Denise Richards can't support her two kids on tax-free $52,000 per month from Charlie Sheen

[Amerigo Vespucci]

May 22, 2008 -- DENISE Richards is a big liar, claim Charlie Sheen's pals - one of whom says she "gets more than enough money from Charlie to never have to work, much less do a reality show that exploits the kids."

Sheen and his friends are furious that Richards taped a reality show debuting this weekend on E! called "It's Complicated," which also features the warring ex-couple's two daughters, Lola and Sam. In her bid to promote the show, Richards went on "Today," "The View" and "Larry King Live" to explain she did it to make money to support her children.

But, "Denise gets $52,000 a month tax-free in child support," a Sheen insider fumed. "Most people in America can figure out how to live on that, but Denise can't?"

In addition to the child support, Richards got $60,000 a month (also tax-free) for two years in alimony - adding up to a whopping $1.44 million. Richards also gets a chunk of Sheen's hot sitcom, "Two and a Half Men," which "eventually will net her up to $25 million," the source said.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05222008/gossip/pagesix/sheen_calls_richards_unreal_111930.htm

[LucyParsons]

1. I saw that clip of her on the View yesterday

Disgusting. I wouldn't do that to my kids, and I would NEED the money.

[NewJeffCT]

2. Denise, I'll raise your kids for half that amount

and I'll probably be a better dad than you are a mother.

[KansDem]

3. At first I thought "That could be difficult" but that was when I read "$52,000 a YEAR"

When I re-read the thread topic and saw MONTH, I thought :wtf:

That's $624,000 a year! :wow:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. Yeah, $624,000 tax free per year...

...that would by anyone's kids a few truckloads of Happy Meals, eh?

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

62. uh yeah

i could live on that, and pay for college. damn.

[harmonicon]

5. yeah, I had the same thought

I thought it said per year.... which is still a crap load of money - way more than lots of families make. But, a month?!?!?! Could you spend that amount of money in a month, every month? I couldn't.

[SacredCow]

6. Poor Denise.....

:puke:

[krispos42]

7. She gets about 20 times what I do per year

She should shut the fuck up.

[yellowdogintexas]

8. agreed. I could do fine on $52K per year, myself. $52K a month, well I could

give all 6 of our siblings (mine and Husband's) a month's pay and still have more than enough to live on esp if it was tax free.

and get my kitchen remodeled, and new flooring put down in my house, and a few other things

[Deep13]

9. She should just go grocery shopping instead of buying stuff at the convenience store...

...all the time. It's way more expensive there.

[petronius]

70. Sounds like she should learn that clothes can be washed and worn again,

rather than thrown away and replaced. :eyes:

That said, it seems fair that the children should be supported at the highest level reasonable to the supporting parent, and Sheen is capable of a high level of support. As long as there is clear accounting and the money goes to the kids and not to Richards, I don't see a huge problem...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

10. I'd settle for 52K a year.

[LucyParsons]

37. No, shit - me, too!!!!

I'd have it MADE. Fuck.

[Beer Snob-50]

11. i don't believe the alimony is tax free......

just according to the tax laws.

[angstlessk]

25. it CAN be tax free, if he claims the income and is taxed on it she does not have to pay tax

if he claims the alimony and does not pay the income tax on it, she does. It is income to him or her, but not both.

[Pierre.Suave]

12. I feel her pain...

I have SO much trouble feeding myself and my Fiance on 52K a month, I cant imagine how much more it would strain our budget to have 2 kids to support...

:sarcasm:

[Darth_Kitten]

13. In defense of Denise Richards..........

she's an idiot. :shrug:

[Meiko]

32. Maybe

but she's HOT, doesn't that count for something?

[jmowreader]

67. She's not "broke on $52k/month" hot

She's cute, don't get me wrong, but for $600,000/year...

[BuelahWitch]

69. No, it doesn't

[leftyclimber]

14. She should try it on a grad student stipend. nt

[LucyParsons]

38. I work with grad students - I hope you're not getting it in a humanities subject

In that case, you'll have LESS money when you're out of school. Like I do.

[leftyclimber]

41. Social sciences.

I stopped taking out loans 60 grand in. Things are a little snug, but manageable. They're going to be a lot snugger once the loans come due, unless I get on at an R1 (and I'd rather work at an R2).

[LucyParsons]

48. Well, at least that's a bit better!

:hi:

Good luck out here! It's a Big Let Down.

[jmowreader]

68. Lucy, this is the theme song for your students

What do you do with a B.A. in English,
What is my life going to be?
Four years of college and plenty of knowledge,
Have earned me this useless degree.

I can't pay the bills yet,
'Cause I have no skills yet,
The world is a big scary place.

But somehow I can't shake,
The feeling I might make,
A difference,
To the human race.

Morning, Brian.

Hi, Kate Monster.

How's life?

Disappointing.

What's the matter?

The catering company laid me off.

[freethought]

15. How else is she supposed to support the kids?

By her acting talent? HA!

[Mike Daniels]

22. Related to the acting note - Worst Bond Girl EVER

Even worse than the one from A View to a Kill (Tanya Roberts ?)

Granted, the producers don't look for skilled actresses for Bond girls but most of them can at least escape from the proverbial paper bag. I'm not sure that Denise accomplished even that.

[Orrex]

60. Her boobs were totally convincing as a nuclear physicist

Why do you hate science?

[Yavin4]

30. Her Acting Talent Consists Totally of Making Out With Women On Screen

I'm sure there's plenty of work for that if she wanted it.

