Who is Courtney Stodden who just flushed her diamond ring down the toilet? The non-binary TV personality married the 51-year-old at the age of 16, but found new love with Hollywood producer Jared Safier

“I’m doing a little last-minute spring cleaning before summer,” they said in a video obtained by TMZ. “I guess diamonds aren’t always a girl’s best friend after all” – Stodden, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns he continued as the clip shows them flushing the ring down the toilet.

They told TMZ that the move was inspired by a scene from a James Cameron movie Titanic. “Like the old lady who finally threw it into the ocean, I had to get rid of any remnants of the past that no longer had an influence on me. “The character of Rose taught me something unique – what a woman does with her diamonds is her prerogative,” Stodden explained to the publication.

Here’s what we know about Courtney Stodden:

What is Courtney Stodden famous for?

Courtney Stodden married character actor Doug Hutchison when they were just 16 years old. Photo: @courtneyastodden/Instagram

Stodden is best known for her controversial previous relationship with actor Doug Hutchison, whom they married when they were 16 and he was 51, according to people. The former teen bride, who got involved with Hutchison in 2011 and divorced him in 2020, has opened up about the challenges she faced as a result of the relationship.

“I was afraid to even say that I felt taken care of or that I experienced verbal abuse during our almost 10-year marriage because I was a baby and he was 50 when we got married, but now I am a woman and it’s time to say my big girl puts on pants and speaks out on this matter,” they wrote on Instagram in 2020. “I felt completely trapped, manipulated and sometimes abandoned by adults… growing up in that environment – it became a lonely and dark place,” Stodden added.

How does Courtney Stodden make money?

Courtney Stodden earns her money mainly from appearing on reality shows. Photo: @courtneyastodden/Instagram

According to Celebrity Net Worth, the Washington-born internet personality’s net worth is approximately $500,000. According to a source, Stodden participated in several beauty pageants in her youth and then joined the world of reality TV with her own show, Courtneyin 2019. They also appeared in films and TV shows, including: Addicted to love, Verotica, Couples therapy, Big Brother star AND Million dollar matchmaker– notes the source.

Who is Courtney Stodden’s fiancé, Jared Safier?

According to US media, Stodden started dating Jared Safier last summer after he called off his engagement to Chris Sheng in July 2023. According to his IMDB profile, Safier is an Emmy Award-winning producer and director.

When did Courtney Stodden come out as non-binary?

Courtney Stodden talked about being bullied at school. Photo: @courtneyastodden/Instagram

According to People, Stodden, 29, came out as non-binary in 2021. “They/them/theirs,” Stodden wrote in a now-deleted Instagram post. “I don’t identify as she or she. I never felt like I fit in anywhere. I was bullied a lot at school because I was different. Other girls never understood me. It was so bad that my mother took me out of school. And yet I don’t fit in. I’ve never really bonded with anyone my age.

What did Courtney Stodden say about Peter Nygard?

In February 2020, Stodden made a series of allegations against Peter Nygard, a Finnish-Canadian businessman and former fashion executive. “Thank God Peter Nygard was fired… he tried to lure me many times and touched me in extremely inappropriate places (the first inappropriate contact was only a few hours after this photo was taken, I was so young and naive),” they wrote in the post. “I am also sorry about the violence against young women.”

According to the BBC, in 2023, Nygard was found guilty of assaulting five women in a series of incidents that took place between the 1980s and 2005.