Denise Richards is officially done with marriage, and she didn’t soften it one bit. On Jenny McCarthy’s podcast, the actress and reality star was asked if she’d ever tie the knot again. Her answer:“Absof—lutely not. I don’t want that piece of paper.”She went on to joke that after her divorce from Charlie Sheen and her split from Aaron Phypers, she’s sitting at“0 for 2.”
The part that stuck with fans is how she described the Phypers divorce. Phypers filed in July 2025, and Richards framed the whole thing as unwinding a business arrangement rather than ending a romance. It hasn’t been a clean split either: she was granted a five-year restraining order against Phypers in November 2025, and he was ordered to pay her more than $25,000 in sanctions after denying her abuse allegations.
But the ending of her story isn’t bitter. Richards said she still wants a partner and still wants to fall in love again, she just doesn’t want the legal paperwork attached to it. After everything, she’s choosing hope over hardness. So we want to know: could you ever say“never again”to marriage, or does the right person change your mind?
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