Denise Richards has one movie that’s off limits to her daughters.
In PEOPLE’s latest cover story, Richards, 54, opens up about how she feels if her children view her movies — and reveals why she’ll never let them watch one of her most iconic roles.
“She sent me a picture not that long ago on the airplane [saying], ‘Mom, you’re in this movie,’ and it was Drop Dead Gorgeous,” Richards says of daughter Sami, 20, who adds, “And I said, ‘I’m finally watching one of your movies.'”
According to Sami, the experience was “really funny” but a bit “weird.”
“I saw a lot of myself in her,” she explains. “Just looks-wise. I don’t know. I feel like we look a lot alike.”
While Lola, 19, admits she’s also seen Drop Dead Gorgeous on a separate occasion when she was younger, watching her parents on film has always been an odd experience for her.
“I really admire what they do, of course, but I don’t watch their movies just with my friends. My dad [Charlie Sheen], though, I’ve seen a couple episodes of Two and a Half Men, but that’s really it,” she says, before addressing her mother. “But think about it, if your mom or your parents did that when you were younger, you wouldn’t [watch either].”
“It takes the magic away from it,” Sami adds. “It’s also hard to enjoy the movie and really put myself in the movie when I’m like, ‘Oh, there’s my mom.'”
While Richards has no issue with her daughters discovering her long list of films and television shows, one movie the girls are “never” allowed to watch is her 1998 thriller, Wild Things.
“You’ve always told me not to,” Sami tells her mother. “Even though it’s the most talked [about]… it’s the name of our freaking reality show, [Denise Richards and Her Wild Things].”
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“I know, but yeah, the answer is no, not to ever see that again or ever,” Richards laughs. “If there’s maybe a PG version, then she can, but I don’t even know how they would make it a PG version.”
Either way, Richards can rest easy because Sami has “no interest” in watching the erotic thriller.
“I’ve dealt with kids showing me pictures of my mom and weird s— all through high school and stuff,” she adds.
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Sami, Lola and their sister Eloise, 13, will join their mom on camera for Bravo’s new reality show, Denise Richards and Her Wild Things.
“I’ve always said we need a reality show,” says Sami. “Anything that went wrong or happened in our family, I would say, ‘Where are the cameras? We need to be filming this.’”
Denise Richards and Her Wild Things premieres with two back-to-back half-hour episodes on Tuesday, March 4 on Bravo.
