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'He fought me tooth and nail!' Courtney Stodden on how her plastic surgery caused fights with ex Doug Hutchison
Courtney Stodden's voluptuous, surgically-enhanced figure is her claim to fame, but her estranged-husband Doug Hutchison liked her better the way she was.
The 19-year-old aspiring actress reveals in a new interview how her breast implants and even her luxurious hair extensions put pressure on her marriage to the 53-year-old Green Mile star.
Courtney - who announced her split from Doug on November 5 - told E! News that while Doug influenced her career, he could never prevent her from changing her looks.
'Physically speaking, he was not involved in that,' Courtney said. 'That's actually one aspect of our relationship where we fought so much.
'He did not want me to, for instance, get hair extensions. He fought me tooth and nail, he's like, "I do not want you to get hair extensions."
Wearing bright pink lipstick, a red velvet dress and body glitter, Courtney couldn't help from giggling during her videotape interview.
'When I started to wear [false] eyelashes, I was like a little girl, "Can I wear eyelashes?" It was kind of like that. He did not want me to falsify myself,' she said.
'He was so in love with me and he was, like, "You're beautiful the way you are," kind of like the au naturel, organic thing,' Courtney said.
'He was like, "You're beautifully organically, why would you change something that's perfect?"'
But Doug's negative stance brought out the defiance in his teen bride.
'That made me want to do it more!' Courtney said. 'So, he just loved me so much the way that I was. But you know, I'm happier now.'
'I'm responsible because I put myself out there like that, that's how I look,' the blonde bombshell asserts.
'So obviously I know that some people will have a problem with saying, "Oh, you're like a sex object, how could you do that to yourself?"
'People are going to judge somebody regardless, if they're in the media or otherwise. They just judge.'
Courtney just shrugs at the disapproval, saying: 'I'm happy with the way that I look.'
When asked what procedures she's had, Courtney said: 'My breasts and I just got lip injections... it was a little freaky to be honest.'
The model makes no apologies, adding: 'I know some people think I'm a walking contradiction, because I say I'm a Christian.
'I'm not doing a porn, but I look this way and I know people are like, "You're, like a contradiction, what is this girl?" But you know, I'm doing my own thing. I'm not ashamed of the way I look.
'I'm a confident girl, I'm happy. And honestly I think that's all that matters - following your heart, looking the way you want to look, dress what you want to dress. As long as you aren't hurting anybody else, I think you're fine.'
Courtney and Doug caused a lot of controversy when they got married two and a half years ago, as the starlet was 16 at the time.
Their 34-year age difference may have been part of the problem.
When announcing their split, a rep for the couple added: 'As you know, Courtney was married at a young age. Now, at nineteen, she's interested in exploring life as an unmarried single young adult - with the freedom to explore her independence.'