United Kingdom, July 24 -- Courtney Stodden was "taken aback" by Jason Alexander issuing a public apology after she said she felt "manipulated" on a sketch with him when she was just 17 years old.

The 2012 Funny or Die skit was inspired by a scene from Pretty Woman, and was filmed alongside Courtney's then-husband Doug Hutchison.

Courtney posted a detailed account of her experience on the sketch on Instagram, describing the filming and its aftermath, noting that Jason was a writer as well as starring on it.

She said: "I was very manipulated. Even if I didn't look like a child, or what a 'victim' should look like, there was a child buried under there.

"I really just trusted the adults around me, and this is the effect of that. Looking ...