Comments on: Denise Richards: Reality Show Captures Special Moments

By: katie

katie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:11:04 +0000

has anyone noticed that the older daughter, sam, looks terribly saddened and miserable in nearly every single picture. i think its very sad that she has to stop her life in order to give her fake smile to every dude that comes along to take her pic.

By: Manon

Manon — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:30:11 +0000

Di – you hit the nail on the head with your summing up of those who get so terribly angry about people expressing an opinion!

By: Di

Di — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:04:51 +0000

If Charlie has acquiesced to his daughters being on the show it is because he lost in court. Charlie was vehemently against his daughters participation and would not give his consent at the outset and Denise took him to court and the judge for some reason sided with her. There is nothing Charlie can do about his daugthers being on the show so I assume he has made peace with the decision and hopes his ex-wife will exercise good judgment and limit their involvement anyway she can.

By: Terri

Terri — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:48:55 +0000

I like Denise, but only caught a few seconds of her show. It’s her and Charlie’s call as to whether the show is detrimental to their daughters and so far they’ve come to agree that it isn’t. They are in a far better situation to judge their daughters’ well-being that you or I.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:34:16 +0000

Di – to be fair, there will always be children who grow up to be unhappy adults, whether they are in the public eye or not. Most of the drug addicts and losers out there are not famous. I know you weren’t trying to say that early fame always equals these things, and I actually do agree with the majority of your post. Personally I think that while featuring children on reality shows could be exploitative (and certainly is in some cases), it’s not going to be the worst thing that ever happens to a child and could be a positive experience depending on the individual child. Besides, it’s not like that Jon & Kate Plus 8 thing (which I’ve never seen as it’s on a UK pay channel that I don’t have) which I understand is all about the children, Sam and Lola are not in the show above a few minutes if at all.

By: Amie

Amie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:46:03 +0000

I used to like Denise until I saw her show. While I like the fact that her daughters are in very little of her show, for some reason this woman just rubs me the wrong way. I only have her “reality” show to base this on but it seems like she’s suppressing a lot of anger and that she will rip someone’s head off if she doesn’t like them.

By: Di

Di — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:25:55 +0000

I do not see Denise’s show as a way to balance career and family. I see this reality show as a last ditch attempt by a C-list actress to stay in the public eye. When was the last time Denise starred in a tv show or a movie. This woman’s career has been going down hill for years and the ratings for this show are not even great. In addition, people who do reality shows do not make nearly as much as money as movie/sitcom stars because reality shows are cheap to produce. Furthermore, everyone knows that reality shows are incredibly contrived and orchestrated. This is not a documentary. The producers get together and decide what kind of story they want to sell the public.

In response to someone who claimed that Dakota Fanning grew up in the public eye is perfectly fine. For every Jodie Foster, Natalie Portman and Ron Howard there is Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Aaron Carter-former childstars whose lives have been irreparably harmed as a result of early fame.

Lastly, it is always funny how people go on a tangent against people being judgmental on this site when they are in the process of judging someone else. Everyone to a certain extent is judgmental unless you are one of those people who does not have an opinion on anything. There is no reason to believe that the people who are praising Denise know anymore about the situation than the people who are criticizing her.

By: stedine

stedine — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:36:18 +0000

I watched her show last season and most of it is her and her dad. The two of them are cute. The kids are barely on it. The show is not about them. It is not one of those TLC shows.

A lot of you guys in here on the soap boxes remind me of the perfect “PTA” moms whose children would later grow up to be sluts and drug addicts. Hmmm… Just saying.

Dakota fanning basically grew up on the big screen, in the limelight and she does not seem maladjusted as of yet.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:59:51 +0000

I agree with you, lilyrose. People really need to get off their soap boxes and stop judging people. Denise clearly loves her daughters and is trying to find a way of balancing career and motherhood. This option allows her to do both.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:00:36 +0000

Charlie did an interview in a couple hours to show his sons to the world, because let’s be honest, people wanted to see them. Yeah he showed off their room-also something people like seeing. I show people my kids’ rooms when they come to visit, but I’m sure not going to invite them to move in, now am I? No. Which is pretty much what Denise is doing. Big difference between Charlie’s interview and Denise’s reality show. I am glad to see these two getting along now though, for the girls’ sake. I can think of some other celeb couples who should take a lesson from them on how to turn your anger around and give your kids a positive experience.