Denise Richards Reveals Why Charlie Sheen ‘Changed His Tune’ About Sami Sheen’s OnlyFans

Actress Denise Richards is explaining why actor Charlie Sheen “changed his tune” when it came to their daughter, Sami Sheen, and her OnlyFans account.

The 19-year-old model joined the controversial subscription-based platform as soon as she turned 18. Although the "Two and a Half Men" actor was against it at the time, the "Wild Things" actress joined the platform shortly thereafter to show her support.

On Tuesday’s episode of the ‘Just B’ podcast, as transcribed by Page Six, Denise Richards told host Bethenny Frankel that the “Platoon” actor changed his tune after seeing how much money that Sami Sheen was bringing in through her lucrative OnlyFans account.

“He changed his tune when she bought a Mercedes and moved into a house,” Denise said, recalling that “When she first did OnlyFans, he was not happy.” She went on to say how Sami “did not appreciate” how “public” his comments about his disapproval were.

In June 2022, the “Anger Management” actor told the outlet, “She is 18 years old now and living with her mother. This did not occur under my roof.” He went on to say, “I do not condone this, but since I’m unable to prevent it, I urged her to keep it classy, and creative and not sacrifice her integrity.”

When he first heard that Sami Sheen had joined OnlyFans, the actor told Bustle: “I had a knee-jerk reaction to it because of the reputation that preceded it,” adding, “I was just like, ‘Oh, this can only go bad.’” However, it seems that he has since changed his mind.

“She’s doing this and it can only be a much more successful and pleasant experience with the support of myself, her mom, and others,” he explained. “I have to have confidence and just know in my heart that all of her virtues and all the wonderfulness that makes her, her, come with her.”

The “Wall Street” actor, 58, went on to say that Sami came to live with him in 2021, around the time that he was trying to get sober. “What she had the benefit of, and I had the uber benefit of, was she was there towards the end of my drinking,” he said. “She got to see up close and personal that journey.”

The actor admitted that he is “not a guy that preaches [or] that needs constant attention or support of what [he’s] doing,” but he did confess that he is happy that Sami “got to see the benefits of just how a life together in that domestic reality can improve so completely and stay that way.”

“She got to see an inconsistent me become the most reliable person in her life. Of course, it wasn’t a plan,” he added. “The universe had us together when it did, which is pretty amazing.”

Elsewhere on the podcast, the former Playboy model confessed that she was “incredibly naïve” when it came to the actor’s addiction. She claimed that Charlie had been “sober for four years” and never questioned if he might “relapse.”

"For me, it was no question,” she explained in comments transcribed by People magazine. “I said, ‘No,’ I didn't know that person. I only knew who I met. And that was a man who had been sober for four years. I didn't judge him for his past because I figured, well, his past made him who he is today. And the person that I met was very different from the person that spiraled…”

Although “a lot of people” gave her kudos for reforming “the bad boy,” Denise admitted that she “wouldn't have dated him if I met when he was in his addiction, deep into his addiction,” saying, “He was sober, and a completely different person. So that's who I met.”

When asked if being with someone sober was “boring,” Denise replied, “It wasn’t boring. I wasn’t a partier.” She went on to say, “I wasn't thinking, ‘Oh, shoot. I just started dating Charlie Sheen and I just read all these crazy stories about him and how come we're not doing [those things]?”

Although she had seen the controversial headlines about the actor, she admitted that she “didn’t know” which stories were true, insisting, “I just knew the person I met.”

Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen wed in 2002 and split in 2005 while Denise was six months pregnant with their daughter, Lola. In addition to Sami, 19, Denise is also a mother to Eloise, 7, whom she adopted as a single mom in 2011.