Richards is likable

I remember when Denise Richards was promoting her new show "Denise Richards: It's Complicated." She said she wanted the public to see who she really is and to not simply believe what the media prints about her. But some people were concerned she would be exploiting her children.

I caught at least three episodes now, and I have to say I find Richards to be extremely likable. She's real. The last episode I watched covered her insomnia, which she believes is a result of her not accepting her mother's death. She decides to go back to her parent's house to help her father gather her late mother's belongings. It was an emotional thing for her to do, and I think she was very brave.

Richards and her father have these memory bears made out of her mother's old clothing, and they give them to her daughters and explain that their grandmother will always be with them, and that she is their angel. It was a very touching moment.

I like the title of the show "Denise Richards: It's Complicated" because I think it's important not to stereotype people as being one thing or another. Richards is making a statement: Yeah, I might be a sex symbol and Charlie Sheen's ex-wife, but I'm also a loving daughter, a caring mother and devoted friend.