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I really don’t want to hate on these photos because I respect PETA and everything they stand for (although I think they go a little too far sometimes and that takes away from their message) but by allowing ‘Teen Bride’ Courtney Stodden to pose half naked for them does more damage than good, as far as I’m concerned. It just doesn’t seem like PETA has any standards anymore. I don’t believe Courtney has the moral convictions that PETA represents. As an organization, PETA can occasionally come across as a little too pushy but at least the intentions are usually good. It feels like Courtney saw this as just another chance to get her name and face in the headlines and that bothers me. I could be wrong entirely. Maybe Courtney is a passionate supporter of animal rights and really believes in what PETA stands for but until now, the only thing Courtney has shown any passion for is being famous.

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Here we see the infamous “Teen Bride” leaving the home she shares with her husband/father figure, Doug Hutchison, to go celebrate her 18th birthday. For a while, I was really trying to go the “I don’t know, maybe they’re really in love” route but as it becomes more and more clear that this woman is a misguided child desperate to cling to whatever fame she can get, I find myself feeling more and more sad for her. One day the fame will be gone and that’s going to be a very depressing time for her. Someone needs to step up and tell her life is not all about cameras and headlines. They need to help her understand that selling her sole to have her picture in magazines is not worth it. What has be so worried? First, the fact that she’s signed on to appear on some reality show about celebrity couple’s therapy. Who is honestly surprised there are troubles in this union? More than that though, I’m worried that Courtney has openly admitted she’s considering the various porn offers she’s gotten now that she’s legal. Once she goes down that road, there’s no turning back.

 

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Moments ago, I wrote a post about Courtney Stodden shopping in LA and talked about how I have been too judgmental about her. I’m not sure what order these posts will be published in so if you haven’t already seen that post yet there’s something to look forward to. Anyway, back to the matter at hand. I saw these pictures and thought, no. No. That is not Courtney’s mother posing with her underwear clad daughter as they bake a cake. Then I slapped myself on the wrist for being judgmental and decided to do a little research. I discovered that yes, that is in fact her mother but hey – who doesn’t like baking a cake in their underwear with their mother? In front of cameras? While posing all seductively? My mother would’ve been totally cool with me doing that when I was Courtney’s age. Nope. Not letting myself get all judgy here. Courtney looks very pretty. The makeup doesn’t make her look about ten years older and everything is perfectly acceptable about the whole situation.

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I have to apologize to Teen Bride Courtney Stodden. I have been a little judgmental and that isn’t fair. That also makes me a bit of a hypocrite. While I don’t understand her relationship and I certainly don’t understand her mother’s decision to sign off on the whole thing, it is life and she can do whatever she wants with it. I’m not a big fan of the super revealing clothes. She is, after all, a teenager but how can I applaud Rihanna for being gutsy with her fashion choices and give Courtney a hard time for being seen shopping in something I could easily see Rihanna in. Sure Rihanna is an adult but Courtney isn’t exactly a child. My first instinct when looking at these pictures of Courtney in LA was to write a negative post but instead I’m just going to wish Courtney all the best and hope she finds whatever it is that she’s looking for out of life.

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See now, this is why I have a hard time not getting all judgey with Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchison. I want to believe that they’re really in love and they’re super happy and that they just couldn’t wait until she turned 18 to be together. True love waits for no man, right? It’s possible. But then I see pictures like these ones of a hyper-sexualized 17 year old girl who happens to be married to a 51 year old man and I get the creeps. I can’t help it. She’s cute, yes. She’s gorgeous, in fact. She’s also seriously making my Mom instincts come bubbling to the surface and those instincts are buried pretty deep, let me tell you. I just want to tell her there is another way – that she doesn’t have to parade around for her creepy old man hubby to make a name for herself. Of course, it is her choice and if Courtney’s own mother is okay with it, there must be something I’m not seeing. I hope.

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Are we really still talking about this girl? In my always very humble opinion, Courtney Stodden (or the Teen Bride as she’s likely more commonly known) is a whole new low in “famous for being famous” celebrities. As a culture, I think we’re often fascinated by things we don’t understand. I think we like to be angry and outraged and for a lot of people, 16 year old Courtney’s marriage (her husband is 51 year old actor, Doug Hutchison) has drawn so much attention for both of those reasons. We not only can’t understand why this beautiful young woman would marry a man so much older than her but also why her mother would give permission for such a thing to happen. It makes people angry. I try to keep an open mind about everything but this one is really tricky for me. Here in Malibu, Courtney actually looks happy. Maybe all the outrage is unwarranted. If she’s happy, healthy and feels good about the decisions she’d made, that’s her business. I don’t believe a girl her age is incapable of making smart decisions. When I was 16, I was more mature than many of the older people in my life. Somehow that’s changed now and at 30 I’ve the maturity of a teenager, but that’s beside the point. I just hope Courtney doesn’t look back on this time in her life one day and regret not really taking the time to be a teenager. I worry for her but I suppose it’s really none of my business. I wish her the best of luck although I think she’d have a much better chance of having a healthy and happy life if the press would turn the cameras off.

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