Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen’s Teenage Daughters: Family Album, Parenting Quotes and More

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Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen's Teenage Daughters: Family Album, Parenting Quotes and More

Trying to coparenting their kids. Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen split in 2005 and have been working to raise daughters Sami and Lola together ever since. Sami arrived in 2004 while the actress was married to the Two and a Half Men alum. Lola was born in 2005 after her parents had called it quits. Richards went on to adopt daughter Eloise in 2011, marrying Aaron Phypers seven years later. As for Sheen, the New York native welcomed twin sons, Bob and Max, with now-ex Brooke Mueller in 2009. Richards briefly had custody of their boys in 2013 while her ex-husband and Mueller struggled with substance abuse. Richards and Sheen have been open up about coparenting their daughters over the years and made headlines in September 2021 when Sami alleged via TikTok that her mom’s household was “abusive,” leading her to live with the actor. [sendtonews type="float" key="Z7L6OYoQPD-2836190-14453"] “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,” the teen wrote in her social media upload at the time. "Denise is just like any other divorce parent dealing with a rebellious teenage daughter,” a source subsequently told Us Weekly exclusively. "It’s better for Sami if Denise and Charlie were coparenting her during this time. They are not. Sami is living with Charlie at his apartment in Malibu.” The insider noted that Lola spent time with her older sister but lived with Richards. "Lola goes back and forth between her parents whenever Denise is working, as she is now,” the source explained. "Denise wants her daughters to have boundaries, not be out all hours of the night, and she has no desire to be their friend at this time of their life. The time will come later as the girls grow older for Denise to be their friend. Charlie is the good time dad, and well, rules and curfew aren't really set in stone. And that is why Sami went to live with her dad. … Charlie didn’t support implementing Denise’s rules. He has a different way of parenting and Sami decided to live with her dad.” Through his rep, Sheen told Us that his daughter was doing “amazing.” The Golden Globe nominee gushed, "I love her and all my children unconditionally. We’re having a ball. GED here we come!” Keep scrolling for a deeper look at how Richards and Sheen’s relationships with their daughters have evolved over the years. [podcast_block]

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December 2011

"I'll never cut off contact with Charlie,” Richards told Us ahead of a family vacation. "He's my girls' dad. As they're older they'll deal with him how they can."

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December 2012

The former Bravo personality called Richards and Mueller her “family” in an Access Hollywood interview. "Brooke knows, and Charlie, that anytime they need help with the boys, I'm there,” she said. "They're our family, and they're Sami and Lola's brothers. I can't imagine growing up without my sister, so anytime [Brooke] needs help, I'm there for the boys. [Sami and Lola] are the best big sisters to [the boys], and they love them. I know it doesn't seem normal, but it is our normal.”

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May 2013

"My situation with Charlie is that we've gotten along for quite some time now, and it's so much better,” Richards exclusively told Us. "There are a lot of feelings and emotions there, but at the end of the day, our daughters benefit from us getting along, and [I do], too. I don't want to have an unhealthy relationship with him, something toxic with a lot of animosity. Life's too short for that. We actually enjoy hanging out, and we enjoy being with the kids."

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September 2016

Sheen reunited with Richards for an Instagram family photo, which he called “a gaggle of awe sum.”

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April 2019

The former Bravo personality was “shocked” when one of her daughters brought up her racy Wild Things scene, telling Yahoo! Lifestyle Australia, "A couple of friends had told [one of my daughters] about it and I just said to her, ‘I would appreciate if you didn’t watch it. It’s not age-appropriate.'”

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August 2019

Richards has been “honest” about her past with her children, she said during a “Daddy Issues” podcast episode: "They had heard that I was in Playboy. I didn’t even think that they would know what that is because now kids can go on the internet and see all kinds of things, so [I had] to explain that. They don’t Google [me]. I don’t think they want to know certain things either. I wouldn’t want to read certain things about my parents.”

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April 2020

"There’s a lot that the kids don’t know about their dad, and I want to keep it that way,” the former reality star said during a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills confessional. "Even though he’s Charlie Sheen, that is still, to them, their dad. I never talk badly about him, and I want him to be part of their lives because I met a lot of the women that Charlie entertained and a lot of them had father-daughter issues. And I do not want that to be our girls.”

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May 2020

Richards called her coparenting relationship with Sheen “great,” exclusively telling Us, “Aaron and I actually saw him the other day.”

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May 2020

"I’m struggling with parenting right now with my teenagers. Sami, I think sometimes she does things hoping to get a reaction out of me. It’s not easy,” Richards said during a RHOBH episode.

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September 2021

"Denise set normal rules that any parent would be setting,” the source told Us following Sami’s departure. "She’s a mom and a parent and there are rules. [Sami] didn’t want to follow the rules."

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October 2021

Us confirmed on October 4 that a judge ruled Sheen would no longer have to pay Richards child support. While his attorney told the judge that his client had been overpaying and set up a trust for both Sami and Lola, a source told Us that the actress hadn’t received funds from Sheen in four years. The Bravo alum also wasn’t present at the court hearing.

“She wasn’t there because she is working out of state which Charlie was well aware of and Denise was never served this court date. He did this on purpose,” a source alleged to Us. “He filed two years ago and he kept pushing the court date. Denise kept asking when the date was and he blew her off. He pushed it off because he didn’t want records of the child support he was paying [his ex-wife] Brooke to impact the case after he agreed to pay them both the same amount of child support.”

Sheen, meanwhile, told Us at the time: “I think what transpired today is extremely fair. It speaks to not just today, but it speaks historically to that same fairness.”

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February 2022

“I have a strained relationship with her. It’s very difficult,” the former Bravo star said on the “Jeff Lewis Has Issues” when asked about her daughter Sami. “I know though [that] we’ll get back to where we were, eventually. Right now, it is strained.”

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March 2022

“In a blink of an eye you’re 18,” Richards captioned an Instagram slideshow for Sami's birthday. “Happy Birthday my beautiful Sami. I love you so much. Privately many more words to share with you. I love you unconditionally and I am very blessed and grateful to be your mom. And Nana is looking down celebrating with you. I love you my sweet Sami. Happy 18th Birthday!”

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May 2022

"Happy mother’s day !! i love u so much mom. u have no idea how grateful i am to have u in my life 💗💐🥂," Richards' eldest daughter wrote alongside several Instagram selfies with her mother.

The reality star, for her part, replied, "Thank you Sami for an amazing Mother’s Day. It means a lot to me. I know nana was at dinner with us she would never miss one of her favorite restaurants. 🙏🏻 Thank you & I love you so much❤️."

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June 2022

After news broke that Sami joined OnlyFans, Sheen told Us in an exclusive statement: "She is 18 years old now and living with her mother. This did not occur under my roof. I do not condone this but since I’m unable to prevent it, I urged her to keep it classy, creative and not sacrifice her integrity."

Richards, for her part, pointed to Sami's age as evidence that she's able to make her own decisions about how she spends her time. "Sami is 18, and this decision wasn’t based on whose house she lives in," the Happy Hazel star told Us. "All I can do as a parent is guide her and trust her judgment, but she makes her own choices.”