Denise Richards "didn't know" what OnlyFans was when her daughter joined the platform.

The 54-year-old actress has Sami, 20, as well as 19-year-old Lola with her ex-husband Charlie Sheen and when her eldest started up a page on the adults-only subscription service, Denise was prompted to give it a go herself, especially after fans had started to see her as the role that brought her fame in the late 1990s.

She told Interview magazine: "I didn't know what it was when she first told me she was going to join it. And then I learned about it and all I said was, "Make sure this is something you really want to do, because you could be perceived a certain way and I want to make sure you are aware of that.'

"And then she still did it.

"When I saw she was getting backlash, I sent a post out on my Instagram and made an offhand comment like, 'Maybe I'll do it too' And I did, because after 'Wild Things' people perceived me like I was that character and as a sex symbol. Which is not a bad thing. I embrace that. I truly do. "

Denise - who also adopted Eloise, 13, in 2011 - is now starring in the reality show 'Denise Richards and Her Wild Things' and admitted that while it is hard to hear any sort of "negativity" about her children, she "gave in" to the idea of cameras coming into their home.

She added: "No matter what my kids do, it's hard as a parent to hear any negativity. With the girls, I try to hold off as long as possible with them even doing social media, and I put different things on their phone so they couldn't open an account.

"Eventually, you have to give in. It is what it is. Alex Baskin, after 'Real Housewives', approached me about doing a family reality show. And I said to the girls, 'I want to make sure this is something you really want to do, because it's different from doing little scenes in Housewives.'

"But I also thought it was a good opportunity for them, being the daughters of Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards, to be themselves and have their own voice."