Denise Richards is trying ahead to a contemporary begin in 2026 after a tricky 12 months.
Posting through her Instagram on Thursday, January 1, the Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 54, described 2025 as “probably the most painful years I’ve lived.”
“Trying again in any respect the pictures & movies I’ve of 2025, it seems like I’m two completely different folks & lived two completely different lives. Seeing loads of your posts, lots of you felt the identical method. I’ll always remember this 12 months, probably the most painful years I’ve lived,” Richards mirrored.
She continued, “A 12 months of letting go, truths being uncovered. As painful as it’s, I’m so grateful for the readability. I shed loads of tears and felt ache & betrayal I by no means knew existed.”
The Wild Issues star went on to thank her household, buddies and docs for getting by way of the 12 months during which she confronted each private and bodily challenges.
Richards is at present 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 in opposition to 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 risk. Phypers is dealing with years in jail if convicted.
Denise Richards. (Photograph by Andrew Toth/Getty Photographs)
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 Take a look at.
“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 way of with their dad … It’s not enjoyable. It’s actually type of terrible,” Richards, 54, solely advised 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 submit and expressed her want to stay up for the long run.
“Going to comedian cons this 12 months & 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 loads of blessed joyful 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 12 months of the Horse. I really feel very fortunate that it begins on my birthday✨Comfortable New 12 months to all of you & Comfortable new You to these of you that actually went by way of it in 2025. Comfortable 2026!”
