Denise Richards has worn a lot of hats—Bond girl, Playboy model, Hollywood It-Girl, and even a Real Housewife of Beverly Hills. But now? She’s throwing herself into the chaos of reality TV with her daughters in Denise Richards & Her Wild Things, premiering March 4 on Bravo.
“It’s another crazy chapter,” Richards, 54, tells PEOPLE with a laugh. “I swear, it’s never calm, ever.”
For the first time, Richards sits down alongside all three of her daughters—Sami, 20, Lola, 19, and Eloise, 13—to talk about life, love, and why she decided to step into the world of OnlyFans right after her oldest daughter did.
Sami Richards: From Candy Shops to OnlyFans Money Maker
The internet had a field day when Sami Richards, at just 18, launched an OnlyFans account—a decision that left even her famous mom playing catch-up.
“I really wanted to get an apartment, and I knew that working at the candy shop I was at wasn’t going to cut it,” Sami explains. “So I went to the next best thing and made an OnlyFans.”
Now, her content funds her rent.
“At first, I didn’t understand what OnlyFans was,” Richards admits. “But when I saw she was getting backlash for owning her sexuality and doing what she wanted to do, it upset me as a mom—and as a woman in business.”
Rather than fight it, Richards did something unexpected: she signed up for an account herself.
(And for the record? “It’s quite lucrative,” she says.)
Sami shrugs off the decision. “I wish she’d waited a bit because she started it right after me, but it doesn’t bother me.”
Meanwhile, younger sister Lola keeps it simple: “Whatever makes her happy.”
The Sheen of It All
Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen’s relationship has been tabloid gold for decades—messy divorce, custody battles, headlines that wrote themselves. But these days? It’s all surprisingly civil.
“He’s been supportive from day one,” Richards says.
Even Sheen himself seems on board with the family’s new reality show. “He saw the trailer and sent me such a wonderful, sweet, positive text,” Richards reveals. “I was actually really surprised. It meant a lot to me.”
Sheen, who’s been sober since 2017, has even maintained ties with Richards’ family—including his third ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, and their twin 15-year-old sons, Bob and Max.
“Charlie is always invited to holiday dinners,” Richards says. “There’s always an open door, and that goes for Brooke and the boys as well. I’m always the more-the-merrier type. I want everyone to get along and be peaceful.”
A Family That Fights—and Films—Together
For years, Sami had been pushing for a reality show. “Anything that went wrong or happened in our family, I would say, ‘Where are the cameras? We need to be filming this,’” she says.
Now the cameras are rolling, and nothing is off-limits—including sisterly drama.
“We couldn’t be more different,” Sami admits about her relationship with Lola, who was recently baptized in the Christian church. “But that’s okay.”
And through it all, their youngest sister, Eloise, might just be the family’s secret glue.
Adopted by Richards as an infant, Eloise has a chromosomal disorder that has caused developmental delays. “She’s very observant and understands everything,” Richards says. “Sometimes when the girls go at each other, she just raises her eyebrows, and they start laughing and move on.”
Richards’ husband, Aaron Phypers, who officially adopted Eloise in 2019, puts it simply: “She’s a sweetheart. I love her. I think of her as my own.”
For Denise Richards, life has never been calm, but at least this time, she’s calling the shots.
And with a Bravo reality show, an OnlyFans empire, and a surprisingly functional relationship with Charlie Sheen, maybe the Wild Things star is exactly where she wants to be.
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Last modified: February 21, 2025
