Denise Richards on Charlie Sheen: “He said he wanted to bleed me dry!”

At times, some relationships might head down the hill which turn into a split between the couple. However, a divorce can be an expensive affair and Hollywood actress Denise Richards opened up about turning to reality TV amid her costly divorce from ex-husband Charlie Sheen and her mounting debts.

“Back during the show, I did at E! (Denise Richards: It’s Complicated), I had to do that. I had too many legal bills with my ex-husband.” The 48-year-old said during the Wednesday, August 7, episode of the 'Daddy Issues' podcast Opens a New Window. 

“He said he wanted to bleed me dry, and he did. Those legal fees add up quite fast,” she added. 

She further added how her relationship with Sheen impacted her career choices. She said, “It was difficult for me to get a job back then because I was perceived as doing something very [negative] with Charlie, so that was very hard - when you’re misunderstood and you want to keep your personal life private and when it’s out there.”

Richards married Sheen in June 2002 and she filed for divorce in March 2005. They finalized the proceedings in November 2006 as they share daughters Sam, 15, and Lola, 14.

The Wild Things star, lamented her divorce’s effect on her children during an April episode. “It’s surreal when you start to see your kids become adults. It makes me cry,” she said at the time. “I just feel like If–ked up a lot with their dad. I don’t want them to look back at their childhood and remember (arguments).”

She added: “My girls have been through a lot. How I chose to relate to the dysfunction that was going on with their father was to hide it from the kids. I don’t know if I did a disservice or not … It just made me realize how fast it goes. Life is so short and their childhood is so short.”