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pauraque_bkI normally never look at celebrity gossip news or know who the people are, but I saw the name Doug Hutchison and it rang an odd bell. If you're like me and you don't pay attention to such things, he's an actor who's in the news this week for marrying a 16 year old (he's 51).
He's better known now for being in The Green Mile, but I first heard of him when he guest starred as a serial killer on a couple eps of X-Files, a couple decades(!) back. I was a preteen then and watched the show regularly with my friends, most of whom were my age, but one was an older girl of about 16, who we knew because she was in my friend's choir, I believe.
Now this girl had a huge crush on Doug Hutchison after his appearances on the show, and she wrote him a fan letter. He wrote back -- not a polite form letter, but a warm and personal note. According to her, they continued writing back and forth for several months, and he wanted to meet her. When I heard of this, I was skeptical and wasn't sure if she was perhaps just making it up for attention, and when I asked whether he realized she was just a kid, she said something like "he says age doesn't matter to him and I agree with that".
This was not a close friend, like I said, so I have no idea whether any of this was true, or if it was, whether they ever met. I haven't seen her or thought about this in ages. But, um... yeah. Just saying that was a thing that happened.
o_o
He's better known now for being in The Green Mile, but I first heard of him when he guest starred as a serial killer on a couple eps of X-Files, a couple decades(!) back. I was a preteen then and watched the show regularly with my friends, most of whom were my age, but one was an older girl of about 16, who we knew because she was in my friend's choir, I believe.
Now this girl had a huge crush on Doug Hutchison after his appearances on the show, and she wrote him a fan letter. He wrote back -- not a polite form letter, but a warm and personal note. According to her, they continued writing back and forth for several months, and he wanted to meet her. When I heard of this, I was skeptical and wasn't sure if she was perhaps just making it up for attention, and when I asked whether he realized she was just a kid, she said something like "he says age doesn't matter to him and I agree with that".
This was not a close friend, like I said, so I have no idea whether any of this was true, or if it was, whether they ever met. I haven't seen her or thought about this in ages. But, um... yeah. Just saying that was a thing that happened.
o_o
