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1. Erika Says:
   May 22nd, 2008 at 5:10 pm

   I wonder if Whoopi is friends with Charlie Sheen. I think she was a little harsh; it was more her tone and “yes, ma’am” response that sounded harsh than the actual content of the question. I did judge Denise for her affair with RS, but I think it makes more sense now knowing her relationship with Heather ended with her divorce; b/c I’m assuming Heather chose to remain friends with her original friend, Charlie. I still think the affair was in bad taste.

   I also believed her about her mother wanting her to do the show to clear her name and Denise wanting to honor that. I totally empathize with her over losing her mother to cancer; losing my father to cancer a year and a half ago was and is the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced.

2. rainlillie Says:
   May 22nd, 2008 at 7:13 pm

   “I wonder if Whoopi is friends with Charlie Sheen. I think she was a little harsh; it was more her tone and “yes, ma’am” response that sounded harsh than the actual content of the question. I did judge Denise for her affair with RS, but I think it makes more sense now knowing her relationship with Heather ended with her divorce; b/c I’m assuming Heather chose to remain friends with her original friend, Charlie. I still think the affair was in bad taste.

   I also believed her about her mother wanting her to do the show to clear her name and Denise wanting to honor that. I totally empathize with her over losing her mother to cancer; losing my father to cancer a year and a half ago was and is the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced.”

   Great points, Erika.

3. Sarah Says:
   May 22nd, 2008 at 7:21 pm

   “I wonder if Whoopi is friends with Charlie Sheen. I think she was a little harsh; it was more her tone and “yes, ma’am” response that sounded harsh than the actual content of the question.”

   I didn’t find Whoopie harsh at all. Normally Whoopie really bothers me. But I was cheering her on during this one. I think that she said “yes, ma’am” because she already answered that she saw it and then Denise asked her again. I think Denise was rude to assume that Whoopie hadn’t watched it.

   “I also believed her about her mother wanting her to do the show to clear her name and Denise wanting to honor that.”

   I empathize with her over the loss of her mother as well. However, I do not believe that’s her reason. I think she was stammering around, searching too hard for an answer for it to be the truth. And, even if it was the truth, there is no way I would ever put my children in the spotlight, and I don’t care who wanted me to. My mother’s wishes will never supercede the well-being of my children. If her mother truly wanted her to do the show to clear up people’s opinions about her then she could have done that by doing a show just about herself. There is no reason why the show needed to involve her children in order to prove anything. And I find vulgar for a person to use their own children to try to prove anything to anyone.

4. rainlillie Says:
   May 22nd, 2008 at 8:35 pm

   Sarah,
   you said the following about Angelina Jolie

   ” I’ve come to the conclusion that there are certain people who have just made up their minds to dislike her and they will dislike her no matter what she does. I pesonally don’t understand why somoene would want to waste so much time disliking someone they don’t even know, but if that’s how they want to chose to spend their time then that’s their choice. But I think it’s very, very sad to see people basing their opinions of someone on tabloid gossip.”

   Shouldn’t that apply for Denise Richards too?

5. rainlillie Says:
   May 22nd, 2008 at 8:37 pm

   That should say… Shouldn’t that apply to Denise Richards too?

6. Sarah Says:
   May 22nd, 2008 at 9:01 pm

   rainlillie: First of all that quote was taken out of context. If you look at my entire post I was responding to someone who said they would have more respect for Angelina if she did……. - and I was responding that there are some people who will never like Angelina no matter what she does because I have seen it. People who say I will respect her if……. and then when Angelina does whatever it is that they say they want her to do they still dislike her. There are a few things that WOULD make me respect Denise more: 1. if she stops talking about Charlie to the press 2. is she takes her children out of her reality show. And if Denise ever does those things I give you my personal guarantee that I will come to this site and write in huge bold letters, “I WAS WRONG ABOUT DENISE RICHARDS.” I do not blindly hate her, I don’t even hate her. I simply disagree with the way she is handling the situation with Charlie, and I disagree with her half-a##ed answer as to why she put her children in the show.

   And if you look at the rest of my post (the one you just quoted) I mentioned people who base their opinions on tabloid gossip. I am not basing anything that I think about Denise on tabloid gossip. I am not claiming she is a good or bad mother (simply that I feel this one parenting decision is inconsistent with her claim to want to be protecting her daughters), I am not claiming to have inside info. on her feud with Charlie (simply that I don’t feel it’s appropriate for her to be airing her grievences in public like this, and that goes for Charlie as well). I don’t even read tabloids, so I have no idea what tabloid stories she is even referring to. I am basing my opinions solely on the words that are coming directly out of Denise’s mouth. I was taking issue in my post with people who claim to have inside info on why Angelina is not in contact with her father, and people who claim to know that she cheated with Brad. I don’t claim to know what went wrong in Denise and Charlie’s life - all I do claim is that putting her children in a reality show and constantly (publically) insulting their father is inconsistent with her claim to “being protective” of them.

