In a connection issued to US publications including Variety, Anderson said: "Looking backmost astatine the drama sketch successful which Ms Stodden and I participated successful 2012, I wholly hold that it was inappropriate and I genuinely regret it.
"But much importantly, I americium profoundly atrocious for immoderate harm oregon distress it has caused Ms Stodden. I connection her my sincerest apologies."
Stodden, 31, is presently campaigning for California to walk a measure that would prohibition kid matrimony by making the ineligible minimum property 18 years old.
Stodden joined 51-year-old histrion Doug Hutchison successful 2011, erstwhile she was 16 years old.
The matrimony was ineligible due to the fact that her parents gave permission. Stodden and Hutchison divorced successful 2020.
Marrying aged 16 oregon 17 remains ineligible successful 33 US states with parental consent oregon a judicial waiver. It was ineligible successful each authorities until 2018.
Stodden told the Hollywood Reporter she "appreciated" Alexander's apology.
"People support asking if he's apologised privately, and helium hasn't," she continued. "A backstage apology would beryllium meaningful, but meaningful enactment would beryllium adjacent much powerful.
"If helium genuinely regrets what happened, I'd invitation him to enactment [campaign group] Unchained At Last and the combat to extremity kid matrimony done AB 1267. That's however we crook accountability into lasting change."
Alexander played George Costanza successful Seinfeld and besides appeared successful ER, Pretty Woman and Shallow Hal.
Stodden has appeared connected world shows including Couples Therapy, Celebrity Big Brother, Reality Ex-Wives and Celebs Go Dating.
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