Denise Richards Doesn't Love Abusive Charlie Sheen

By Claire Daniel posted Jan 27th 2010 2:00PM

Still takes his collect calls, still talks to Oprah about him.

Denise Richards sat down with Oprah the other day to spill the beans about Charlie Sheen, but did so "in peace," saying that "Charlie and I are in a great place now."

Still, she takes his current marital misfortune with battered wife Brooke Mueller to speak out on their own rocky history. Charlie Sheen's Wife, Brooke Mueller, In I.C.U.

Among the things she shared:

He is verbally abusive.
He pushed her.
He has a problem.
She loved him and wanted it to work, but doesn't love him now.

See the video and transcript below.

Denise Richards: I actually got a call on Christmas, a collect call from Charlie. I thought it was odd that he was calling collect. He said, 'yeah they wont let me use my cell phone in here. I'm in jail.' He told me he and brooke and gotten into a fight and she called the cops and couldn't get into it because they were recording the conversation.

Oprah: Had he been abusive to you?

Denise: At times yes. There were times during the marriage where there was a lot of verbal abuse. He never hit me.

Oprah: Did he ever push you, shove you?

Denise: Yes

Oprah: Do you think he has a problem?

Denise: Yeah. Charlie has a very sharp tongue. With My situation and experience with that... with him... He knew my insecurites and played on that.

Oprah: Do you still love him?

Denise: Um, no.