Denise Richards reveals the TRUTH behind her ugly Charlie Sheen divorce after awkward reunion
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Denise Richards had an emotional reunion with ex-husband Charlie Sheen and their youngest daughter Lola at a restaurant.
During the new episode of Denise Richards & Her Wild Things, the three family members opened up about their strained relationships, in what was Sheen's first appearance on reality television.
'The girls have been through a lot with their dad,' the mother of three, 54, revealed in a confessional. 'It has been up and down.'
Sami Sheen, 21, admitted she hasn’t spoken to her dad in over five months while sharing about their fractured relationship, which is why she opted to skip the reunion meal altogether.
'I would rather do literally anything else than go to lunch with my father,' the OnlyFans model said.
Despite all the emotional damage of the past that may still linger, Richards and Sheen were able to share some heartfelt moments together, including a few laughs, with Lola watching on in somewhat disbelief that her parents were once married.
Denise also shared why they divorced: it had to do with his drinking.
'Charlie and I were married for four and a half years before I filed. He had been sober for about 4 years and very committed to his sobriety. I never thought someone that committed could fall back into that,' she shared.
Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen had an emotional reunion over lunch with their youngest's daughter Lola, which was seen in a new episode of Denise Richards & Her Wild Things
While Lola Sheen, 19, was able to put some differences with her dad aside for the reunion meal, her older sister Sami Sheen, 21, decided to skip the family outing altogether
She added, 'Right after I got pregnant with Lola, it started to turn fast. One day he went to work, there was an awful evening the night before, and I packed my s***, packed Sami's stuff, called my housekeeper to come. We went to the Beverly Hills Hotel and I filed for divorce between dropping them off and a table reading for a show.'
Earlier in the episode Richards opened up about the couple's 'whirlwind romance', leading to their wedding in 2002 after just nine months of dating.
They would soon start a family of their own, welcoming daughter Sami in March 2004, and again just 15 months later when Lola arrived in June of the following year.
But their marital bliss was interrupted when problems in the relationship resulted in Richards moving out of their house while she was six-moths pregnant with Lola.
While acknowledging that she 'unfortunately' did get back with Sheen at one point, she explained the decision by saying,' I always wanted the girls to know I did everything I could to make it work,' as reported by Too Fab.
The idea of the get-together at the restaurant came later in the episode when Denise told her daughters that their father wanted to see them.
While things hadn't been perfect with her dad, Lola shared how they have 'definitely improved' in more recent times, and that they even now get bi-weekly pedicures together.
In fact, Richards made a note of revealing that this would be the first time she had seen Sheen in about a year.
After having recently undergone a neck lift, the former couple shared an emotional hug during their outing.
'Here we are, what the hell. I've never been on a reality show,' Charlie, 59, began, leading to his ex-wife claiming that producers on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills always wanted him on the show.
Earlier in the episode Richards opened up her 'whirlwind romance' with Sheen, leading to their wedding in 2002 and the birth of their two daughters; they are pictured in January 2004
The idea of the get-together at the restaurant came later in the episode when Denise told daughters Sami and Lola that their father wanted to see them
The reality star revealed that this was the first time she had seen Sheen in about a year
'You know what's funny? I could never picture you guys being married,' Lola said while watching her parents go back and forth over a pizza dish
Both Richards and Sheen seemed slightly stunned by their daughters comment about her not being able to picture them living together as a married couple
At one point, Sheen and Richards sounded like an old married couple when the former Spin City star told her 'this is not a date meal,' as his ex grabbed at her pizza dish.
'It is because I had two pieces,' the Wild Things alum said in disagreement.
'Okay, so you're going to take this with? You're going to take this home?' he asked, for which she quickly shot back, 'Yeah sure.'
After watching her parents go back and forth over the pizza dish, Lola couldn't resist reflecting on thoughts she's always had over the years.
'You know what's funny? I could never picture you guys being married,' which seemingly left both Sheen and Richards looking a bit stunned.
'Wait what?' Richards responded with a smile, before switching to a more inquisitive look.
'Like, sometimes I think about if you were still married and we all still lived in the same house,' the 19-year-old explained.
