# Doug Hutchison, 51, marries 16 year old "country singer" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434 "2011-06-22T15:07:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/81 "2011-06-25T03:15:24Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Okay, this post made me finally give in and Google. Oh gods, I literally laughed out loud when I saw her photos. Bitch is like 30! Come on now. I feel dirty linking to [Perez Hilton’s blog, but seriously.](http://perezhilton.com/2011-06-21-is-courtney-stodden-really-16) That video’s been on YouTube for a year, so presumably she was actually _ **15** _ there. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/82 "2011-06-25T05:50:02Z")
I’m pretty sure I’ve heard her “sing” before. Oh, wait, that Ke$ha. How bad do you have to be a bad rip off of someone who can’t sing? ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/83 "2011-06-25T06:47:45Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Okay, this post made me finally give in and Google. Oh gods, I literally laughed out loud when I saw her photos. Bitch is like 30! Come on now. I feel dirty linking to [Perez Hilton’s blog, but seriously.](http://perezhilton.com/2011-06-21-is-courtney-stodden-really-16) > > Clark County? Please, I got married in Clark County and my identification info has been more rigorously investigated while buying cigarettes than it was when applying for my marriage license. I filled out a one-page form and flashed my ID (maybe, don’t even remember) to some old lady at a desk, coughed up something like $50, and we were done. If someone makes a false claim they are 16 years old ts not going to be very difficult to determine the validity of the claim, because all public records, school enrollments, classmates recollections, etc. are all still so recent. The entirety of their life is all easily recollected by many living persons. The story has made big enough news that someone will dig up the public information easily available to disprove it if its a stunt. It’s not an important enough question to me to do the leg work but a few paid searches of public records would settle it plain and simple. Being so very easy to disprove it, is hard to imagine they would try to make the claim. I tend to accept the claim even though it is admittedly difficult to believe by looking at some photos of her. Quick internet searches definitely determine she was “Miss Ocean Shores” in the “Miss \*\*Teen \*\*USA” contest, and that the mayor of Ocean Shores did make a decree praising her for work educating young people about skin cancer as part of that campaign. Since that was under 2 years ago your belief that she is 30 years old would mean she somehow fraudulently got into that pageant at 28 years old. I find that hard to believe. A lot of the videos and photos out there do make her look easily 35-40. But when she was miss teen USA she made this [PSA announcement](http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2011/06/watch_courtney_stodden_16-year.php) as part of her Royal Teenly duties to the pageant. It demonstrates pretty clearly to me that this is a teenage girl. She turned the 7 minute PSA spot into an opportunity to rant incoherently about everything from her personal friends and enemies in her hometown to her breasts being real. All in the name of public service, to the obviously 15-18 year old girl in this video. If you can make it through 2 minutes of it you will probably agree it isn’t that unbelievable that she is 17. ---
**Author:** ![Eeyore\_sgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Eeyore\_sgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eeyore_sgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/84 "2011-06-25T08:43:49Z")
She really is 16, in spite of her appearance and demeanor. Her mother said she pulled her out of school because people were jealous of her beauty and “the body of a Goddess”. No problem with perspective there. I live in Ocean Shores and quite frankly haven’t met anyone overwhelmed by her beauty and even less enamored with either her attitude or her “singing”. Almost to a person, she is pitied and laughed at. There are way too many people waiting for her to fall on her ass. That will happen, no doubt about it. Her parents are complete and total nitwits who have been grooming this child her enter life for just such a situation. They see dollar signs, either from a celebrity wedding/divorce or from her monstrously inept musical career. Either way, Courtney is the one suffering and I do feel sorry for her. She has a very tough journey ahead of her. She has no skills (or at least ones that aren’t X rated), no natural talent, and she’s arrogant enought to believe she doesn’t need counseling, coaching or mentoring. Don’t see a snowballs hell of chance that this marraige/scam/publicity stunt/joke, will be anything more than 15 minutes of fame. What a waste. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/85 "2011-06-25T13:26:35Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > That video’s been on YouTube for a year, so presumably she was actually _ **15** _ there. I was talking about those photos. She can pass for mid 20s in that video, but those photos make her look older than I am. > [@Crazyhorse](#): > > But when she was miss teen USA she made this [PSA announcement](http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2011/06/watch_courtney_stodden_16-year.php) as part of her Royal Teenly duties to the pageant. Wow. She looks like she just got through smoking a lot of crack before filming that video. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/86 "2011-06-25T14:57:05Z")
