Denise Richards News

Denise Richards can't find reality TV success anywhere; not in her own home, and not in front of millions on the dance floor.

The actress and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy were eliminated last night on Dancing with the Stars. Stuck in the bottom two, the tandem performed a samba dance-off against fellow competitors Holly Madison and Dmitry Chaplin.

“I had fun! When else am I going to get to dress up like this, work with someone like Maks and be able to do a family show that my daughters can watch together,” Richards said minutes after the live results show ended.

As for Chmerkovskiy? He did his best to hide his bitterness.

“It’s fine. It’s all a show... I wish we could stay as long as we could because I could see very big improvements with her week in, week out.”

Denise Richards stars in one of the most pathetic reality shows in television history, Denise Richards: It's Complicated.

However, Maksim Chmerkovskiy - her partner on season eight of Dancing with the Stars - says the actress herself is very simple.

“She is so kind,” the studly dancer told People. "I am not a morning person - our rehearsals are early for me, at 9 a.m. Denise brings me a fresh cup of coffee to practice every day. Sometimes she’ll make a nice sandwich for me and bring it from home."

Chmerkovskiy also claims Richards is focused on the task at hand.

“Denise is so dedicated to this show,” he said. “I don’t see any difference between how hard she works compared to working with [past partners] Misty [May-Treanor] and Laila [Ali]."

We admit, the actress does work hard... at exploiting her children every chance she gets!

Denise Richards is one of our least favorite celebrities on the planet.

Still, we're forced to profile her because Dancing with the Stars has chosen this exploitive mother for its eighth season of competition.

With that in mind, here are a few Richards-related facts:

• She's teaming with Maksim Chmerkovskiy on the show;
• The movies she is best known for include: Starship Troopers, Wild Things, and The World Is Not Enough;
• Her reality show, Denise Richards: It's Complicated, airs on E!;
• She has posed more than once in Playboy.