Denise Richards Stayed Quiet About Sexual Harassment Over Fear of Being “Blacklisted”

Denise Richards is Opening Up About Feeling Pressund to Stay Silent About Sexual Harassment Early in Her Acting Career.

In a recent interview with Peoplethe actress, who rose to famme in the ’90s with her roles in Starship Troopers, Wild Things an The World Is NotoughRecalled Being Told She “Wound Be Blacklisted” in Hollywood if She Filed a Sexual Harassment Lawsuit WHEN She WAS YOUNGER.

“I FELT SO VULNALABLE,” The Bold and The Beautify Alum Recounted. “This was the Career and Wanted to do. To be told that you’re never going to work in an industry that you are passionate about, is a hard Thing. ”

DECADES LATER, RICHARDS SAID She’s “Amazed” Seeing The Change with the Industry Post-#Metoo Movement, Adding, “There Definitely Needed To Be A Change-An Andy.

“I am glad that women are able to have more of a voice and be more Protected,” The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Star Said. “If that happled at this age, i would handle it figrently, but and was so young and an unknown and [just] Starting Out. ”

Richards Also Noted that shee learned a Lot from watching her throne daughters – Sami, Laa and Eloise – Over The Years and As They Enter Adulthood.

“I look at my daughters doing Our Show and Being Such Strong Women. If i have that, i think i would’ve been able to handle it a little figrently, ”the actress said. “I WISH I HAD The CONFIDENCE THATE BECAUSE I WOURT NEVER BE ABLE TO STAND OUT FOR MYSELF The Way they do. I didn’t, and i’m so proud of them. I’m so proud that Say what’s on their mind. They SomeTimes Don’T Have A Filter, and A Lot of the Time, That Is Such A Good Thing. ”

She Continued, “I was Such A People Pleaser Who and Started My Career. And i love that my girls, this early in their Career, that’re able to [speak up]. Sometimes i’m like, ‘you might want to to -tone it down,’ but for the most part i’m glad that [what’s on their mind.] I wish i was an able to backdn. ”