Courtney Stodden is serving sober glow-up energy, and sheās not holding anything back. Just three weeks after kicking Veuve Clicquot to the curb (yes, she had a brand of champagne), the 30-year-old reality TV siren says her ābody, mind, and spiritā are finally breathing again. And honey, sheās doing it in full pin-up lingerie while flaunting her new 109-pound frame. Subtle? Never. Effective? Absolutely.
In a tell-all with the Daily Mail, the former teen bride and self-described āhealing blondeā admitted sheād been using alcohol as a crutch to cope with deep trauma, but instead of numbing the pain, it turned her life into what she now calls āmessy, loud, and in all the wrong ways.ā Translation: blackout nights stopped being cute a long time ago.
And in true Courtney fashion, she didnāt just ghost alcohol, she broke up with it like a toxic ex. āAlcohol and I? Total toxic ex energy,ā she declared. āThis isnāt just me giving up a substance. Iām leaving behind a version of myself I donāt want anymore.ā
The decision, she revealed, is tied to painful memories of her first marriage to 65-year-old actor Doug Hutchison, whom she now openly calls her former āgroomer.ā According to Stodden, Doug drank ābottle after bottleā daily and encouraged her to join in as a form of control. āI donāt want to feel out of control anymore,ā she said, adding that sheās choosing clarity over champagne, no matter how many friends ādonāt know what to do with a healthy me.ā
Of course, this is Courtney Stodden weāre talking about, so she didnāt just post a sober statement. She posted before-and-after body pics: one in a blue swimsuit from her ābooze daysā and one in ruby-red lingerie, fresh from the wagon. The message? Sobriety looks good, and she knows it.
But donāt think this means sheās done being headline-worthy. The Calabasas bombshell has just signed on for a Lifetime biopic and is diving headfirst into her āhealing era.ā She says she wants to face her past āwith clear eyes and real strengthā and is done letting alcohol control the narrative.
Even her friends in the spotlight are cheering her on, Hugh Hefnerās widow Crystal Hefner wrote, āLife is so much brighter without the poison.ā Courtneyās reply? āSoul sis