I find her to be rilly rill, in a totally OMG way. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/87 "2011-06-28T14:27:44Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > That video’s been on YouTube for a year, so presumably she was actually _ **15** _ there. I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw the likes/dislikes on that video. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/88 "2011-06-30T03:41:33Z")
And don’t forget, she’s an inspiring actress. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/89 "2011-06-30T13:37:43Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > And don’t forget, she’s an inspiring actress. An upcoming recording artist, model, AND inspiring actress. And it’s all rill. Combine all that with a marriage to a semi-famous actor 3 times her age and you have a reality tv show in the making. We should let her parents know, I bet the thought has never even crossed their minds. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/90 "2011-06-30T16:36:02Z")
She is 16. It’sd already been researched out the wazoo. I don’t know why it’s surprising that you can tart a 16-year-old up to look 26. A few months going to the tanning salon, some makeup, and you can make any teenager look superficially older, at least on camera. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/91 "2011-06-30T16:59:16Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > And don’t forget, she’s an inspiring actress. Even if you meant aspiring, I think you are right. She probably is inspiring many other 16 year olds. > [@Crazyhorse](#): > > Combine all that with a marriage to a semi-famous actor 3 times her age and you have a reality tv show in the making. We should let her parents know, I bet the thought has never even crossed their minds. Someone call E!. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/92 "2011-06-30T17:33:23Z")
> [@brocks](#): > > What’s the problem? I concur. If she can cook, I don’t see why anyone should be upset. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/93 "2011-06-30T21:29:42Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I find her to be rilly rill, in a totally OMG way. Is that a regional pronunciation of real? I’m starting to hear that more and more among the “kids these days,” and I didn’t know if it’s confirmation bias or what. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/94 "2011-07-01T00:20:23Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > Is that a regional pronunciation of real? I’m starting to hear that more and more among the “kids these days,” and I didn’t know if it’s confirmation bias or what. I think it is regional and that it is your confirmation bias. I teach kids and never hear it. I’m from Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![Thalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/95 "2011-07-01T11:02:30Z")
Oh, goodie! Another article about America’s favorite couple. E! has tracked down Courtney’s birth certificate and confirmed that she is 16. [Here’s the new story.](http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/courtney_stodden/index.html) But really, the only reason to click on that link is to see the photo. My, that girl is proud of her boobs! Now, I usually respect and encourage that sort of thing, but this just crosses some intangible line into ewwww! territory. Besides that, she’s going to ruin her back, thrusting her chest out like that every time she sees a camera! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/96 "2011-07-02T00:32:28Z")
Maybe the surgeon told her she didn’t need a boob job so she just had him fuse the thoracic vertebrae into that curve. ---
**Author:** ![lshaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@lshaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lshaw)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/97 "2011-07-04T06:44:44Z")
Whoa, that is some serious case of Benjamin Button there. When there are 40 year olds who look more fresh faced than you, you might want to think about laying off the tanning. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/98 "2011-07-04T07:46:07Z")
What I love about that video is her apparent notion that a stationary boat on a backwater pond is as glamorous as speeding through the Riviera. The ‘mean girls’ at my high school were so much like that- they wore (really dating myself here) _Flashdance_ gear and adapted some _Square Pegs_ speak and acted so fashionable and stuck-up… at a school where you could hear cows mooing across the street. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/99 "2011-07-04T23:49:51Z")
The PSA was so bad that I honestly thought it was a parody. But thanks to the power of science, we can show that 98% of her soul is activated charcoal–her self-absorption is practically unlimited. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434/100 "2011-07-16T04:11:08Z")
Sorry to wake up this old thread, but you need to see this video: [interview](http://jezebel.com/5821536/doug-hutchison-and-16+year+old-bride-shopping-reality-show) with the happy couple. Dear Og, that poor girl was born without a brain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doug-hutchison-51-marries-16-year-old-country-singer/586434.md?page=6)