Denise Richards’ daughters are ‘angry’ over her joining the ‘Special Forces’ (Exclusive)
Denise Richards reveals what she did to get on her daughters’ bad side!
The 53-year-old actress recently spoke with PEOPLE about her involvement in the upcoming season of the TV series Special Forces: The toughest test in the world, She shared how her three children reacted to the news.
Explaining that the show simulates the challenges of military-style survival, Richards says his daughters Sammi, 20, Lola, 19, and Eloise, 13, tried to talk her out of joining.
“My daughters were very upset,” she admits. “They didn’t want me to do it. They were afraid I would get hurt or killed, and they were really angry. It was the first of all times I did different projects or travelled, and they were really upset with me.
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However, Richards says she wanted to take a risk and push her limits, even though she felt nervous.
“I’m not athletic at all, I was just so intimidated by everyone,” Richards explains. “I didn’t know who was going to be there, but I heard there were some athletes, I couldn’t compete with that. But that’s the greatest thing too, is that it’s not about competing against anyone but me, and that’s why they strip us of the rawness, physically, mentally, emotionally and all of that.” .
“I thought, ‘This is the most challenging thing I’ll ever do, and why wouldn’t I do it?'” she adds. “I was terrified, but once I committed to it, I was there.”
Richards shares her two older daughters, Sammy and Lola, with her ex-husband Charlie Sheen. She later adopted Eloise in 2011, and her current husband, Aaron Phypers, began the process of legally adopting Eloise after their surprise wedding in Malibu in 2018.
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Fans will have the opportunity to get a deeper look into Richards’ relationship with her children on her new reality show. Denise Richards and the Wild Things. In August, she joined Tori Spelling Spelling error Podcast to talk about what to expect from E! series.
“This has been a long time coming that we’ve all been talking about because I wanted to make sure the girls really wanted to do this,” Richards said, noting that the show puts the family in a position to “open [their] life.”
“We’re doing it now and trying to get through it all,” she continued, saying the girls are “excited about it.”
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“We have had several meetings.” Drop dead gorgeous The star said. “I was so proud of the girls because they were asking so many questions that they really wanted to get involved now.”
This news comes 16 years after Richards’ previous news E! displays, Denise Richards: It’s complicated, any It followed her and her family amidst her divorce from ex-husband Shane in 2008. She briefly returned to reality television on Bravo. the The Real Housewives of Beverly Hillswhen she appeared as a main cast member in the ninth and tenth seasons Before leaving the franchise in September 2020.
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Special Forces: The toughest test in the world Season 3 premieres with a two-hour episode on Wednesday, January 8 at 8pm ET on Fox.
