Denise Richards opens up on 'strained' relationship with daughter with Charlie Sheen: 'It's very difficult'

Denise Richards has admitted her relationship with her teenage daughter with actor Charlie Sheen is "strained" now that she lives out of home.

In October last year, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star and Sheen's daughter Sami, 17, moved into her father's house after calling the atmosphere at home with her mother "abusive" and a "hell house" in a viral TikTok video.

At the time, Richards told People magazine she was "saddened" by her daughter's claim, confirming she simply "set normal rules that any parent would be setting". In a new interview, she tells People their relationship is still quite difficult.

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"Honestly, I have a strained relationship with her," she says. "It's very difficult. I know we'll get back to where we were eventually but right now, it is strained."

The actress said she'd "love" for her daughter to live with her, but that things weren't proving that way at the moment.

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"I think it's very difficult raising teenagers now and especially in Los Angeles when there's access to everything...There are certain rules and I enforce them. And [at Sheen's], there's different rules at that house and that's okay."

Richards lives with husband Aaron Phyphers, and reportedly tries to endorse certain rules and expectations in their home. She revealed her 17-year-old is not currently in high school and that she does not "agree with certain things" her ex-husband does.

In the since-deleted TikTok, Sami shared a photo of her looking upset, writing: "1 year ago today: trapped in an abusive household, hated myself, would go days without eating or sleeping, insanely depressed, hated school, etc…"

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The image then switched to one of her smiling and flashing a peace sign, the caption reading: "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 :)."

Last year, a source told the publication teenagers Sami and sister Lola, 16 (who is also Sheen and Richard's daughter) see their father's house as a "Wonderland" where "everything is a big party."