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 “dream” for Stodden to take a “dirt nap,” among other hateful comments for which she has since apologized.
“I know she’s saying it was from alcohol or whatever she wanted to say it was from,” the former beauty pageant contestant said in “Impact x Nightline: Confessions of a Child Bride” while calling insults from the “queen of Twitter … so much” to deal with as a teen.
“I did actually almost succeed at committing suicide because of — this was a huge part of it,” they recalled. “I had a suicide letter written.”
Stodden, 30, apologized mid-interview as they became emotional.
They continued, “I remember my last thought was, you know, ‘Maybe I don’t deserve to be here when people that high up are telling me I don’t deserve to be here.’”
Page Six has reached out to Teigen’s rep for comment.
While the cyberbullying took place back in 2011 and 2012, Teigen’s 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.
“I hope you can heal now knowing how deeply sorry I am,” the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model wrote in 2021, calling herself an “insecure, attention-seeking troll” of whom she felt “ashamed” and “embarrassed.”
The following year, Stodden told Page Six they were still blocked by Teigen on X (then known as Twitter).
“I was speaking on this maybe for a few years before [Teigen said sorry],” they told us at the time. “I wish that she maybe could have apologized to me, like she said she did.”
The reality star did not feel “touched” by the public mea culpa, which they felt was for “everyone else.”
Teigen, meanwhile, revealed her sobriety in a 2021 “Today” show interview and insisted the scandal made her a “better person.”
The “Cravings” cookbook author claimed, “There’s that old cliché, like, I’m glad it happened, but truly, it made me a stronger person.”
“Impact x Nightline: Confessions of a Child Bride” 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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