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12 Celebs Who Married as Teens

Will Miley Cyrus join their ranks?

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 31, 2012 10:58 AM CDT

(Newser) – Remember Courtney Stodden, she of the totally bizarre tweets who married 51-year-old actor Doug Hutchison when she was just 16? Well, she's 18 now, and E! reports that her birthday gift was a dog that she named ... Dourtney. We can't make this stuff up. In Dourtney's honor, take a look at Fox News' list of "child stars turned child brides." Behold, a dozen celebrities who married as teens:

  • Drew Barrymore: By 18, she'd called off two engagements. Then she married at 19, and filed for divorce less than two months later.
  • Melanie Griffith: She started dating Don Johnson, who was then 22, when she was just 14. They wed when she turned 18, but broke up six months later. (They ended up marrying a second time, then splitting up yet again.)

  • Demi Moore: She got her last name from her first marriage, to Freddy Moore, which took place two months after she turned 17 and lasted four years.
  • Kim Kardashian: She actually managed to stay married four years the first time around. She married Damon Thomas when she was 19.
  • Olivia Wilde: The House actress married an Italian prince, Tao Ruspoli, when she was 18. They broke up last year.
  • Macaulay Culkin: When he married Rachel Miner at 17, they issued a statement saying how happy they were to have "found each other at such a young age." Unfortunately, they lost each other two years later.
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In this Jan. 7 photo, Olivia Wilde poses at the 2012 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, Calif.
In this Jan. 7 photo, Olivia Wilde poses at the 2012 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala in Palm Springs, Calif.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)
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SPHeroid
Aug 31, 2012 10:52 PM CDT
As iff this were not common knowledge: Young people often make foolish mistakes..... Although my 19 year old brother married his 18 year old sweetheart and they are approaching their 40th anniversary...
TonyCardinal
Aug 31, 2012 5:37 PM CDT
DESPITE MOVIES TO THE CONTRARY, ROMEO AND JULIET WERE JUST BARELY TWELVE!!! CLEOPATRA WAS ELEVEN AND HAVING FLINGS WITH JULIUS AND MARK ANTHONY!!! OTHER FIGURES OF HISTORY HAD YOUTHFUL DALLIANCES, AND NOT ALWAYS WITH MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX OR SPECIES!!! 
Tology
Aug 31, 2012 12:51 PM CDT
Next week...12 Celebs who wipe their asses with Charmin... do they really need to do this kind of in depth reporting.
 

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