Denise Richards is ‘devastated,’ ‘can’t stop crying’ following death of ex Patrick Muldoon: report

Denise Richards is reportedly taking the shocking decease of her ex Patrick Muldoon highly hard.

Muldoon died connected Sunday pursuing a abrupt bosom attack. He was 57 years old.

Richards, who dated nan character for astir 5 years successful nan precocious ’90s but knew him since she was a teenager, is “inconsolable,” nan Daily Mail reported.

“She’s devastated. Really, really sad,” a root adjacent to nan character told nan outlet. “I’d moreover telephone her inconsolable. She can’t extremity crying.”

Richards, 55, met Muldoon erstwhile she was 19 years aged and he was 21 successful an acting class. They remained adjacent friends until his death.

“Patrick is nan ex that she had nan champion narration with,” nan root said of nan exes. “There was a ton of respect connected some sides.”

“It was truthful amicable that they were amended friends than lovers and they remained successful changeless contact. She was his biggest supporter, he was hers.”

Page Six reached retired to Richards’ rep for comment, but didn’t person an contiguous response.

Muldoon said astir his adjacent relationship pinch Richards — whom he starred successful 1997’s “Starship Troopers” pinch — during his quality connected Tori Spelling’s “MisSPELLING” podcast successful October 2025.

“We some don’t travel from intermezo families, and our families sewage to cognize each different complete nan years and benignant of checked successful pinch each different connected navigating nan crazy worldly that we each spell through,” he said.

He shared that contempt nan 2 not ending up together romantically aft an “on and off” relationship, he was still adjacent pinch Richards’ kids pinch Charlie Sheen — daughters Lola, 20, and Sami, 22.

“I person a bully narration pinch some Lola and Sami,” he said. “I’ve known them since they were first born, and truthful I person a bully narration pinch both.”

Lola paid tribute to Muldoon connected Instagram Monday, revealing that she “begged” her mom to get backmost together pinch him.

“i thought you were nan 1 that was expected beryllium successful our lives forever,” she wrote successful an affectional tribute to nan “Days of Our Lives” alum.

“i will really miss proceeding my mom laughter connected nan telephone pinch you. your sound ever brightened my time and i’m gonna miss proceeding it but one cognize my mom will more, but we will ne'er extremity talking astir you,” she besides shared.

Lola thanked Muldoon for being her mom’s champion friend.

“the enslaved you 2 had was thing truthful special, that nary 1 tin touch,” she wrote. “when one deliberation of my mom one deliberation of you. you guys came arsenic a package and i’m truthful thankful one sewage to cognize you and witnesser a relationship truthful axenic and typical successful beforehand of my eyes.”