7. Erika Says:
   May 22nd, 2008 at 9:02 pm

   I’ve never watched Denise Richard’s reality show, but I’ve seen photos of her with her children way before she had her show. So it seems like they were already exposed and I can understand her wanting to control their media coverage. Like she mentioned, there are lots of reality shows featuring children.

   I, personally, would never put my child on a reality show, but I would never be a celebrity either. She probably does need an income, but I also believed her about her mother’s wishes.

   I know a lot of people liked Whoopi’s approach, but I found it biased and unwelcoming; I’ve never seen her treat another guest that way.

8. Sarah Says:
   May 22nd, 2008 at 9:09 pm

   “So it seems like they were already exposed and I can understand her wanting to control their media coverage.”

   I just don’t see how putting them on a reality show is controlling their media coverage. It won’t make the press take less pictures of them. In fact, if the show is successful it will create even more media coverage. A mother who wants to “protect” their children would be doing things to lessen their media coverage, not increase it.

   And I doubt she needs the money. She gets child support and alimony from Charlie. Child support, I believe, is 15% of the fathers income. I’m not sure what Charlie Sheen’s income is, but his show is doing well. So I doubt that Denise is poverty stricken.

9. Sarah Says:
   May 22nd, 2008 at 9:14 pm

   I just googled it and found out that Charlie Sheen makes 7.7 million a year for his sitcom, which means that the child support would be over a million dollars a year, and that doesn’t even count alimony.

10. rainlillie Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    I watched the clip and I felt sorry for her. I don’t know if it’s harmful for her children to be on the show or not. It’s not the kind of life I would want for myself or my children.

    “I can understand her wanting to control their media coverage.”

    I can too.

11. rainlillie Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 9:29 pm

    ” if she stops talking about Charlie to the press.”

    Why shouldn’t she defend herself against his allegations?

12. Sarah Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 9:34 pm

    “Why shouldn’t she defend herself against his allegations?”

    If you notice in my post, I said that I think that goes both ways. I think they should both stop talking about each other to the press. And she has always been the one to start the allegations. So I just don’t buy that she is defending herself. She has fired the first shot on every round.

13. Sarah Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 9:42 pm

    “I watched the clip and I felt sorry for her.”

    I felt bad for her in regards to her mother’s death. I think that must be a very hard thing to have to deal with it.

    But that doesn’t change her lack of consistency.

14. rainlillie Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 9:48 pm

    There’s three sides to every story…His side her side and the truth. She seems like a good mother and he seems like a good father. Maybe, they both were lousy spouses.

    In this country, people assume you’re guilty if you don’t speak out when someone accuses you of something.

    What do you think of the show Supernanny? Children appear on the show sometimes kicking and screaming.

15. Sarah Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 9:55 pm

    “In this country, people assume you’re guilty if you don’t speak out when someone accuses you of something.”

    Well, personally, I care more about my children’s welfare then I do what other people think of me. So I say, choose your priorities: What matters more to you, public opinion or doing what is right for your children? It’s sad that neither side can seem to do that in this case.

    “What do you think of the show Supernanny? Children appear on the show sometimes kicking and screaming.”

    I’m not a big fan of that show. I like the idea of it, but there are specialists that a person can hire to come to their home and do the same thing without putting their children on t.v. But I don’t even think that Supernanny is as bad as this kind of situation, because the families involved are not already in the public eye. Reality shows for celebrities typically raise a person’s profile which only serves to increase the amount of press a person gets. The families on Supernanny don’t have that to worry about. I still feel bad for the kids that they will have to go to school knowing their friends may have seen them be punished on national television though.

16. rainlillie Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 10:03 pm

    I would have to watch an episode before I can have an informed opinion, on whether this is harmful to her children. As of now… everyone is just speculating.

17. Sarah Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 10:06 pm

    “As of now… everyone is just speculating.”

    I don’t really think that I am speculating. Doing a reality show brings heightened media focus on a person’s life - and we already have proof of that with Denise since she has been splashed all over the internet since her “media tour” began - and that position is inconsistent with her claim to be “protecting her daughters.” I’m not making wild claims about things that are going on in her house or anything. I’m just going on the actions that Denise has already displayed, and her own words.

18. rainlillie Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    My understanding of her protecting her children is keeping them away from the nasty things that have been written about her.

19. Sarah Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 10:27 pm

    “My understanding of her protecting her children is keeping them away from the nasty things that have been written about her.”

    I guess that could be what she meant. She flip-flops around so much in what she’s saying that it’s hard to keep up with what she means. But still, and I know I sound like a broken record, doing a reality show will only put more focus on her which will only lead to more stories being written about her and her children. I honestly can’t figure out why there are so many celebrities who can’t seem to figure out the concept of cause and effect - they do things to get the media to focus on them, and then turn around and whine because the media is focusing on them. It makes no sense.

20. maryellen Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    “As of now… everyone is just speculating.”

    Yes: Just like you speculated about Rosie and BaWa’s relationship and interactions.

21. rainlillie Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 11:09 pm

    Newsflash Maryellen or whichever name your using now…
    I stated that I wish a third party would come forward with the truth. Why are you still stuck on this Rosie thing? That was how many weeks ago..Makes one wonder.

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