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Courtney Stodden contemplated suicide after being cyberbullied by Chrissy Teigen.
The model, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, spoke candidly about the backlash they received online following their controversial marriage to 51-year-old Doug Hutchinson at age 16.
At the time, Teigen tweeted that it was her âdreamâ for Stodden to take a âdirt nap,â among other hateful comments for which she has since apologized.
âI know sheâs saying it was from alcohol or whatever she wanted to say it was from,â the former beauty pageant contestant said in âImpact x Nightline: Confessions of a Child Brideâ while calling insults from the âqueen of Twitter ⊠so muchâ to deal with as a teen.
âI did actually almost succeed at committing suicide because of â this was a huge part of it,â they recalled. âI had a suicide letter written.â
Stodden, 30, apologized mid-interview as they became emotional.
They continued, âI remember my last thought was, you know, âMaybe I donât deserve to be here when people that high up are telling me I donât deserve to be here.’â
Page Six has reached out to Teigenâs rep for comment.
While the cyberbullying took place back in 2011 and 2012, Teigenâs tweets did not resurface until a decade later.
By that time, Stodden and Hutchison, now 64, had called it quits.
The headlines resulted in Teigen, 39, losing many opportunities and ultimately sharing her remorse in a statement.
âI hope you can heal now knowing how deeply sorry I am,â the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model wrote in 2021, calling herself an âinsecure, attention-seeking trollâ of whom she felt âashamedâ and âembarrassed.â
The following year, Stodden told Page Six they were still blocked by Teigen on X (then known as Twitter).
âI was speaking on this maybe for a few years before [Teigen said sorry],â they told us at the time. âI wish that she maybe could have apologized to me, like she said she did.â
The reality star did not feel âtouchedâ by the public mea culpa, which they felt was for âeveryone else.â
Teigen, meanwhile, revealed her sobriety in a 2021 âTodayâ show interview and insisted the scandal made her a âbetter person.â
The âCravingsâ cookbook author claimed, âThereâs that old clichĂ©, like, Iâm glad it happened, but truly, it made me a stronger person.â
âImpact x Nightline: Confessions of a Child Brideâ is now streaming on Hulu.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.
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