Courtney Stodden is reminding the world that Dr. Drew Pinsky once had her undergo a breast ultrasound on live TV, despite the fact that she was only 16 at the time.
No, seriously.
Courtney— who, over the past few years, has spoken out against those who exploited her back when she was married to actor Doug Hutchison as a teenager. (Courtney— who appeared on reality shows such Couples Therapy and The Mother/Daughter Experience— is 34 years younger than Doug, but was allowed to marry him because her mother consented to the union.)
On Friday, Courtney called out Dr. Drew Pinsky for facilitating a very disturbing segment on his short-lived Lifechangers daytime talk show in 2011. Courtney— who was only 16 years old at the time— appeared on Dr. Drew’s show with Doug to discuss scrutiny surrounding their controversial marriage, and to dispel rumors about themselves. One such rumor was that Courtney had undergone a breast augmentation, despite being a minor. To clear up the rumor, Courtney underwent a live breast ultrasound on the soundstage to show that she had no implants.
In her post to Instagram on Friday, Courtney pointed out how exploitive and weird it was that Dr. Drew allowed this to be done on his show, and that he spent the segment commenting on an underage girl’s breasts.
“Fighting for my sanity while Dr. Drew has other adults examine my 16-year-old girls [breasts] on national TV,” Courtney wrote in a comment of footage she posted from the segment.
“Key word here: GIRL @drdrewpinsky been hiding from this for years… makes me very sad,” Courtney added, hashtagging the post “exploitation” and “gaslightingawareness.”
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In the footage, the ultrasound tech, Dr. John Diaz, Doug and Dr. Drew all discuss Courtney’s breast tissue as Courtney lays on an exam table under a privacy sheet. The camera flashes to the audience, where adults groan and comment when the ultrasound tech at first states that she sees a “circular object” within Courtney’s breast tissue. Courtney— who proclaimed multiple times that she did not have breast implants— even told Dr. Drew that “someone must have drugged me up and put me under their surgery knife because I’ve had no surgery done.”
Still, Dr. Drew insists that he sees an “implant.”
The ultrasound tech then admits that the “lump” they see and stated could be an implant could actually be a bone.
“So I guess she was telling us the truth?” the doctor responds. “She doesn’t look like she has an implant.”
The audience applauds, as Courtney smiles but clearly seems uncomfortable.
Although Dr. Drew hasn’t responded to being called out by Courtney, plenty of people took the post’s comment section to express their sadness and horror that Dr. Drew and countless other adults thought it was OK to examine and comment on a teenage girl’s breasts on live TV.
“It can take years before a person can realize what they were exposed to was deeply traumatizing and affecting them so good for you Court, hope you’re getting healing this is something that doesn’t happen overnight,” one person wrote.
Courtney responded to the comment, writing, “I am rebuilding this woman every single day with the support of all my STODDENISTAS. Thank you for shining light on how trauma works for those who don’t understand the impact it has on the human development.”
“I remember watching this live and I was SHOCKED,” another person commented. “We are the same age and I couldn’t imagine being you in that situation. I was totally disgusted that adults were having a child participate in this. The entire audience disgusts me now as well.”
“This is disgusting! 16? On LIVE TV!” someone else wrote. “The looks of JUDGEMENT from the crowd to a CHILD! The *doctor??* people CLAPPING when a CHILD’S boobs are proven real? Prodded like cattle? Sis, I would NOT be ok if I was you. Props to you and glad you’re speaking out.”
“I remember this and thinking wtf!? Now it’s maddening,” another person commented. “This is a GIRL. Not a woman. And adults/men just standing there allowing, exploiting and gawking. So gross. You deserved better. I’m sorry.”
Others called on Dr. Drew to take accountability for his part in this caper.
“@drdrewpinsky should address this publicly and be absolutely ashamed of himself for participating in this s**t,” one person commented.
“He’s made a career out of exploiting young people. It’s disgusting,” another person wrote (most likely referring to Dr. Drew’s longtime gig as the host of the Teen Mom franchise reunion specials.)
In another comment, Courtney wrote that she did end up getting breast implants when she turned 18, but did not have them at the time she was on Dr. Drew’s show.
You can watch the full clip of the segment below.
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He is absolutely foul.
Also, Courtney uses they/them pronouns, btw.
@rakin’ ~ per wiki, she updated to she/they pronouns as of june 2022.
also, while the majority of pronoun switchers are genuine, she seems very much the type to do it for attention. 🤷🏼♀️
#thirstyAF
To each their own but I could NOT imagine dressing like Courtney did/does at age 16 especially or even now. Those heels look like straight stripper shoes and that make up and hair is… yikes.
WHERE is the memoir she announced she was going to write 5 years ago?? I am dying for it
Having pictures on social media does not negate the fact that this was wrong. Who cares if it was a “different” time. Does that make a difference to SA survivors? I know it doesn’t to me.
Pretty weird revisionist history tour she seems to be on. Certainly a troubled childhood and was groomedand assaulted, which is all horrific. To point fingers at any talk show appearances, while certainly in the business of ratings and not entirely altruistic, the whole point of every one of those was HOW FUCKED UP HER SITUATION WAS AND SEEING IF SHE WAS OK which she fought against with the same half-wit energy she is now rallying her “Soddenistas” 🤮.
