Denise Richards’ Relationship With Daughter Sami Is Still ‘Strained’: ‘It’s Very Difficult’

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Waiting it out. Denise Richards is still not on good terms with her eldest daughter, Sami, after she moved in with dad Charlie Sheen.“Obviously, I would love for her to live with me,” the 50-year-old actress said on the Friday, February 11, episode of the “Jeff Lewis Has Issues” podcast. “She lived with me all these years, but I think it’s very difficult raising teenagers these days, especially in Los Angeles.”The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum explained that in her house, there are “certain rules and I enforce them,” whereas when Sheen, 56, is in charge she said, “There’s different rules in that house and that’s OK.”Richards was married to the Wall Street actor from 2002 to 2006.

The exes share 17-year-old Sami and 16-year-old Lola. (The Illinois native adopted daughter Eloise in 2011. Sheen, for his part, is also the father of 12-year-old twins Bob and Max, whom he shares with ex-wife Brooke Mueller.)While both of their girls previously lived with Richards, things changed in September 2021 when Sami claimed via TikTok that she was “trapped” in an “abusive home” while under her mom and her husband Aaron Phypers’ roof.“Now: finally moved out of the hell house, had a spiritual awakening, own 2 cats, happy single, full of self love, and dropped out of high school :),” Sami said at the time.

Sheen confirmed later that month that his eldest daughter had moved in with him and was currently not going to school.A source exclusively told Us Weekly at the time that Richards was “saddened” by situation, but “very much loves her daughter.” The insider added, “Charlie didn’t support implementing Denise’s rules.