The Sexualization of Denise Richards

At the young age of nineteen years old, Denise Richards found herself with rushed breast implants and a sudden and fierce sexualized image. It was 1990, and breast implant surgeons saw themselves as artists first, then surgeons. Suddenly, Richards found herself with much larger implants than she asked for. Denise and her two knockers were the breast of buddies until 1998. While preparing for 1998’s Wild Things, she had corrective breast implant surgery. Yet, once again, the new doctor felt it incumbent to protect those precious fruits and made them larger (again) than she had asked for.

Later in life, Richards took a more conservative approach in media after her highly publicized breakup with Charlie Sheen. Becoming an activist, she made an appearance in an NOH8 Campaign and has since supported gay marriage. Activism aside, she gave us a hint of her previously sexualized life in an interview with King of all media and sex aficionado radio host Howard Stern where she revealed that, yes, she had a lesbian affair. She added to Stern, "You would know who she is," but never revealed the other woman.

In 2004, a then thirty-three-year-old Richards posed for Playboy, She said "[I] wanted to encourage women that it's OK to embrace your sexuality even though you're a mom [...] At the same time, I was having some problems in my marriage [to Charlie Sheen] and I didn't feel sexy and felt I had to prove something.” What began the sexualization of Denise Richards?

Early Start

Richards was born in the town Downers Grove, Illinois, Her ancestry is part French Canadian and German. In 1986, she appeared in the Double music video: "The Captain of Her Heart." She was only fifteen years old. As a child, she was the "only girl on the baseball team," and was raised as a religious Roman Catholic and still practices, and takes religion very seriously. This young beautiful girl got drawn into the vortex of sexuality and fame at such a young age. Sexy Denise Richard pictures turns up nearly half a million search results.

She spent a great deal of her twenties appearing in relatively lower-budget films and some television shows like Saved by the Bell where she met another sexualized teen star, Elizabeth Berkley who would go on to achieve notoriety for nudity in the cult classic Show Girls. Denise made guest appearances on Seinfeld in 1993 as well as the iconic Melrose Place in 1996 where she had a salacious story arc. Her first real starring role in a wide theatrical release was Paul Verhovens Starship Troopers in 1997. The movie was famous for its nude coed shower scene that did not include Denise. She was nominated for a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Female Newcomer.

Career High

Wild Things was really the major moment in her career. She was at her apex of hotness and we all are very thankful that she bared her newly surgically enhanced boobs on film. It was her second enhancement and arguably one of the hottest movies of all time. It would be a long time before we got to lay eyes on those famous breasts. Blessed during the holidays, in December 2004, she posed nude soon after giving birth. The Playboy spread is considered one of the highlights of the magazines post millennial collections.

Career Low

Richards’ career low hit as Christmas Jones in the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999). She had the misfortune of having to play a brainiac with the best pair of breasts, usually covered by clinging low cut tank tops, that hung on tight during the Bond action sequences. She must have been black and blue at the end of the day of filming. She was later ranked one of the worst bond girls for her lack of depth as a character, but I would take her breasts over Pussy Galore any day of the week. Her acting aside, a full study of her work identified twenty-five hot scenes that solidify her as one of the hottest teen stars to be sexualized by pop culture.

Hottest Denise Richards Scenes:

Lesbian Scene in Wild Things

Things got hot and heavy in a sexy pool scene in Wild Things. Denise Richards and Neve Campbell lock lips as Denise’s blue bikini top is untied, first at her neck, then at her back. Directly after, Neve’s black tank top is stripped off, leaving the two of them skin to skin, as Kevin Bacon looks on while holding a video camera.

Threesome Scene in Wild Things

The girl on girl scene may be one of the most well known scenes from 1998’s Wild Things, but after Matt Dillon removes Denise’s underwear, things escalate. After instructing Neve and Denise to kiss, the three of them and a bottle of champagne move to the bed where they all take turns kissing, caressing and stripping one another.

Starship Troopers

Denise Richards has us dreaming about her pouty lips in Starship Troopers as she applies lipstick in a mirror. Wearing nothing more than a black bra and underwear, we watch as she finishes her makeup, specifically on her lips in the 1997 military sci-fi action film.

Undercover Brother

In the 2002 film, Denise Richards is fighting another woman, when they suddenly wind up in the shower together. Things slow down as Denise, in her skin tight white outfit, and her co-star, begin to enjoy themselves in the shower. They each caress themselves, before beginning to caress one another, an almost going in for a kiss in the action comedy film.