Touching Sheen's shoulder in a sweet gesture, the mother of three turned her gaze his way, saying, 'We would have had fun, right Charles?' for which he immediately agreed, 'Sure.'
'We would of?' Richards followed up, as Sheen readily agreed again: 'We would have.'
Touching Sheen's shoulder in a sweet gesture, the mother of three turned her gaze his way, saying, 'We would have had fun, right Charles?' for which he immediately agreed, 'Sure'
During their chat, Lola expressed how she was scared of being famous. I'm scare about what people have to say,' she said, just as her famous father interjected
'I'm so glad we all had dinner,' Richards told her daughter and ex-husband
Sheen seemed to be overjoyed by the outcome of their out: 'This was great'
Sami revealed that she and her father 'haven’t really spoken much in the past five months'
Denise looked slender in a promotional photo for her show Denise Richards & Her Wild Things
As the meal was winding down with dessert the trio seemed to be happy with how the reunion of sorts played out.
'I'm so glad we all had dinner,' Richards announced, prompting her ex-husband to agree again, 'I am too. Yeah, this was great.'
'Thank you. We should do it more often,' the Drop Dead Gorgeous star shot back.
After the Two And A Half Men alum said, 'Okay,' Richards added, 'People would think were f***ing' nuts saying that.'
'Why's that?' Sheen asked. 'Because you're superstar Charlie Sheen,' she joking explained, which got a laugh from both of them.
'You're a superstar too,' Lola told her mom, and then expanded her opinion by through her dad into the equation. 'You guys are both [superstars].'
After a brief pause she then expressed how she's hesitant about being famous.
'I'm scare about what people have to say,' she said, just as her famous father interjected, 'Don't read anything. Don't read anything about it because if you don't read it it doesn't exist.'
Richards would go on to dish about some of the hard times she had during their marriage and divorce, but told Sheen how she always 'had your f***king back' when it came to airing their dirty laundry publicly.
Eventually, the episode ended with Sheen saying the meal was 'lovely', and telling his ex-wife and daughter, 'I adore both of you.'
While promoting Denise Richards & Her Wild Things on the Whine Down with Jenna Kramer podcast, the Downers Grove, Illinois native shared about how she and her former spouses do not communicate much.
'I have kids with him, and I'm not really — I'm friendly with Charlie, but I wish we were friends,' she said.
The Paper Empire star revealed she also wished 'that we could talk all the time and be able to be there really for each other with our girls. But that's just not the relationship we have.
'I have kids with him, and I'm not really — I'm friendly with Charlie, but I wish we were friends,' Richards said on Whine Down with Jenna Kramer; she is seen with daughters in February
'Maybe one day. But, I mean right now, there's nothing. There's no discord between he and I, which is great.'
'I was always an advocate of wanting everything to be great and be friends and blend the family because he had two boys with his wife after me,' The Bold and The Beautiful star maintained, adding, 'I just didn't want the girls to feel like they had to choose sides.'
Richards is also mom to 13-year-old Eloise, whom she adopted.
When the girls were little, Richards said she put up a good front for her children, in spite of their father's struggle with drugs and the law, including charges of domestic assault. 'I never talked bad about him in front of the kids, and that's hard to do — to hold your tongue and not say certain things at times,' the World Is Not Enough actress said.
'I don't know if I did a disservice to them with that as well because now that they're older, they're discovering things that they didn't know.'
The Bookie actor revealed in 2015 that he had been diagnosed with HIV several years before, but thanks to retroviral drugs, the virus is undetectable.
The Mad Families star has been sober since 2017, revealing that being too drunk to drive one of his daughters to an appointment was the final straw for him.
Sheen credits that decision with making him a better father to all of his children.
'I have a very consistent lifestyle now. It’s all about single dad stuff, and raising my... twin boys Max and Bob,' he said of the now 16-year-olds he shares with ex Brooke Mueller to People in December 2023.
Richards and Sheen have mended their fences enough for Sheen to appear on the latest episode of her reality show, which debuted Tuesday on Bravo.
In the episode, the exes get together for a dinner with their daughters, and Sheen gives advice to Lola about how to deal with fame.
'Don't read anything,' the Emmy nominee advised. 'Don't read anything about it. Because if you don't read it, it doesn't exist.'
