Denise Richards Reveals Her Daughters 'Were Very Upset' She JoinedSpecial Forces: 'They Were Afraid' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Denise Richards with her daughters.Photo:Tommaso Boddi/Getty; Instagram

Tommaso Boddi/Getty; Instagram

Denise Richardsis revealing what she did to get on her daughters’ bad side!

The actress, 53, recently spoke with PEOPLE about her participation in the upcoming season ofSpecial Forces: World’s Toughest Test,and she shared how her three kids reacted to the news.

Explaining that the show mimics military-style survival challenges, Richards says daughtersSami, 20, Lola, 19, and Eloise, 13, tried to talk her out of joining.

“My daughters were very upset,” she admits. “They did not want me to do it. They were afraid I was going to get hurt or get killed, and they were actually really angry. It was the first time of all the times I’ve done different projects or traveled they were very upset with me.”

Denise Richards and her daughter, Sami Sheen.Instagram/ deniserichards

Instagram/ deniserichards

Still, Richards says she wanted to take the risk and push her own limits, despite being nervous.

“I thought, ‘This is the most challenging thing I’ll ever do, and why not do it?’” she adds. “I was terrified, but once I made the commitment to do it, I was there.”

Richards shares her older daughters, Sami and Lola, with her ex-husbandCharlie Sheen.She later adopted Eloise in 2011, and her current husband,Aaron Phypers, began the process oflegally adopting Eloisefollowingtheir surprise Malibu weddingin 2018.

Denise Richards ziplining with her daughter, Lola Sheen.Instagram/ deniserichards

Fans will have the opportunity to get a deeper look into Richards’ relationship with her children in her new reality show,Denise Richards and the Wild Things.In August, she joinedTori Spellingon hermisSPELLINGpodcast to talk about what to expect from theE!series.

“So this was a long time, with all of us talking about it because I wanted to make sure that the girls were really wanting to do it,” Richards said, going on to note that the show puts the family in the position to “open up [their] lives.”

“We’re doing it right now and trying to navigate all of that,” she continued, saying that the girls are “excited about it.”

Denise Richards attends 2024 FOX Winter Press Day at Fox Studio Lot on November 18, 2024 in Los.Andrew Toth/Getty

Andrew Toth/Getty

“We had several meetings,” theDrop Dead Gorgeousstar said. “I was very proud of the girls that they were asking so many questions that they really wanted to be involved in now.”

The news comes 16 years after Richards’ previousE!Show,Denise Richards: It’s Complicated,whichfollowed her and her family amid her divorce from ex-husband Sheen in 2008. She briefly returned to reality television on Bravo’sTheReal Housewives of Beverly Hills, when she appeared as a main cast member in seasons 9 and 10beforeleaving the franchisein September 2020.

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Special Forces: World’s Toughest Testseason 3 premieres with a two-hour episode on Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.

source: people.com