The divorce between Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen has set new standards in both celebrity divorce ferocity and rubbishy schoolyard gossipy crap. Guess which one there's been more of lately.
Because the Charlie Sheen/Denise Richards divorce doesn't just involve Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards: there's also a wider cast including Heather Locklear, Richie Sambora and Just Shoot Me 'star' David Spade. They've all been taking turns to jump in and bleat about their mixed-up private lives, and now it's the turn of Denise Richards. Again.
It's going to be difficult for any celebrity couple to roll out the tired old "we still love each other very much," statement whenever they divorce now – the Denise Richards/Charlie Sheen divorce has set some amazingly high standards. There have been ugly rumours about implied paedophilia, drug and gambling addiction and sweary phonecalls. Throw in a tale about dead porn stars, and any other celebrity divorce looks pallid in comparison.
And, as if that wasn't enough, the focus has turned to the relationship between Denise Richards and Richie Sambora. Why? Because Richie Sambora used to be married to Heather Locklear, and Heather Locklear used to be best friends with Denise Richards. Whew! Still with us?
You see, Denise Richards and Heather Locklear – now with David Spade – have fallen out because Heather seems to be under the impression that Denise and Richie got together before Heather and Richie divorced. And now Denise Richards has hit out at these claims. Speaking to TMZ, Richards said:
"I wish Heather well and happiness and it's really unfortunate that
it's gotten to this point and Heather knows why we aren't friends. I
don't want to get into all of that, but I wish her well and she knows
that there was nothing that happened during either marriage and
unfortunately our friendship had to dissolve."
This is deeply complex stuff here, not a bunch of deranged high school tittle-tattle like you probably think. And it's interesting, so just imagine how interesting it would be if the story didn't involve three people from dreadful American sitcoms, a half-baked Bond girl and a man from a fucking awful band bitching at each other all the time.
Read more:
Denise: I'm no homewrecker – Sky
[story by Stuart Heritage]