Denise Richards has finally spoken out about her painful divorce from her estranged husband, Aaron Phypers.
The reality star shared a video update on her Instagram account on Thursday, August 21, more than two months after Aaron filed for divorce.
In the video, she said, “I was just checking in to see how your summer’s been going. Mine’s been wonderful. It’s actually been s*****, but I’m going to pretend like it’s all good. I’ve actually been posting on Instagram like nothing is going on in my life, and I can’t do that anymore because there’s something obviously going on.”
The Denise Richards & Her Wild Things star thanked her followers for being “so kind and so supportive” during her breakup. She admitted, “I see all of your messages, I can’t comment because it’ll be taken out and put in the press, but I just wanted to, in all seriousness, say that this has been a very, very, very difficult time. It’s so hard to go through a divorce.”
Referring to her previous marriage that ended in 2006, she noted, “Many of you have gone through that. This isn’t my first one—this is my second one.” She added, “I never thought I’d get divorced again. This is why I always say never say never.”
She concluded, “I really just wanted to say thank you so much for all of your supportive, kind, thoughtful, encouraging messages because this has been a very difficult time.”
Richards also hinted that there are “circumstances around my divorce that are difficult to talk about—which one day I will talk about when the timing is right.”