You’re so dim
I’m here for Courtney continuing to call out people who exploited and groomed her. 👏👏👏
Disgusting. Somebody needs to put Drew’s ass on the table & do an ultrasound of his balls in front of an audience, let’s see if they’re as big as his ego says they are. Shriveled old bastard.
He is a doctor you idiot.
and even though he’s a doctor, you think it’s okay for a minor to be examined on national television? against her will? just because he’s a doctor doesn’t excuse his behavior, come on now.
Look at the “dr” in Michigan.
this wasnt against her will, she clearly consented!
SHE. WAS. A. CHILD.
He’s a doctor in name only…He exploits the Teen Mom girls to the same level emotionally, just not physically
Lol Monica you dipshit, just because someone is a doctor doesn’t automatically mean they’re ethical. Fool-ass bitch, take your nonsense elsewhere.
Damn, you said this hell of a lot better than I did.
Seconded, and motion passes that doctors and professionals aren’t inherently better than anyone else. Their ish stinks just like everyone elses
As if that means anything. I have doctors in my family, they were still alcoholic messes who abused their kids.
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This, he has creeping around out since his schtick with Adam Corolla on Love Line.
I remember watching her and Doug on couples therapy. Other patients were pisses because she was dressed very risqué and was overly sexual with literally everyone around her. It was very uncomfortable to watch and I didn’t have the highest opinion of her.
Looking at it now I feel sorry for her. Her mother signed her daughter over to a middle aged man like she was auctioning her off to the highest bidder. Then her mom said that she was in love with Doug and thought Doug should be with her and not her minor (now married to the perv) daughter.
Dr. Drew is exploitive and disgusting. He tries to hide behind the doctor image as if he’s being professional throwing out medical advice. He has made money off of screwed up kids.
Courtney dealt with a lot of bullying online with Chrissy Tiegan calling her a slut and telling her that she should go kill herself when she was a teenager. It sounds like she’s had a lot of trauma, and unfortunately, it seems that most of that came from people who pretended to love her.
The thing about Drew is that he’s not some big psychiatry expert like he claims. If you do a search of him, you’ll find that he was only board certified in the field of internal medicine for decades, while he was playing himself off as some kind of addiction psychiatrist. He finally got “self certification” in addiction psychiatry after years of playing with other people’s heads. And really, what does addiction psychiatry have to do with doing ultrasounds on the breasts of 16 year old girls? Pinsky makes me puke every time I see his fucking face on my TV. Think about all the participants in his fake “celebrity rehab” that died from overdoses. Pinsky coddled and enabled the participants on that show. He wasn’t providing rehab services at all. He was just using those people and their addictions to line his own pockets and gain notoriety.
Reminds me of Dr. Phil who hasn’t been a licensed psychologist since 2006.
There was a story years ago about a teenage girl that got jumped by 6 girls she thought were her friends. Apparently one found out she made a post on social media before they were even friends where she said that the girl was a bitch. (FYI she was). So they lured her to their house while 6 girls jumped her and 3 teenage boys were lookouts in case she could escape.
Of course they videotaped the beating which lasted for 30 minutes. She was badly beaten and disoriented. These girls put her in the car and dumped her out of the car in a parking lot. It was awhile before she was found. She ended up being hospitalized.
Dr. Phil wanted to interview the teenager that was jumped on national tv. Keep in mind this young girl was injured badly, had PTSD from the attack and was being bullied because they had filmed the assault and posted it online. The parents of the victim turned him down. And rightly so because it would have traumatized their daughter in a different way.
So what did this so called doctor do? The 6 girls had been arrested and were in juvie. Bragging on social media about what they did. HE BAILS THEM OUT so he can interview them. Then he blames it on his producers and said he “admonished then” and said they won’t pay to get criminals out of jail anymore for interview purposes.
I agree with you!!!!
Highly sexualized teens are frequently that way because of CSA. One way that people can react to abuse, rape, etc is being overly promiscuous. Along with autoimmune disease and the like.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/protecting-children-from-sexual-abuse/202105/the-long-lasting-consequences-of-child-sexual
This poor girl had no adults actually looking out for her, and I really hope she can grow and mature after the rollover coaster of her youth.
People like Doctor Drew in spite of his professional obligations, just used her disregulation because of waves hands at general situation, to gain more money and fame.
He is a soul sucking, trauma loving, leech. I am so here for this thread dunking in his nasty beady eyed bitch self.
Sympathies, but it was a different time. And also when your whole reason for being famous was being a 16 yo bride I’m not sure you are going about this the right way. You need to be calling out your parents, your ex husband and every plastics surgeon that operated on you should have their license revoked.
I agree. It was a different time. And she’s pretending to heal. Her IG is full of half naked photos of herself.
She was let down by her parents. Sadly.
Yep. It’s WAS and still IS a sad situation. Really it’s just GROSS and makes me sad to be American where things like this are going on!!
It’s her body, if she wants to show it off after being abused for it as a youth she is allowed to do so. Granted you’re free to judge her for it, but maybe reclaiming her body as hers, instead of letting men show it off to reflect back to them, is part of how she does that. IDK, but maybe we could have some compassion teh girl has obviously been through it