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How do you top a Sweet Sixteen party? With a wedding!

When 16-year-old pop singer Courtney Alexis Stodden decided to marry a man 35 years her senior, she needed permission from her parents - and she got it – gladly.

In fact, Courtney’s father, who at 47 is four years younger than his new son-in-law, even went so far as to tell Breaking Celebrity News that: “Every father can only pray to have such a man behind their daughter.”

In an exclusive interview, her father Alex Stodden (Courtney’s middle name is a tribute to her dad) told Breaking Celebrity News that she had his full approval to walk down the aisle.

“Courtney is one of the most level headed girls out there and I’m not just saying that because she’s my daughter. Doug is the nicest man I’ve ever met in my life,” Alex said of his 51-year-old son-in-law, who tied the knot with his daughter in Vegas on May 20.