🔴 Website 👉 https://u-s-news.com/
Telegram 👉 https://t.me/usnewscom_channel
Denise Richards has broken her silence.
The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum, 54, took to Instagram on Thursday, Aug. 21, to discuss her “very difficult” split from Aaron Phypers, 52, after less than six years of marriage.
“I was just checking in to see how your summer’s been going,” Richards began. “Mine has been wonderful.”
“It’s actually been s—ty. But I’m gonna pretend like it’s all good,” she confessed. “I’ve actually been posting on Instagram like nothing’s going on in my life, and I can’t do that anymore, because there’s something obviously going on.”
The “Wild Things” actress went on to thank her fans for their support as she continues to process her ugly split from Phypers.
“Many of you have been so kind and so supportive of me. I see all of your messages,” Richards added. “I can’t comment because it’ll be taken out and put in the press, but I just wanted to, in all seriousness, say that this has been a very, very, very difficult time.”
After fighting back tears, the former Bravo star opened up about “hard” divorce from her estranged husband – noting it’s especially difficult since it’s her second. She divorced her first husband, Charlie Sheen, back in 2006.
“It’s so hard to go through a divorce,” she explained. “Many of you have gone through that. This isn’t my first one, it’s my second one, and I never thought I’d get divorced again. This is why I always say never say never.”
“There are circumstances around my divorce that are difficult to talk about,” Richards continued. “One day, I will talk about it when the time is right. I just want to process everything and get through this. It has not been easy, so your messages mean a lot.”
Richards also thanked her more than 1.6 million fans for their support in the caption of her emotional Instagram video.
“Just a little moment of gratitude,” she wrote. “Thank you for the love—your kindness and support don’t go unnoticed! It means a lot to me.”
The drama between Richards and Phypers, who married in September 2018, kicked off on July 7 when the actor-turned-wellness practitioner filed for divorce from the former Bravo reality star.
He listed “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the breakup, according to documents obtained by The Post, and listed their date of separation as July 4.
Things then escalated a few days later when Richards was granted a temporary domestic violence restraining order against Phypers.
According to court documents obtained by The Post at the time, Richards accused Phypers of threatening to kill her if she reported the alleged altercations to the police.
“Throughout our relationship, Aaron would frequently violently choke me, violently squeeze my head with both hands, tightly squeeze my arms, violently slap me in my face and head, aggressively slam my head into the bathroom towel rack,” she claimed in the filing.
Phypers denied Richards’ domestic violence allegations and claimed that he not only “never physically harmed” her but that he “has been the one deprived of property, income, and access to his child and family resources” amid their split.
More recently, the pair has been in the throes of a contentious legal battle regarding their family and shared home.
In new court documents filed Aug. 20 and first obtained by People on Thursday, Phypers alleged that his adoption of Richards’ daughter, Eloise, 14, was never made official.
Although the actor said that he signed adoption papers for his “daughter by bond of over nine years,” he claimed that the former “RHOBH” star “failed to file them.”
Phypers also claimed that he has been left “legally without his daughter despite raising her as his own.”
“This has caused immeasurable harm and demonstrates the imbalance [Richards] maintains in this matter,” he added.
Richards adopted Eloise, who suffers from a chromosome 8 deletion genetic disorder, in 2016, and previously said Phypers adopted her in 2019.
The “Starship Troopers” actress also has two other daughters, Sami, 21, and Lola, 20, with Sheen.
Phypers’ most recent filing on Wednesday came in response to a filing Richards submitted one day earlier regarding the estranged couple’s Calabasas home.
Although both parties are named on the lease, Richards asked that her ex and his family vacate the property so she could safely retrieve her dogs and personal belongings without violating the temporary restraining order they currently have in place.