Denise Richards is laughing off a snafu involving her OnlyFans photos and her 13-year-old daughter, Eloise.
“Eloise is getting very savvy with the phone and the computer,” Denise, 54, said during the Tuesday, March 11 episode of Denise Richards and Her Wild Things. “We had a little mishap with an iPad.”
Denise was sitting next to Eloise during her confessional while recalling the embarrassing moment.
“I didn’t know some of my OnlyFans pictures were synced to her iPad,” Denise said while cracking up. When a producer asked Eloise what her reaction was when seeing the picture, the teen started laughing alongside her mom.
Denise adopted Eloise in 2011, when she was only five weeks old. Eloise has a rare chromosomal disorder — Chromosome 8, Monosomy 8p — in which she experiences speech and development delays. (Denise is also the mother to Sami, 20, and Lola, 19, whom she shares with ex-husband Charlie Sheen.)
Tuesday’s episode also offered an inside look at Eloise’s at-home education.
“I think a lot of parents that have special needs children, it’s hard finding what’s best for them. Every kid’s different,” Denise explained in her confessional. “For Eloise, we’ve tried being in a classroom, but kids can be very mean. We saw her start to shut down, so we felt it was best she had one-on-one with a teacher. I’ve just seen Eloise blossom.”
Denise explained that Eloise is “primarily nonverbal,” but can say a few words.
“I definitely think Eloise brings out the best in Sami and Lola,” Denise added. “They do light up with her.”
In separate confessionals, both Sami and Lola offered more insight into their respective relationships with Eloise.
“I feel like she, honestly, gives me some good advice sometimes,” Sami explained. “If there’s a new guy I’m talking to, I’ll be like, ‘Is he cute?’ She’ll give me thumbs up or thumbs down. If it’s thumbs down, on to the next.”
Sami added, “She’s really honest and I really value her opinion.”
Lola, meanwhile, is usually asking Eloise for fashion advice.
“If I ask her if she likes an outfit, she’ll laugh at me,” Lola said. “That’s how I know it’s ugly.”
Denise is still hopeful that Eloise will learn to speak.
“Eloise started taking swimming lessons, she could do some of the things that the instructor was teaching her. The next day, it’s, like, as if she never got in a pool. Literally, just one day when we were in Hawaii, she just started swimming,” she said. “Certain things will just click. I hope one day, she will just blurt out sentences and start talking.”
Denise Richards and Her Wild Things airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
