Denise Richards Reveals The Reason She Ended "Very Toxic" Marriage With Charlie Sheen

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Denise Richards says she had a very good reason for ending her “toxic”
marriage to Charlie Sheen even though she was six months pregnant at
the time.

The “Wild Things” star discussed her deeper motivations during a recent
conversation with Caroline Stanbury, the host of the “Divorced Not
Dead” podcast. “The behind-the-scenes stuff was way worse than what was
out there,” she said of their tumultuous relationship. “It was really
bad.”

Richards claimed she made the decision to leave after asking herself
one important question. She told Stanbury she wondered, “Would I want
my daughters to be married to this man?” Since the answer was a
definitive no, the mother of three made the choice to leave him.

“No offense to him, but I think he would take that and understand what
I’m saying,” Richards continued. “It was very toxic.”

Sheen and Richards were married from 2002 until 2006 and had two
children together. The actress later adopted a daughter after their
divorce.

“I never wanted the girls to — and I don’t know, maybe I did them a
disservice. There’s no handbook for this, especially when you’re in the
public too, and you have to deal with all this crap — but I never
wanted them to sense any discord between us because I didn’t want them
to feel unsettled,” Richards said of parenting amid the drama.

“I did shelter them a lot, and then they started to get to an age where
‘so and so said this,’ and I lied my ass off and covered for him,” she
continued. Later in the conversation she said, “Now as they’re starting
to get older, they’re more aware of more things. That’s why I say I
don’t know if I did them a disservice when they were younger.”

While Richards is now remarried and has moved on, there are still
disagreements between her and Sheen. Most recently, their now 18-year-
old daughter Sami made headlines for creating an OnlyFans account.
Sheen insists he never would have approved that type of behavior.

“She is 18 years [old] now and living with her mother,” the actor said,
as The Daily Wire previously reported. “This did not occur under my
roof.”

Meanwhile, Richards seemed supportive of her daughter’s decision to
join the X-rated platform.

“Lots of negative comments on my social this past week,” she posted to
social media. “I have to say, I wish I had the confidence my 18-year-
old daughter has. And I also can’t be judgmental of her choices. I did
‘Wild Things’ & Playboy, quite frankly her father shouldn’t be either.”

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