LA baby! Charlie Sheen And Dennis Richards‘ oldest daughter, Sam Sheenhas always been in the spotlight – and now she’s making headlines for her grown-up choices.
The anger management alum and the Love actually actress welcomed Sami in 2004, almost two years after they tied the knot in June 2002. The couple expanded their family the following year when daughter Lola was born.
While the duo split in 2006, Richards fondly recalls how she and Charlie started their family.
“I actually like all of his films. I think he’s a great actor,” the said Real girl next door author told Andy Cohen in May 2020 when asked about her ex-husband. “The first movie I saw, where my dad took me, was Platoon when i was younger. So I love all his movies.”
Cohen wondered if Richards liked it Scary Movie 5 — Charlie played along Scary movie 3, 4 And 5 – to which she said yes. “Yeah, that’s where we actually fathered our daughter,” Richards confessed. “Four or five,” she said, struggling to remember which set of the sequels the act took place on.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum revealed on an April 2020 episode of the Bravo series that she had been trying to protect their girls from all of Charlie’s ups and downs. “Even though he’s Charlie Sheen, to them that’s still their father,” Richards said. “I never speak badly of him and I want him to be a part of their lives.”
While the exes seemed to have a good co-parenting dynamic, things changed in late 2021 when Sami claimed she felt “trapped” living with Richards. Charlie later confirmed that his eldest child had moved in with him amid tensions with her mother.
“Charlie is a good time dad, and well, rules and curfews aren’t really set in stone,” a source told exclusively Us weekly in September 2021. “And that’s why Sami went to live with her father.”
Richards revealed in February 2022 that she and Sami were still navigating their relationship after she moved in full-time with her father. “Of course I would like her to live with me,” the actress said in an episode of the podcast “Jeff Lewis Has Issues”. “She lived with me all these years, but I think it’s very difficult to raise teenagers these days, especially in Los Angeles.”
Three months later, the mother-daughter pair seemed to be on good terms again after spending Mother’s Day together. “Denise and Sami have reconnected over the past month,” a source told us exclusively Us in May 2022. “They get along very well.”
The following month, Sami raised her eyebrows when she joined OnlyFans shortly after moving back in with Richards. Charlie told it exclusively Us in a statement in June 2022 that he “did not approve” of his daughter’s choice, making it clear that it “did not take place under my roof”.
However, Richards told Us in a statement that Sami’s decision “wasn’t based on whose house she lives in. All I can do as a parent is guide her and trust her judgment, but she makes her own choices.”
The following year, Charlie said Us that he has since changed his view of his daughter’s career choice.
“Denise has highlighted several salient points, which I have overlooked and rejected in my haste,” he said. Us in June 2023 via a statement from his publicist. “Now more than ever it is essential that Sami has a united parental front she can rely on as she embarks on this new adventure. From this moment on, she will have it in abundance.
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