Denise Richards is wanting 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 “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 two totally different individuals & lived two totally different lives. Seeing a number of your posts, lots of you felt the identical approach. I’ll always remember this 12 months, one of the vital 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 a number of tears and felt ache & betrayal I by no means knew existed.”
The Wild Issues star went on to thank her household, pals 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 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 risk. Phypers is going through years in jail if convicted.
Denise Richards. (Picture 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 job 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 Dwell” 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 sort of terrible,” Richards, 54, completely 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 publish and expressed her want to look forward to 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 a number of blessed glad moments in 2025 & particularly the final couple months, I’m lastly beginning to really feel like me once more, solely higher. I’m wanting ahead to the 12 months of the Horse. I really feel very fortunate that it begins on my birthday✨Pleased New 12 months to all of you & Pleased new You to these of you that basically went by way of it in 2025. Pleased 2026!”
