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Denise Richards acquired candid about her divorce from Charlie Sheen and the place the previous couple stand immediately, as they co-parent two daughters: Sami, 18, and Lola, 17. Throughout a current chat with Actual Housewives of Dubai star, Caroline Stanbury, on her podcast Divorced, Not Lifeless, the Wild Issues actress, 51, opened up about finish of her three-year marriage to the Two and a Half Males alum, 56, calling it “traumatic.”
“I don’t remorse my marriage to Charlie, clearly in any respect, as a result of I actually do imagine that he and I have been introduced collectively to have our daughters,” Denise started. “I filed for divorce once I was six months pregnant, which was very troublesome and I didn’t understand the affect of how public it will be and the way it will have an effect on my profession personally, as a result of I assumed, ‘That is my
private life, why is that this affecting my skilled life?’ I believe I used to be on the tabloid covers for about two years straight throughout that point. And it was extremely troublesome.”
The previous RHOBH star went on to say that she was additionally coping with her mom who was sick on the time of the divorce in 2005, however it was her concern for Sami and Lola that troubled her probably the most. “I had these two infants and it was actually so onerous for me and I simply actually needed to go put myself in a bubble and shield them on the finish of the day. Who’s actually there? It’s my household and my children. And I believe that’s what acquired me via the preliminary a part of the divorce.” She added, “It was very traumatic for me. It was actually troublesome.”
After Lola was born, Denise revealed she and Charlie reconciled for a quick time. “I’m glad we did as a result of it made me additionally know I might at some point inform my ladies that I did all the things I might probably do to make this household unit,” Denise defined. “And that’s what I felt probably the most responsible of: was splitting up the household unit. I struggled with that for years. It was not simple, however at the least I knew that I did all the things that I might to make that work as a lot as attainable.”
Whereas the post-split interval between the exes was fairly “darkish” for a time, Denise stated her relationship with Charlie has “advanced” through the years. “To this present day, Charlie does know he might name me at any time, it doesn’t matter what — I don’t care what he says — I’ll present up and be there as a result of I at all times additionally needed him, and nonetheless do, to be one of the best dad he will be for our daughters. And that’s one factor that he does know — it doesn’t matter what he might say about me — he is aware of deep down that I’ll at all times, at all times be there.” She added, “He is aware of I cannot extort him and that I’m a standup particular person and need him to be one of the best model of himself and be there for our youngsters.”