[Bunny]

16. I don't have one single problem with the amount of child support and/or alimony that

Denise Richards is receiving. It's not up to me to decide how much is too much, or how much someone needs to live on and raise kids on. Presumably this was settled in a court in their jurisdiction, and this court presumably knows these issues better than any of us do.

However, I would have a problem with her letting their two kids appear on a reality show without Sheen's knowledge. I'm not clear that that's what happened here, but if it did, I can see where Charlie would be pissed. They're his children too, and I think to let them be seen in this way without the approval of both parents is wrong.

[leftyclimber]

61. I don't either. That's what a judge decided, not anyone else.

What I object to is her argument that it's not enough to live on.

Give me a break.

[SoxFan]

17. Hell, I"LL marry Charlie Sheen for $52K a month!

[Fox Mulder]

19. So will I.

[flvegan]

20. Hell, I'll marry him and he can share me with Emilio for $52k a month.

[Yavin4]

31. I'll Take On Charile, Emilio, and Martin Sheen for $52K a Month

Top that!

[Bucky]

39. I would make whoopie with Sigourney Weaver for just a bag of Skittles

and the memories, of course.

[flvegan]

40. Okay, Charlie, Emilio, Martin Sheen, and a Baldwin of my choosing.

For $52k a month.

[Yavin4]

43. Charilie, Emilio, Martin Sheen, A Baldwin to be Named Later, and A Sutherland!!

Keifer or Donald!

All for $52K a month.

[flvegan]

45. Okay, Charlie, Emilio, Sheen, Baldwin, a Sutherland, AND...wait for it...

Pauly Shore.

Package deal, for $52k a month. Ha!

[Yavin4]

50. Okay, You Win

I can't believe you played the Pauley Shore trump card!!

[Hawkeye-X]

57. As long as it's not Stephen.

:puke:

[sarge43]

64. OK. I'd do Martin Sheen and pay him $52K a Month. n/t

[greenbriar]

58. oh yea

me too

[Fox Mulder]

18. That's fucked up.

It took me two years to earn $52,000. And she's bitching because it's not enough for one month? :nopity:

Give me a break. :eyes:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

21. You people here do not understand

She has TWO kids to take care of.

You must have missed that part.


How does the poor thing get by???? :shrug:

[TK421]

55. Please tell me that is a joke

please...I'm sure it was, but around here one never knows

[Ilsa]

23. "Mommy, where's my monthly allowance of $26,000?" nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

24. Half of the world's population lives on less than $2 a day. This is why we are hated.

She should be ashamed and Charlie should have stayed home the night he met her.

[Meiko]

33. Yea right

I am sure that's the reason...

[jakefrep]

26. An honors grad of the Heather Mills School of Parenting, apparently

nt.

[fizzgig]

27. she can't live and support her children on $112k a month?

it took me three years to make that much when i was working my old job

:puke:

[dropkickpa]

28. Cry me a motherfucking river you no-talent hack (DR)

I am somehow able to support my child and myself yearly on a bit more than half of your monthly income. Go fuck yourself. Repeatedly.

[Dogtown]

29. if tits were brains

Some get both, but not Denise.

I loved her dancing jesus, though.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

34. ?!

She has a dancing Jesus?



!!!!!

[Dogtown]

42. "Drop Dead Gorgeous"

As a pageant contestant, her character's talent was a dance routine, with a scarecrow-like jesus mounted on a wheeled hatrack as her partner.

Effing hilarious.

I like yours, too. "JOTW"?

[QueenOfCalifornia]

49. JOTW?

I need my internets dictionary again.

[Dogtown]

56. Link:

http://www.jesusoftheweek.com/

you'll love it.

[underpants]

35. What about Richie Sambora? Did she steal him from her best friend

what's her name the TJ HOoker chick??

God O8)Why do I know any of this?

[Yavin4]

44. Yes She Did Steal And, Get This, She Wanted to Put Heather on the Show

Yep. Denise wanted Heather on her show.

[SteveM]

36. For 52K/mo. I'd support FIVE kids of her choosing. Sheesh (nt)

[shaniqua6392]

46. One would figure with all that money every month

that she would be able to get her dark eyebrows to match the bleach blond hair. Ugh. I hate when brunettes go blond and still have dark eyebrows. Just a pet peeve. I have raised two daughters and put one through college on that much per YEAR. What a greedy bitch. But I think I also heard that he is going to get remarried. What an idiot. I love him, but what an idiot. Why don't they just live in sin??

[Deja Q]

47. Gee, most people have less than $52,000 a YEAR. That isn't tax-free either,

not to mention all these people do is talk in front of a camera and look pretty. Funny how certain jobs get certain pay rates...

[AlCzervik]

51. Did she get one of those variable rate mortgages and her payment went up?

[wain]

52. I don't even care

The reality of my life is in a different universe from Hollywood. All this is, is more entertainment devoid of any emotional identification. It's like reading the funnies.

[KamaAina]

53. One, two, three, AWWWWWW!!!!!!

:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

[argyl]

54. Denise obviously isn't a nuclear physicist but she played one in a Bond movie.

[HughBeaumont]

59. This is the worlds most microscopic tear being shed for poor Denise Richard's plight.

Fucking Christ.

How good do you have it in life when you can skate your way to parts in borderline spank-o-rama flicks and forgettable comedies, earn multiple lotteries per year while doing so . . . and still complain that it isn't enough?

Get offa my planet. NOW.

[NaturalHigh]

63. She's not hot enough to justify that much money for a few years of marriage.

Sure, she's hot, but $52,000 per month tax free? It's not like she was servicing the governor of New York.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

65. what a load of crap --

a big fat smelly load of crap.

[Lyric]

66. Interesting fact: Denise Richards once played my son's aunt in a movie

Seriously. :hi: