Actress and former model, Denise Richards, has opened up to talk show host Oprah Winfrey about her troubled relationship with ex-husband and father of her two young children, Charlie Sheen.
The mother of two talked about how she dealt with Charlie calling her from jail on Christmas Day, after he allegedly threatened his current wife Brooke Mueller. Denise also told Oprah how she broke the news to their daughters, five-year-old Sam and four-year-old Lola.
After making it clear on her reality TV show, Denise Richards: It’s Complicated that she doesn’t often enjoy media interviews and is usually reluctant to speak about her divorce, the 38-year-old opened up saying she felt “sad” for Charlie and Brooke’s situation.
“Perhaps people can understand what I went through,” she said.
People magazine reported that the interview includes details of Denise and Charlie’s troubled relationship in which she said he never physically threatened her, but verbally abused her.
“I was in a very dark place,” she reportedly said in the interview. “Especially when I filed the restraining order. I was humiliated. I was scared. I was embarrassed.”
However, after a long process and work with a mediator, Denise now says the pair are in a “in a great place”.