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Courtney Stodden slammed child marriage as "America's dirty little secret" as she revealed she was the "breadwinner" in her marriage at just 16 years old.

Stodden, who told the story of her marriage to actor Doug Hutchison in Lifetime's "Ripped from the Headlines," revealed her role in the marriage "seemed to shift" very quickly as she realized she was making money for a man older than her father.

"Realizing everything that has happened to me in present time has been a lot to process. When I first hit the spotlight as a young girl, my brain wasn't developed yet. And I had a certain image of what my life was. I thought I knew everything. I mean, what kid doesn't at 16," Stodden explained to Fox News Digital. "Then as things s

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