Charlie Sheen reunites with famous ex-wife in rare photo amid ongoing tension with their daughter

Charlie Sheen reunited with his ex-wife, Denise Richards, and their daughter, Lola, for an “awesome” day out this week.

The Two and a Half Men star, 60, shared a rare photo of the trio smiling after they spent some quality family time together.

Sharing the mirror selfie on Instagram with overlaying text that read, “awesome day with the girls,” Charlie captioned the snapshot: “Guess I had to get off that thing behind me, to reconnect with what’s around me.”

The outing didn’t just mean a lot to Charlie, but also to his daughter, Lola, 20, who often refrains from the spotlight. “Awe dad!!! I love you so much, today was so special to me and I love this photo,” she wrote in the comment section.

One family member noticeably missing from the photo, however, was Charlie and Denise’s eldest daughter, Sami, 22.

Sami and Charlie have a complicated relationship, with Sami previously opening up about the tension between them, revealing they hadn’t spoken in several months.

“Me and my dad haven’t really spoken much in the past five months,” she said last April in an episode of Denise Richards & Her Wild Things.

“It goes in very big chunks with him. I think for the first 13 years of my life, it was pretty bad, and then we were OK for a couple years, and now it’s just like, OK.”

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“I understand why Sami feels the way she does,” Denise added. “It hasn’t always been perfect with he and Lola, either — with any of his kids. So I hope that he does recognize that because he’s missing out.”

That same month, Sami appeared on the Casual Chaos podcast and told host Teresa Giudice’s daughter Gia that she and her dad “haven’t spoken on the phone in almost a year” and hadn’t exchanged texts for “a little over six months.”

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Charlie has also spoken about his relationship with his daughter and admitted that even though it is strained now, he is optimistic they can repair the damage in the future.

“There’s some stuff going on with Sami, but we’ll fix it,” he told People in September 2025, adding: “I’ve got more days behind me than in front of me, and that’s fine.

“That’s the deal we get when we show up [on Earth],” he continued. “But what I try to tell my kids is, ‘Dude, you’re going to be here so long after I’m not. So try to hang on to at least 10% of what I’m saying. I guarantee it will come in handy somewhere, I promise it.'”

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He also said of Sami in an interview on GMA that same month: “As long as everybody is still in the game, there’s always a shot for a better tomorrow.

“I don’t really know what I did, that’s the problem. I don’t know what I’m supposed to apologize for. But I have absolute faith that this is not a forever thing. Her and I will work it out. It’s too valuable to let some moment destroy all of that.”