Denise Richards is trying ahead to a contemporary begin in 2026 after a troublesome yr.
Posting by way of her Instagram on Thursday, January 1, the Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 54, described 2025 as “one of the vital painful years I’ve lived.”
“Wanting again in any respect the photographs & movies I’ve of 2025, it seems like I’m taking a look at two completely different individuals & lived two completely different lives. Seeing quite a lot of your posts, lots of you felt the identical method. I’ll always remember this yr, one of the vital painful years I’ve lived,” Richards mirrored.
She continued, “A yr of letting go, truths being uncovered. As painful as it’s, I’m so grateful for the readability. I shed quite a lot of tears and felt ache & betrayal I by no means knew existed.”
The Wild Issues star went on to thank her household, pals and medical doctors for getting by the yr by which she confronted each private and bodily challenges.
Richards is at the moment within the midst of a tumultuous divorce from estranged husband Aaron Phypers, 53.
As Us Weekly beforehand reported, Phypers filed for divorce on July 7, 2025 after six years of marriage. Richards filed for a restraining order days later. She accused Phypers of being abusive throughout their relationship, which he adamantly denied.
The court docket granted Richards a everlasting restraining order towards Phypers on November 7, 2025. Phypers was arrested at court docket on October 17, 2025 after testifying as a part of the restraining order trial. Prosecutors charged Phypers with two felony counts of injuring a partner and two felony counts of dissuading a witness by pressure or menace. Phypers is going through years in jail if convicted.
Denise Richards. (Picture by Andrew Toth/Getty Photos)
Earlier than her relationship with Phypers, Richards was married to actor Charlie Sheen, 60, from 2002 to 2006. They share two daughters: Sam, 21 and Lola, 20. (Richards later adopted daughter Eloise in 2011.)
In 2025, Richards additionally suffered a bodily setback when she ruptured her breast implants throughout a very grueling activity whereas competing on season 3 of Special Forces: World’s Hardest Check.
“I jumped off a bridge, too — and that’s after I ruptured my [breast] implants — off of that factor,” Richards defined on SiriusXM’s “Jeff Lewis Stay” on January 3, 2025, whereas discussing the bodily challenges she confronted on the present.
Months earlier than Aaron Phypers filed for divorce, Denise Richards hinted that splitting was not within the playing cards for her. “After the divorce I went by with their dad … It’s not enjoyable. It’s actually form of terrible,” Richards, 54, solely instructed Us Weekly in an interview with daughters Sami and Lola in February. (Richards shares […]
Richards additionally shared her gratitude for her followers in her reflective Instagram put up and expressed her want to sit up for the long run.
“Going to comedian cons this yr & Bravocon was so humbling for me. Assembly all of you [fans] & listening to how a lot you’ve supported me all through my profession. I’m so grateful to all of you,” Richards wrote.
She added, “I did have quite a lot of blessed pleased moments in 2025 & particularly the final couple months, I’m lastly beginning to really feel like me once more, solely higher. I’m trying ahead to the yr of the Horse. I really feel very fortunate that it begins on my birthday✨Completely happy New yr to all of you & Completely happy new You to these of you that basically went by it in 2025. Completely happy 2026!”
