on set what her role was going to be. She was only told to bring a swimsuit.’

Stodden’s rep then acknowledged Alexander’s apology before taking aim at another TV star who was in Stodden’s orbit during her headline-making years as a teen bride.

‘The biggest surprise isn’t Jason Alexander’s apology. It’s that an actor has shown more accountability than Dr Drew who inserted himself into my story. A child should have been protected.’

Stodden, in an Instagram post last month, also alluded to a televised incident involving Dr Drew Pinsky.

‘Children deserve laws that protect them,’ Stodden, now 31, said. ‘They shouldn’t have to become adults before realizing the law should have protected them all along.’ Pictured in 2025 

‘Dr. Drew had me on his show when I was 16 and had me undergo an ultrasound to see if my breasts were real or if I was lying about my breasts. I was an underage girl,’ Stodden said in her post.

‘I was a minor trapped in a situation that I wasn’t able to get out of legally. I had no rights at the time. The money he paid me to be on the show went straight to my abuser.’

According to US Weekly, Stodden subsequently posted a screensH๏τ from Dr Drew’s spouse Susan Pinsky that read: ‘I would love to talk to her on Ask Drew. If @courtneystodden wants to duke it out with Dr. Drew.’

The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Hutchison and Pinsky for further comment on the story but has yet to hear back